Employee Assembly Meeting
March 16, 2005
12:15–1:30 PM
Boardroom Day Hall

Attendance

Present: William Bryant, Beth Burlew, Joseph DeMarco, Pamela Dusseau, Donna Goss, Nathaniel Guest, Hazel Hall, Leon Lawrence, Patricia Mahoney, Janice Miles, Cindy Williams

Excused: Meredith Graham

Unexcused:

Others present: T. Bishop

I. Call to order:

P. Dusseau, Chair, called the meeting to order at 12:15 PM.

II. Call for late additions to the Agenda

There were no late additions to the agenda.

III. Approval of minutes

Minutes were not available to approve.

IV. Report from the Chair

� The EA election was cancelled due to lack of candidates. Peter Korolov decided to join the EA as a guest to determine if full membership was something he would be interested in

� The March 17 Pawprint will update the Cornell Community regarding the election.

� There was a Leadership Breakfast this morning and it was said that The Office of Assemblies is being reorganized and the financial transaction piece is being looked at. They will not be hiring a new director and the office is being folded into the department Cornell Information and Visitor Relations. Barbara Krause was a guest speaker at the breakfast.

� An employee wrote to P. Dusseau regarding the ethical purchasing of coffee on campus. She is referring this to the Ethical Purchasing Committee.

V. Unfinished Business

There was none.

VI. Committee Reports

Personnel Policy Committee is meeting next month.

VII. New Business

A. Resolution 1: Vacation Time
P. Mahoney introduced Resolution 1.

B. Burlew motioned to accept the resolution.

L. Lawrence seconded.

P. Dusseau opened it up for discussion.

Recommendations were made to P. Mahoney and agreed that she would rewrite the resolution.

J. DeMarco moved to table the resolution.

B. Burlew seconded.

B. Goals and future direction
P. Dusseau reminded members of the goals that the EA had written in the beginning of the year. The goals were discussed and the members decided on 4 to accomplish.
1. ComCom to develop a calendar by May 4.
2. Geneva Forum in Spring: P. Mahoney
3. Double-sided EA profile to be distributed: B. Burlew to draft
4. Supervisor Award: N. Guest to draft

VIII. Open Forum

IX. Adjournment

P. Dusseau adjourned the meeting at 1:30 PM.

Respectfully submitted,
T. Bishop
Office of the Assemblies