Minutes
FEBRUARY 1, 1993

The meeting was called to order by Chairperson, Randy Duckett, at 2:07 pm. There were no additions or corrections to the minutes of the last Minutes stood approved as distributed from Administration.

• Dr. Alexander discussed the current budget situation. He will keep CEA members informed as budget talks progress.
• Ginger Noel updated members on Connections Program. Currently 150 people have participated in the Connections workshops. One more class is scheduled to begin next week. Everyone will be participating in a follow up session in late February or March.
• Randy Duckett reported for Executive Committee.
  • At the last CEA meeting, Dr. Alexander announced that a representative from CEA would be appointed to serve on the Budget Planning Committee. The Executive Committee felt that person should be the CEA Chairperson. Randy has attended two meetings and will make minutes available to any interested members of CEA. Randy raised the issue at the last Budget Planning Committee meeting that some monies should be set aside in the budget for reclassification of classified employees. The next Budget Planning Committee meeting is scheduled for Friday, February 5, 1993.
  • The Executive Committee addressed the revision of the CEA Constitution. It was decided another committee was not necessary to review the constitution since most of the editing was to reflect changes in titles.
  • The Executive Committee addressed the need for updating CEA Classified Employee of the Year Award policy to reflect change voted on at last meeting. It was agreed to change time award i given from December Holiday Luncheon to the Honors and Awards Program.
• Marshall Davis Report from Advisory Committee - Laurie Keith for Marshall
  • The Advisory Committee has met twice since last meeting and will meet monthly with the Chancellor.
  • Any issues or concerns should be submitted to one of the members of the committee - Marshall Davis, Randy Duckett, Rita Peterson, Matina Spires and Laurie Keith.
• Report from FUD Committee -
  • Karen Morris Purpose of committee is to address any unmet facility needs of classified employees and keep CEA members informed on various campus facility projects.
  • Business and Education Building is scheduled to be completed by May 1994. It could be completed as early as Feb/Mar 1994.
  • A proposal has been submitted to build a new nursing facility. This replaces the idea of revamping the Maintenance Building for the Nursing Department and building a new maintenance facility. The plan at present is to begin working on the Administration Building when the business and Education Building is complete. Projects hoped to be completed in the Administration Building are asbestos removal, new heating and air conditioning and roof replacement.
  • A new roof for the Etherredge Center is in the works. One concern brought to this committee was a need for a staff lunch room in the Administration Building. This is something that could be looked at when the Administration Building is revamped if there is no room available at thepresent time.
  • Dr. Alexander stated that the faculty made a request for a "lounge" area. If classified employees would like a similar area, this can perhaps become a joint effort.
• Nominating Committee - Nedra.Tiller
  • The Nominating Committee has met twice.
  • Ballots for Classified Employees of the Year will be mailed out on the 5th and must be returned by the 12th.
• CEA of the Year CoMmittee - Al Woodward
  • Al Woodward suggested changes be made in the current policy to reflect change of time award is given from December Holiday Luncheon to the Honors and Awards Program.
  • Jodi Herrin suggested counting of the ballots should be done by Awards Committee since it consists of the last two years winners who are not eligible to receive award. Changes were voted on and accepted.
  • 2 old Business Revision of CEA Constitution Randy Duckett read changes to Constitution suggested by the Executive Committee. Most changes were to reflect changes in titles.
  • It was also recommended that the Welfare Committee be abolished and the Advisory Committee would be performing those duties. Changes were voted on and accepted. Ginger will distribute copies of new by-laws and add to USC-A Procedures Manual.

New Business

• 1 - CEA of the Year Award
• Carey Mathison made a motion that the monetary portion of the award be given in the form of a scholarship in the winners name to a student of USC-A. The motion was seconded and discussed.
• Jan Hardin suggested if the award was given as a scholarship, it should be giVen to a classified employee pursuing a degree. Dr. Alexander pointed out that if we chose the scholarship route, the recipient of the award would be up to the Scholarship and Awards Committee. The CEA could have no say in the matter. Carey withdrew his motion and suggested it was the money that caused the hard feelings.
• He suggested the $2000 set aside for this award be divided among all classified employees either as a monetary gift or possibly as a turkey at Christmas. Ida Fogle said this would not be appropriate as it would be an unwarranted bonus and is against state policy. The motion was withdrawn.
• Deidre suggested a committee be formed to contact other schools to see how they handle any similar awards. A committee was formed consisting of Nedra Tiller, Karen Morris, Matina Spires, Carey Mathison, Kojak Martin, Ethel Pope, Al Woodward, Jane Schumacher and Rita Peterson. Deidre Martin made a motion that since there were such strong feelings about the award, we should suspend the award for this year giving the CEA a chance to review the procedure for determining the winner of the award. The motion was voted on and failed to pass.
• Peggy Medlock made a motion to have all employees vote on the first and second ballot. There was discussion. The motion was voted on and passed.
• 2 - Use of correct titles for faculty and staff
  • Al Woodward suggested there were some strong feelings about the use of titles. Randy suggested this issue be given to Ginger Noel to bring up in the follow up Connections sessions.
• 3 - Martin Luther King, Jr. Holiday
  • Since Lillie Sweeney was not present, this item was tabled and will be brought up in a future meeting.
• 4 - Reactions to Dr. Palm's visit
  • Randy suggested the CEA get together as a group before President Palms comes again and prepare some questions that deal specifically with classified employees and their needs. Most felt he did not address issues we wanted to hear about.

Announcements

• Jan Hardin introduced Patti Rogers - new Assistant Director of the Career Planning and Placement Office. Patti comes to us from Aiken Tech.
• Scott King announced his resignation from the position of Associate Director of Adm He has accepted the position in Admissions at USC-Columbia.
• Ida Fogle announced it was important to register early for the preretirement seminars being planned.

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 3:20 p.m.

Members present: Jan Hardin Gail Teubner Ida Fogle Anna Gilmer Laurie Keith Barbara Reynolds Bea Janssen Janet Joy Brenda Braxton Sylvia Williams Waynon Fallaw Kate O'Hara Peggy Medlock Gretchen Erb Ginger Noel Karen Morris John Malmrose Barbara Henkes Phillip Hancock Beverly Wells Jodi Herrin Robert Frakes Skip Townsend Lavon Jewell Eddie Hammonds David Maple Debbie Hayes Evelyn Pride Deidre Martin Marie Arne Betty Haynes Scott King Patti Rogers Aileen Gallagher 4 Paula Stribling Carey Mathison Matina Spires Nedra Tiller Kojak Martin Tom Hallman JoAnn Davis Margie Wilson Ben Lawton Mildred Whittaker Jane Schumacher Al Woodward Brigitte Smith Ethel Pope Evelyn Knight Randy Duckett Sandy Bumgarner

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