Number: 325
Subject: STAFF ORGANIZATIONS
THE STAFF ASSOCIATION
Membership
in the Staff Association is open to all full-time and part-time employees of
the University who are directly associated with the operational (non-teaching) aspects
of the institution. Membership may include other such persons as the staff sees
fit to elect.
Staff Association Meetings
Generally, the Staff Association
will have meetings each session, but special meetings may be called by the
Administration or Staff Council.
Purposes of the Staff Association
The Purposes of the Staff
Association are:
1. To keep informed about institutional plans
and developments.
2. To maintain open lines of communication
between staff, faculty and administration.
3. To promote interest within the membership
toward professional growth.
4. To encourage and recommend operational and
procedural changes that contribute to institutional
improvement.
5. To recommend improvements or changes in
institutional conditions in order to meet the changing needs of its membership.
THE STAFF COUNCIL
Authority
The Staff Council, composed of all
full-time staff employees, shall serve as the representative body of the Staff
Association. The Staff Council shall continuously review and make
recommendations to the Administration on matters pertaining to registration,
operations, procedures, office conditions and such other matters that pertain
to staff affairs.
Council Responsibilities
The Staff Council, as the
representative body of the Staff Association, is to continuously review and
make recommendations on matters relative to procedures, office standards and
staff welfare.
The Staff Council is responsible in
promoting the highest ethical and professional standards attainable for the
entire staff.
The Staff Council is responsible for
promoting communications within and between all segments of the university
community.
The Staff Council is responsible for
investigating and advising on operational topics that are surfaced by both the
staff and administration.
Membership
Staff Council membership will
consist of all full-time members of the Staff Association and other such
personnel as the Council may choose to authorize.
Council Officers and Duties
The chairperson, who is selected by
the Council annually, will preside over all meetings, but may vote only in a
tie.
The Staff Council may elect such
other officers as it finds necessary to handle Council business. The Council
will determine the qualifications and duties of such officers and will
establish procedures for appointing membership to such committees as deemed
necessary.
All activities of the Staff
Council--meetings of the Council, committee meetings, task force meetings,
etc.--will be recorded and copies of such minutes will be distributed to the
Chief Operations Officer and such other personnel as deemed advisable by the
Council.