CASI Minutes

Dec 2005

Present: Katy Duren, Christina Finet, Moira Kelly, Martin Rouse, Miranda McClenaghan

  • Department Updates
    • PIO welcomes Heidi Zoerb to the position of Director of Marketing.
    • Deans Office: Applied for Osher grant for adult students and will receive notification in February.
  • Business Plan Update
    • Intranet: Using learn@UW will be recommendation as platform to intranet (front page with headlines/updates, connected pages will be unit focused)
  • CASI Web Pages
    • Positive response to overall look and usability.
    • Christina reported that printing still is an issue.
  • Update union and professional development links
    • Martin researched three representative groups and it was decided to invite groups to send a representative to a brown bag/informational meeting for Academic Staff. (After Jan. 1, 2006)
  • Brown Bag Update
    • Moira Kelly attended the last university CASI brown bag session and shared information on what other CASI groups were doing (summaries of annual reports)
    • Martin Rouse updated us on the informative session he attended explaining the various challenges being faced by the Regents, changes to personnel policies and concerns for benefit coverage.
  • Action Items
    • Miranda to organize Brown Bag session to discuss credit fees, changes, and how special groups are handled. (After Jan. 1)
    • Moira will email the 2005 annual report she took to the brown bag session.
  • Additional business
    • Job security flyer put in mailboxes – look for copy.

Meeting adjourned 12:10 pm. Next meeting, Jan. 11 at Lowell.