DRAFT NOTES

CAMPUS WELFARE COMMITTEE

Meeting of December 5, 2000

 

 

The Campus Welfare Committee met on December 5, 2000 at 3:00 am in room 481 McHenry Library.

 

Present: Julia Armstrong-Zwart (Chair), Marty Chemers, Sheila Gottehrer, Bill Ladusaw, Meredith Michaels, Line Mikkelsen, Frank Talamantes, Janelle Taylor, Mark Traugott, Tom Vani, Julian Fernald (staff).

 

Absent: .

 

Guests: John Simpson, Barbara Brogan, Willeen McQuitta, Patti Hiramoto, Rita Walker

 

  1. Discussion of the charge to the committee by E.V.C. Simpson. Simpson encouraged the committee to be forward looking and to take initiative in bringing issues forward. The role of the committee is to advise him on operational and strategic issues involving the welfare of UCSC community members. He reminded members that they are representatives of the campus as a whole, rather than of their individual units. Simpson identified faculty housing, and staff salaries and merit as top priorities facing the campus.

 

  1. Chancellor’s Task Force on Work Life. It was decided that the Chancellor’s Task Force on Work Life would be subsumed under the Campus Welfare Committee.

 

  1. Staff Representatives. It was agreed that there should be two more staff representatives on the committee.

 

  1. Top priorities. Top priorities for the committee for the year were identified by members and guests:

 Armstrong-Zwart – Housing/Staff recruitment/retention/Civility

Chemers – Housing/Staff career development

Gottehrer – civility code/principles of community

Ladusaw  - Housing/staff career development

Michaels -  Housing/salaries/training/environment

Mikkelsen – Graduate support packages/Housing

Talamantes -  Staff development

Taylor – Civility/Health & safety/Staff recruitment/retention/morale

Traugott – Housing/Childcare

Brogan -  communication

McQuitta -  Recruitment/retention/Work environment/space

Hiramoto – Housing/Compensation/Diversity in hiring

Walker – Respect and civility

 

 

Action items:

 

  1. Staff/Faculty Worklife Study. A subcommittee/task force spearheaded by Fernald will design a study to assess staff/faculty worklife concerns.
  2. Civility Code. Gottehrer will take lead on drafting civility code to govern interaction among all members of the UCSC community.
  3. Graduate Student Issues. Armstrong-Zwart will invite Mikkelsen and Talamantes to form a workgroup to deal with graguate student issues.