Notes of the

CAMPUS WELFARE COMMITTEE

Meeting of May 15, 2001

 

The Campus Welfare Committee met on May 15, 2001 at 3:00 pm in room 481 McHenry Library.

 

Present: Leslie Sunell (Chair), Mark Traugott, Julian Fernald (Staff), Sheila Gottehrer, Janelle Marines, William Domhoff, Bill Ladusaw, Marty Chemers, Christina Valentino.

 

Absent: Jean Marie Scott, Frank Talamantes, Barbara Brogan

 

Guest: Willeen McQuitta

 

  1. Announcements and General Discussion.

 

·        The last two meetings of the CWC for this year will be June 5 and June 19.

 

·        Notes of the May 1 meeting were approved without revision.        

 

  1. Faculty/Staff Housing

 

Following a discussion of the third draft of the faculty/staff housing letter to PAC, the committee suggested refinements to place stronger emphasis on the key recommendations to proceed with master planning, to track demand for housing, and to address the questions identified by the CWC (see May 1 notes) in the master planning process. 

 

Actions:

Ladusaw will edit recommendation as suggested and forward it to Sunell for distribution to the committee.  Committee members will review the final version and comment via email so that the letter can be sent to PAC before CWC meets again.

 

  1. Staff/Faculty work/life study

Fernald presented a set of potential focus group questions for consideration, which prompted a discussion of the purpose of the work/life study generally and the focus groups particularly. While there were differing opinions about whether the purpose was to address work/life balance or employee satisfaction (or both), there was agreement that the outcome should be a prioritized list of potential institutional actions that would improve the lives of employees. The committee referred the focus group questions back to the working group for further development.

 

Action:

Fernald will reconvene the work/life working group for focus group question development and refinement, and to propose a timeline.  McQuitta will provide additional background to the working group.

 

  1. Members’ Announcements

·        Valentino announced that this year’s leadership convocation in June would focus on long-range planning for campus growth. She indicated that the convocation planning committee had requested Janelle Taylor to participate as one of several speakers on a panel that will discuss how the campus will change in the next 10 years.  Specifically, how staff, and work/life issues for them will be impacted by changes planned for the campus. Valentino to follow up with Taylor and Sunell as the leadership convocation agenda is developed more fully.

 

·        Gottehrer will summarize the feedback she received through the POC consultation process at the June 5 meeting.

 

·        McQuitta will update and revise the current children in the workplace policy to include more childcare resource information, and mention the possibility of flexible working hours and telecommuting. She will distribute it to the committee for discussion at the June 19 meeting.

 

·        Traugott asked if a UCOP mandated task force on childcare might be subsumed under the CWC or if a separate task force should be formed. It was suggested that a working group or sub-committee of the CWC might be formed to specifically address childcare issues. Traugott will report back.