The grace period would change from one year to six months. Joe Hayes will be traveling to Bethel Sunday to address recruiting and retention issues. Representatives thanked Joe Hayes for his efforts on trying to get staff and faculty seats on the Board of Regents committees. The committee met on Monday, March 4 and addressed Banner and Banner training, job evaluation process, strategic plan, and lack of communication and information dissemination from the main campus to the rural sites. Carolyn Chapman will be the guest speaker at the April 1 Rural Affairs meeting.
Communication has to be increased to the rural sites.
Representatives were reminded to speak into their microphones when audio conferencing. The various goals of the strategic plan were looked at and the committee felt that the university is doing a fair job at meeting these goals. While in Juneau, members of System Governance met with 13 representatives and senators and the Lt. Governor. The members of System Governance included representatives from UAA, UAF, Statewide, and UAS staff councils, students, and faculty. The message the group was trying to convey was not to cut the University budget any further, even though the budget that was presented was the same as in 1985.