David Rohwer reported on the August Staff Alliance meeting. At that meeting Janet Jacobs gave an update on the tuition waiver report and Regents Policy Part IV and Mike Humphrey reported on the progress of the RFP for the health plan administration. The tuition waiver update material, which was included in the Board of Regents agenda packets, was included as an attachment to the SAA agenda. The Staff Alliance discussed the pending information technology policy. There is a fair amount of discussion among the faculty regarding this proposed policy.
Faculty members are particularly concerned about the potential lack of email privacy.
Email is used regularly to keep colleagues informed of developments on joint research projects but this is not information that is ready for publication. The Staff Alliance will be having a retreat in September. A reception is being planned that would include key legislators, civic and state leaders, as well as university administrators. This would give Staff Alliance members an additional chance to talk with decision makers besides the annual trip to Juneau. David Rohwer reported that the General Counsel s Office has rewritten the grievance handbook.