All members and one guest present were welcomed. The Senators present unanimously passed the motion. Shelly Kellogg was not in attendance but had submitted her Treasurer's Report prior to the meeting. Eric Sexton, Director of Governmental Relations, presented ideas and information to help make our Legislative Information Day as successful as possible.
Salaries are always the big issue.
Everyone should know who his or her legislators are and develop a relationship with them by keeping them informed about how you stand on the issues. He stressed the importance of having a contingency of WSU Classified Senators and other classified employees there to present our case. Eric distributed some handouts dealing with how we can be effective advocates, how a bill becomes a law, maps showing Senate and House districts, student and alumni headcount by county, and supplemental appropriation and budget requests. Sally indicated that we are still looking for interested classified employees who would like to represent WSU at the Legislative Information Day. Sally Fiscus Sally recognized Ginger Cox and Linda Farmer, co-chairs of the Holiday Tree Lighting ceremony.