Staff concern about disparity within units and within campus system, fairness and where the money will come from. All these things are creating morale problems and anxiety for staff. Next topic of discussion was TLE and that staff are not very involved in it. Discussion about philosophy and mission and that at Boulder and Denver staff are not a big part of it. General discussion about Presidential Search Committee and that UCSC will submit names to Regents.
Staff feels it is important to get someone who knows the system and legislative issues.
They feel uncertain about the direction of things until a new person is hired. Lucero feels it is important to maintain legislative relationships and involve community and private sector in process. Staff initiated discussion about ASP and their experiences with PeopleSoft. There has been a tremendous lag time on payment to vendors and reimbursements to employees. Also, discussion about benefits plans and increased expenses.