IUB Professional Council
Business Meeting Minutes
Professional Council
Business Meeting Minutes
Kelley School of Business, Room 3055
May 16, 2012
Council Members in Attendance: Tracy Bee, Lisa Cooper, Cindy Curvin, Rosanne Dye, Karen Garrett, Tiana Iruoje, Christina Lirot, Maryanne McDonnell, Richard Nourie, Suzanne Ryan (UHRS Ex-officio), Grant Simpson, Patrick Smith, Kelly Thacker, Travis Waugh.
Proxies: Patrick Smith for Chris Enstrom, Lisa Cooper for Patricia Moser, Tracy Bee for Mark Trotter.
Members Not in Attendance: Jennifer Brooks, Katie Sewell.
Guests: Miina Holloway, UHRS; Sam Kwak, Maurer School of Law.
Meeting Minutes
A motion to approve the April, 2012 minutes as written was made, seconded and passed.
Update on Election Application Progress and Testing
The system has been tested by BPC members and should be ready to receive nominations beginning next week.
Statement on Student Services Initiative (SSI)
Prior to today’s meeting, Grant forwarded a proposed resolution for approval at today’s meeting. A motion to approve the resolution, as it appears below, was made, seconded and approved:
Resolution Requesting Professional Staff Representation on the Student Services Initiative Project Advisory Council
WHEREAS, the Student Services Initiative (“SSI”) was initiated as part of the university’s response to the findings of the Cost Benchmarking 1 project; and,
WHEREAS, SSI is supposed to work to meet the savings targets identified by Accenture as a part of Cost Benchmarking I; and,
WHEREAS, said goals have been approved by the Board of Trustees; and,
WHEREAS, the President has made the implementation of SSI a priority for Indiana University (“IU”) staff; and,
WHEREAS, the professional staff of IU is committed to meeting the operational and strategic goals of university leadership; and,
WHEREAS, meeting the savings targets of Cost Benchmarking 1 will have an impact on the working conditions, welfare, and services rendered by professional staff members touched by SSI’s efforts; and,
WHEREAS, the BPC was constituted to “provide professional staff members with a means of representative participation through recommendations and advice in the formulation of policies and in the solution of problems affecting the general welfare of, the working conditions of, and the services rendered by the professional staff of the University”; and,
WHEREAS, there is an SSI project advisory council that exists to provide campus representation to the SSI project; and,
WHEREAS, the SSI project advisory council contains only university administration and no professional staff representation,
THEREFORE, be it resolved that the BPC requests a seat on the SSI project advisory council in order to provide advice and information concerning SSI impact on professional staff members and to provide recommendations for maintaining the high level of staff welfare customary at IU.
Grant will forward this resolution to Jim Kennedy.
State of Retiree Benefits
Grant was recently approached by a professional staff employee who was concerned about benefits after retirement from IU. After some discussion, it was determined that more research was needed. Suzanne suggested we invite Keatrick Johnson, Director of Retirement Benefits, to attend an upcoming BPC meeting.
IUBPC Bylaws Review
Patrick has asked that a committee be convened to study and make recommendations to the BPC on the following issues:
- Provision for members who transfer or move between BPC units
- Provision to address leave situations (i.e. maternity/paternity/FMLA, etc…)
- Plan to update districts/electoral units
Grant Simpson, Patrick Smith, Karen Garrett and Maryanne McDonnell will serve on this committee. In addition, Suzanne Ryan will lend her expertise pertaining to the electoral units.
Executive Committee
The Executive Committee was unable to have a physical meeting this month. The agenda was set via email.
Communications and Marketing Committee
Karen Garrett has asked the rest of the BPC for assistance in preparing the next issue of the newsletter. Anyone willing to help should contact her at garrett@indiana.edu.
Outreach and Advocacy Committee – Maryanne McDonnell
The Know Your Campus tour for DeVault Alumni Center was held on April 30. Maryanne will continue to work on scheduling upcoming events.
Professional Interests Committee
The following professional staff employees were awarded professional development grants: Julie England, Workshop-Political Theory/Political Analysis; Peter Froehlich, IU Press; Sara Hatcher, Mathers Museum/Glenn Black Lab.
Ad-hoc and Campus Committees
Campus-wide Committee on Accessibility – Grant Simpson
The sub-committee on technology and electronic resource accessibility should meet in June.
Search and Screen/Review Committees
Provost Search
The solicitation for recommendations has gone out (this is an internal search). Interviews should begin in late May or early June.
The BPC has received the resignation of Jeremy Bennett, Unit 6 and Chris Enstrom, Unit 3. The council wishes both of these gentlemen the best in their future endeavors.
The June business meeting will be held from 3:00-5:00 p.m. in Kelley School of Business, Room 3055, on Wednesday, June 20.
The meeting was adjourned at 4:00 p.m., and the Know Your Professional Staff event was held in Kelley School of Business Room 3046.
Meeting minutes respectfully submitted by Teresa Spiegel.
