Members Present: Doug Allen, Sue Asp, John Beall, Teresa Biggs, Kathy Carey, LaDonna Goodson, Karen Less, Sandie Loyer, Sallie Neville Merritt, Dennis Stirewalt, Donna Trado, Anne Williams

The meeting was called to order by President Doug Allen at 11:00 AM..  

Since the PSA does not have a gavel, a unique symbol of authority was presented by the Immediate Past President, Sue Asp, to President, Doug Allen.  This Symbol of Authority is to be a visible reminder of our PSA goals and is to be passed on to each new incoming PSA President.

Reports:
By consensus of the membership, the minutes of the last general meeting were approved as posted at the web site.

The treasurer reported that the treasury still stands at $55.00 plus what is being collected for this year's membership dues.  At the end of the meeting the treasury was $110.00.

Salary Increase Report & Discussion:  A document supplied by the N3CSDPA was distributed that included the legislative language for the pay increase and a suggestion to write thank you letters or e-mails to our local legislators.  We decided to do our own letter writing campaign.  Several "volunteers" were assigned to write to a specific legislator. All members were encouraged to write one or more of the legislators with a "Thank you."  The PSA will also send a thank you note on PSA letterhead to each legislator.  Members were also encouraged to send Christmas cards.  Handouts with contact information for each of our Senators and Representatives was distributed.  There is an effort being made by N3CSDPA to have a Spring reception for the legislators.  A motion was approved for the CVCC PSA to pay for mileage for one vehicle to go to this event.  Anyone attending will need to take annual leave for that day.

Board of Trustees November 28 Meeting Plan: It was the decision of the PSA Executive Committee that only members of the Executive Committee and past presidents of the PSA were to attend this meeting to show support for the PSA's position that the CVCC administration maintain equitable standards for all employees. The thrust of our presentation will be the progress the PSA has made, the positive initiatives the PSA has taken in the past 12 months, and the plans for for 2001 - 2002.

Children On Campus:   The new proposed CVCC policy was discussed.  Because there were several different views and ideas from members, the PSA will not take an official position but President Doug Allen is to pass on to Coy Hudson the ideas from our open discussion.

Goals for 2001-2002: The present goals will be sent to the membership by e-mail.  Each member should put the goals in their preferred priority order.  The results of the voting will be calculated and the new priority will be published at the PSA Web page.  Ideas for new goals may also be submitted by members to the President.

PSA Brochure: The PSA brochure will be revised with the new goal priorities.  Past presidents will also be listed

Awards Committee:   In addition to their present duties, the Awards Committee will develop a plan for the PSA to select their candidate for the Professional Staff Person of the Year.  They will also develop a proposed plan,  for CVCC to select an annual CVCC nomination for the NCCCS Staff Person of the Year award.  This plan will be coordinated with the leadership of the CVCC Support Staff Association prior to being submitted to Dr. Coy Hudson.

Other Business: Sallie Neville Merritt suggested we have some sort of social event to encourage or promote membership in the PSA.  She is to develop a plan to be submitted for discussion by the membership at the next meeting.

Next PSA General Meeting: The next PSA general meeting be held during the Spring Professional Development Day for Faculty and Staff on January 21, 2002.  The time and location of the meeting will be announced later.

There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned by Doug Allen at 11:56 AM.

Respectfully submitted,

John Beall
Secretary-Treasurer