Minutes
CVCC Professional Staff Association
March 6, 2003
Main Campus, Instructional Conference Room

Members Present: Doug Allen, Sue Asp, Sallie Neville-Merritt,  John Beall, Donna Trado, Judy Barkley, Karen Less, Anne Williams, Wanda Horvath, Marian Baer, Ladonna Goodson.  Guest Teresa Ray.  Wilbur absent (Donna Trado will attempt to correct this attendance problem for the next General Meeting).

The meeting was called to order at 2:30 PM by President Donna Trado.

Committee Reports: The Treasurer's report was presented. The membership report of 17 paid members is down from 21 paid memberships in 2001-2002.  To assist recruitment it was suggested that our brochure be revised and distributed to all eligible employees.  A motion was made and approved to provide light refreshments at our next general membership meeting in May or June, 2003 and that all eligible employees be invited.

Board Member Elections:   Anne Williams, President Elect, was appointed Chair, Nominations Committee.  Other members are Marian Baer and Sallie Neville-Merritt.  Special attention needs to be given to finding a replacement for Secretary-Treasurer prior to the September/October 2003 installation of new officers.  Someone also needs to take responsibility for the PSA Web page maintenance before the end of July 2003.

Presentation to CVCC Board of Trustees: Donna Trado, Sue Asp, Sallie Neville-Merritt, and Wanda Barker attended the November 20, 2002 CVCC Board of Trustees meeting to provide our annual report.  Specific topics included a general "Thank You" for their support; the Roles of CVCC Professional Staff; Activities, accomplishments and awards for professional staff in the past 12 months; and a request for continued support.  The request for continued support was specifically addressed to equitable distribution of the county supplement and a plan to make all CVCC employees eligible for performance pay.  The full report of the presentation can be seen  HERE .   Donna, Sallie and Sue all reported they felt a positive support for the PSA proposals by both the CVCC Board of Trustees and the CVCC Administrative Council. Everyone present is encouraged by the recent decision to provide CVCC employees with a one time bonus of $1,000 and the implementation of the new County Pay Supplement Plan.  There was a general discussion of what actions the PSA needs to take to encourage additional steps for full implementation of the County Pay Supplement.  Specific strategies will be developed prior to the next PSA presentation to the CVCC Board of Trustees.

2002-2003 Priorities: The 2002-2003 goals were reviewed and discussed. Accomplishments and progress were noted in several areas.  

Comments on Goal #1 - this goal and strategies remain a top priority.  Donna Trado will publish a new list of the State Senators and Representatives who represent Catawba and Alexander counties (the CVCC service area).

Comments on Goal #2-1 - mark complete as we now have a much improved system to select, schedule and notify employees of professional development opportunities.

Comments on Goal 2-3 - delete as this is covered in goal #7.

Comments on Goal #3 - the first part of this goal should be marked complete.  The second part of the goal remains and will be re-prioritized for next year.

Comments on Goal 4 - Donna Trado to contact the Faculty Senate President to establish coordination.  The PSA continues to work with the Support Staff Association on a regular basis.

Comments on Goal #5 - The PSA leadership makes this an agenda item at every opportunity.  We are encouraged with the current effort to write an official CVCC "Vision Statement" and by the requirements of the impending SACS re-accreditation. 

Comments on Goal #6 - Everyone agrees that this should continue on an informal basis both as an association and on a personal basis by individual members.

Comments on Goal #7 - While some improvement has been noted with e-mail announcements, we still need to work to have jobs announced internally some period of time before they are released to the general public.

Comments of Goal #8 - It was suggested that this be edited to put the responsibility on CVCC Administration rather than the PSA.  Suggested was "Encourage CVCC Administration to have increased emphasis to have published policy and procedure align with actual practices."

Comments on Goal #9 - The CVCC Mentor Program for New Employees has evidently ceased operations based on comments from recently hired employees.  Donna Trado will determine the status of this program and report back at the next PSA General Meeting.

Comments on Goal #10 - This continues to be an unaccomplished goal and should remain on the Priorities.

Comments on Goal #11 - Should be marked complete as the CVCC holiday policy now includes the same number of days as for state employees.

Next Meeting: The next meeting is scheduled for Thursday, May 29, 2003, 2:30 - 3:30 p.m. in room 1001, East Campus.

Special Note: All members and guests in attendance were presented with a special, custom designed PSA bookmark with a recent photo of "Wilbur".

The meeting adjourned at 3:40.

Respectfully submitted,

John Beall
Secretary-Treasurer