April 2008

1:00 – 3:00 p.m.

 

Notre Dame Room, Lafortune Center 

 

Present:            Julie DeBuysser, Penny McIntire, Shari Herman, Amie Davis, Joy Schosker, Patricia Smith, Sharon Konopka, Diana Singleton, Victoria Chidister, Adele Almaguer, Kathy Stopczynski, Joe Wheeler, Kathy Troth, Barb Wadley

 

Excused:           Mo Marnocha, Laura Gerber, Andrew Mason, Marie Revak, Frederick Sonneborn, Char-anna Koblick

 

Unexcused:       Rebecca Reeves, John Mackowicz, Janice Owens 

 

HR Liaison:      John Whelan

 

 

Call to Order 

The meeting was called to order at 1:02 p.m. by Patty Smith.

 

 

Approval of March 13, 2008 Council Minutes 

Changes were requested and the minutes will be presented at the May meeting for approval.

 

 

Committee Reviews 

Benefits Committee

 

              No news.

 

By-laws Committee 

No news.

 

Parking Appeals

No news.

 

Election Committee

No news.

 

Promotions Committee  

 

The Relay for Life raffle was cancelled as a result of a legal determination by the Office of the General Counsel.  

 

A fundraising dinner at Hacienda is scheduled for April 16th.

 

ECDC 

              No news.

 

Webpage Committee  

No news.

 

Compassion Fund

No news.

 

IV.         Additional Business

 

New Members

 

Welcome to Julie Debuysser who is the new SAC rep from Athletics. 

Joy Schosker is leaving SAC because she took new job in a different department. 

 

Elections for SAC officers

 

After a vote from the SAC members present, Amie Davis is the new secretary, Kathy Stopczynski is the new Vice Chair and Patty Smith will remain as the Chair. 

 

Dan Skendzel

 

Dan Skendzel came to SAC and asked for feedback from the SAC members about shuttle. 

Concerns about crowd size and frequency of schedule seems to have subsided. 

There has been great success from Mason Center.  Employees love it.  The shuttles are standing room only. 

The service from the bus driver, Bill, has been overwhelmingly positive.  

Dan shared that the numbers indicate that not many riders are taking the shuttle from the stadium, the Main Circle or the D6 parking lot.  Dan recommends changing the schedule to limit those extra stops with the exception of the morning and evening routes from/to Mason. 

Dan asked if a survey should be distributed to all employees.  SAC discussed the questions and gave feedback to Dan. 

 

Vacation Accrual

 

Rather than having students from CLAP present the proposed vacation policy, several Notre Dame employees will make the presentation at the May meeting.  This was agreed upon by SAC by vote.  

Members from SAC felt that it was more appropriate to have ND staff members presenting to SAC than students since the employees are the ones directly impacted.  

 

V.          Adjournment

 

With no further topics to discuss, Adele Almaguer made a motion to adjourn at 2:58 p.m.  The motion was seconded by Sharon Konopka and passed.

 

Respectfully submitted,

 

Human Resources