Minutes from
UPSA Executive Board Meeting
Thursday, May 8, 2003

Attending:  Thelma Simons, Pam Houston, Dan Consolver, Danny Kaiser, Jill Hummels, Kathy Stiers, Jeannette Johnson, Ola Faucher, Mark Nesbitt-Daly, Kathryn Nemeth-Tuttle, Sally Hayden, Joe Potts and Donna Hultine

Minutes: 
Minutes from the April 10, 2003 Executive Board meeting were approved as submitted.

Treasurer's Report:
No change.

President's Report:
Simons reported that there were no more SenEx or Provost meetings for her.  Ray Davis from Public Administration is the new chair of SenEx.

There is a new e-mail account for the UPSA executive board.  The president can be given ownership of the account so historical documents can be stored there.  All UPSA Board members will have rights to this account.

Committees:
Governance and Representation - no report.

Professional Development - Mike Hoeflich is to speak on the Patriot Act on June 5^th in the English Room of the Kansas Union.

Public Relations - no report.

Elections:
For officer positions, if there is only one candidate the ballot will have "agree/disagree"buttons.  Then there will be a list of other candidates with instructions to choose two.

Up for one year position:  Michael Irvin, Michelle Traband, Angela Johnson

Up for 3 year position:  Carol Jeffries, Jon Rossillon, Jason O'Connor, Stephanie Martell

Simons will ask for short "bios" including their name, department, position and a few sentences about why they're running.

We discussed possible committee chairs for Professional Development, including John Augusto and Kip Grosshans.

The link to the ballot will be sent out Wednesday and we will give them until the following Friday to vote.

We discussed committee appointments to be filled.  We send 2 nominations for each position open to the Provost and he chooses. 

One new representative will join Danny Kaiser and Jeannette Johnson on University Council.

We discussed the committee interest form on the web site.  It will be made with radio buttons so that people can choose more than one.

University Council:
Approved the substance abuse policy.  Heard a report from the Parking Commission.  Discussed placement of the new Multicultural Resource Center. They have a million dollar donor and hope to have it in place in two years.

A new Ombudsman has been chosen but not officially announced.  They are looking for office space.

Classified Senate:
The vote on whether to pursue becoming university employees ended in a tie.  The workgroup will continue to work on it.

New Business:
Simons reported that employees would be able to use the new student recreation center for a fee.

Adjourned at 1:25 p.m.