Minutes of Administrative Staff Council
May 1, 2003

Call to Order
Laura Emch called the meeting to order at 1:35.

Members Present
Ann Betts, John Clark, Wayne Colvin, Tina Coulter, Jim Dachik, Carl Dettmer, Laura
Emch, Deb Fleitz, Dave Garcia, Brady Gaskins, Deborah Knigga, Susan Kozal, Sue Lau,
Joe Luthman, Sandy Miesmer, Emily Monago, Tom Scavo, Karen Schwab, Phyllis Short,
Robin Veitch, Robert Zhang

Member Substitutes
Greg Dickerson for Sally Johnson. Dawn Burks for Kim Grilliot. Sandy Miesmer for Barbara
Waddell.

Absent
Amelie Brogden, Nora Cassidy, Dave Crooks, Penny Nemitz, Mike Fitzpatrick, Terry
Herman, Lona Leck, Ron Skulas.

Approval of Minutes
Wayne Colvin moved and John Clark seconded approval of the minutes from
April 3, 2003.

Chair’s Report
Laura indicated that at the President’s Advisory meeting the main topic was student retention.
Also, during the President’s Panel meeting, the President stated that he is dead set against lay
offs.

Vice Chair’s Report: None

Secretary’s Report
Ballots for Executive Council membership will be going out May 2. They will be due
back May 16. There are issues surrounding the election of representatives that were
tabled until the new business discussions.

Committee Reports:

Amendments: None

Awards and Special Recognition:
Deb Fleitz stated that the committee met to review 15 nominations for BG Best awards.
Eight will be awarded and all of the nominators of the recipients have been contacted.
The next item for the committee will be the call for nominations for the Spirit of BG
award.

External Affairs: Emily Monago stated that there will be announcements in the Monitor on the
5th and 12th, reminding staff of the ASC reception.

Internal Affairs: None

Personnel Welfare: Brady Gaskins stated that they intend to meet in the near future. HR has
notified him that the employee database is up and running.

Professional Development: The committee has granted some additional funding requests
since the last meeting.

Salary: Dave Garcia reported that the meeting on salary proposals went well. ASC
recommended that an across the board increase be given to staff. This would be considered a one
time arrangement necessitated by the budget situation. It was stressed that while the majority of
administrative staff would rather do without a raise for a year than face lay offs, all constituent
groups should receive a raise if one is given. It would not be acceptable for one group to be given
a raise and not the others.
Dave also presented the committee’s proposal to have the pay ranges for administrative staff
members increased by 3% on paper. This would mean approximately 10 people might then fall
below their minimum pay range and would need small monetary increases to bring them back
into range.
Laura Emch stated that in the meeting it was shared that the University expects an approximate
15% increase in health care costs. This issue would have to be watched closely as there have
been new schemes suggested for covering health care costs.
Laura Emch thanked the committee for their efforts.

Scholarship:
Sandy Miesmer stated that 10 scholarship candidates were interviewed and 6 scholarships
were awarded. There were four $1000 awards and two $500 awards.

Faculty Senate:
John Clark reported there were two on call meetings. One dealt with the commercialization of
intellectual property. The other proposal, which was turned down, dealt with the academic
dishonesty policy.

Classified Staff: None

Old Business:
FMLA: Laura Emch stated she would like to table the final vote on the proposed language
changes until the June meeting thereby giving HR time to work on some of the definitions of
immediate family. Wayne Colvin moved that we table the issue until such time as they respond
to our request for definitions, which may or may not be in time for the June meeting. John Clark
seconded this proposal. It was unanimously passed.

New Business
Kim Fleshman – Student Technology Center
Kim Fleshman presented on the new Student Technology Center located at 200
Saddlemire. There are many types of equipment available for students to rent, as well as
training programs on the equipment and various software packages. Kim stated that the
center can do small training sessions for University groups and are trying to have
monthly events on campus on topics of technology that are open to the public. She stated
that there are sixteen student technology centers across the nation and the BGSU’s is the
first in Ohio. The closet center to our center is on at Notre Dame. She also reminded
everyone that the 2003 Northwest Ohio Technology Fair will take place October 23,
2003, in the ballroom of the Student Union.

Elections
Sue Lau reported that after receiving the nominations for ASC representatives, all but
three areas will be underrepresented. The other concern was that no nominations for
secretary had been received. Laura Emch asked all members to consider possible ways to
handle that secretary duties in the next year and be prepared to discuss the election issues
at the next meeting. It was stated that the lack of nominations may stem from the
increased responsibilities administrative staff are feeling in light of the on-going hiring
freeze.

Adjournment
Adjournment was moved and seconded. The meeting was adjourned at 3:00 p.m.