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June 6, 2012

Employee Assembly Meeting
Wednesday, June 6, 2012
12:15 — 1:30 pm
401 Physical Science
MINUTES

I. Call to Order

T. Grove called the meeting to order at 12:19 p.m.

T. Grove called the meeting to order at 12:22 p.m.

Present: J. Boodley Buchanan, A. Capogrossi, B. Cristelli, L. Croll Howell, B. Esty, T. Grove, E. Lee, L. Morris, G. Osborne, L. Sayam, B. Schaffner, M. Stefanski Seymour

Absent: J. Ambrosetti, B. Blanco, D. Brooks, C. Ferguson, M. Kitchen, T. Mitchell

II. Call for Late Additions to the Agenda

There were no late additions to the agenda.

III. Approval of the Minutes from the Last Meeting

B. Schaffner moved to approve the minutes from May 16th. The motion was seconded. The members voted, and all were in favor of approving the minutes.

IV. Business of the Day

a) Appointment of new EA member

T. Grove said unfortunately Bill Smith has had to resign his EA seat before he had even started. He has accepted a job offer in NYC so he will no longer be working for Cornell. She announced there are 2 people interested in the now available “At-large” seat.

b) Election of EA officers and committee chairs for 2012–13

T. Grove explained a bit about the elections and how the voting would go.

T. Grove then asked for nominations for Chair — B. Schaffner nominated Tanya Grove. Tanya accepted the nomination. There were no other nominations for Chair. T. Grove was appointed as EA Chair by acclimation.

T. Grove then asked for nominations for Executive Vice Chair — B. Cristelli nominated Brigitt Schaffner. Brigitt accepted the nomination. There were no other nominations for EVP. B. Schaffner was appointed as EA EVP by acclimation.

T. Grove then asked for nominations for Vice Chair for Internal Operations — T. Grove nominated Bridget Cristelli. Bridget accepted the nomination. There were no other nominations for VC for IOC. B. Cristelli was appointed as EA VC for IOC by acclimation.

T. Grove then asked for nominations for Vice Chair for Finance — T. Grove nominated Bob Blanco. Bob had previously accepted the nomination by email. There were no other nominations for VC Finance. B. Blanco was appointed as EA VP for Finance by acclimation.

T. Grove then asked for nominations for Vice Chair for Communications — L. Morris explained what the position entails. B. Schaffner nominated Eric Lee. Eric accepted the nomination. There were no other nominations for VC Communications. E. Lee was appointed as EA VC for Communications for acclimation.

T. Grove then asked for nominations for Parliamentarian — There were no nominations for the position. It was decided they would leave the position open for now.

B. Cristelli explained about committees and distributed a hand out. L. Morris said she would like to have something in the Pawprint with committee details and vacancies. N. Doolittle said June 15th was the last issue for the summer, but could do something when they start up again.

T. Grove explained more about the REST team sub-committees.

V. Committee Reports

There were no committee reports given.

VI. Old Business

a) Kudos Lunch

T. Grove said the Kudos Lunch at the Statler was a great success again this year, and thanked Amy O’Donnell for her help.

b) Geneva Trip

T. Grove asked who was going on the Geneva trip so that a large enough vehicle can be rented. Please let her know ASAP if you have not already.

VII. New Business

There were no items.

VIII. Old business

There were no items.

IX. Adjournment

Meeting was adjourned at 12:55 p.m.

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