MINUTES
Employee Assembly Meeting
Wednesday May 15th, 2013
12:15 - 1:30pm
401 Physical Science

“Being an active Voice for Cornell Staff”

I. Call to Order

T. Grove called the meeting to order at 12:23pm.

Voting members present: R. Blanco, J. Boodley Buchanan, D. Brooks, A. Capogrossi, B. Cristelli, B. Esty, T. Grove, M. Kitchen, G. Mezey, G. Osborne, L. Sayam, B. Schaffner, M. Stefanski Seymour

Voting members absent: J. Ambrosetii, N. Bell, L. Croll Howell, C. Ferguson, E. Lee, L. Morris

Also present: A. Epstein, A. O’Donnell, P. Thompson

II. Call for Late Additions to the Agenda

G. Osborne requested to talk about the Geneva visit.

III. Approval of Minutes from last meeting

The minutes were approved with no dissent.

IV. Business of the Day

a) Staff Skills for Success - Kathy Burkgren

K. Burkgren described changes made to Cornell’s Skills for Success. There is now a Skills For Success and a Leadership Skills for Success that applies to all employees on campus. The goal is to make Cornell a place where people can come to work everyday and have the time to do what they do best.

B. Esty suggested standardizing the language concerning diversity in the Skills For Success guidelines to ensure that the same language is used to discuss diversity issues campus-wide.

V. Report from the Chair

a) Final Report on EST

T. Grove said she is expecting a formal response from the administration in a few weeks. At that point, the Employee Survey Team will get together to figure out the next steps.

B. Cristelli asked about Resolution 4 and how it would be rolled out in the individual colleges.

T. Grove said that developments regarding this resolution and the administration’s response and how it will affect the colleges would be posted on the EA site and other sites, as well as in the Pawprint.

b) May Board Meting

T. Grove said if anyone is interested in coming, the May Board of Trustees meeting is at 3:00pm on Friday the 24th at the Statler. RSVP to Amy O’Donnell.

VI. Old Business

a) UA appointment

T. Grove said that someone interested in becoming a new member of the UA recently stepped forward and after having met with her, Grove recommended appointing her. At that point, there was a vote and Rosemary Adessa was appointed with no dissent.

b) Geneva Meeting

G. Osborne asked how many people wanted to go on the Geneva visit. EA members discussed the logistics of how to get to and from Geneva.

c) TCAT - David Brooks

D. Brooks said there has been an issue with transportation on campus since he started working at Cornell. He then read his draft resolution on how to improve busses to and from the employee parking lots on campus.

B. Cristelli mentioned how people are forced to wait for the 81 busses to the employee parking lots for thirty minutes in the cold during the winter because TCAT pulls these busses to replace other routes that have broken down.

Other EA members contributed their own stories about how the TCAT could be improved to become a more effective system of transportation for employees.

G. Mezey suggested passing this resolution in the EA and then having EA representatives put forth this resolution in the UA.

VII. New Business

a) Resolution 6

Approved by unanimous consent.

b) Resolution 7

Approved by unanimous consent.

c) Resolution 8

Approved by unanimous consent.

d) Resolution 9

Approved by unanimous consent.

VIII. Adjournment

G. Mezey moved that K. Zoner be appointed to the CJC. Seconded. K. Zoner was appointed.

T. Grove adjourned the meeting at 1:11 pm.

Respectfully submitted,

Allison Bazinet