October 12, 2005

CSAC Members Present: Red Darland, Mary Hale, Michelle Jensen, Sabrina Johnson, Evelyn Meuret, Karen Reiter, Cindy Schultz, Patty Stenz, Jim Strey, and Marlene Zdanovec

CSAC Members Absent: Kyn Anthony, Dan Hoyt, Jerry Murphy, Terry Olson, Jill Reichenberger
Administrative Liaison: Tim Danielson
SAS Liaison: Ann Marie Johnson (absent)
Guest(s): Jean Bord

Meeting was opened by Administrative Liaison, Tim Danielson.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES
Minutes from the September 24th CSAC meeting were approved by consensus.

TREASURER’S REPORT
No change, there were no transactions.

CHAIR’S REPORT
· Chancellor Wells will attend the November 9th CSAC meeting.
· Jill R. has volunteered to serve on the new Academic Building Committee.
· The newsletter is nearly done and looks great. Kudos to Dan Hoyt and Michelle Jensen.

COMMITTEE REPORTS
· ACUG Representative Michelle Jensen
There is a backlog of work. IT is working hard to catch up, but it will be some time. There are many tough problems around State contracts that are costing UW Oshkosh a lot of money.

· Liaison- Senate of Academic Staff AnnMarie Johnson
No report.

· Awards & Recognition Marlene Zdanovec
The November STAR winner will be chosen soon. Paulette Feld is the October winner. Sabrina Johnson will explore announcing the STAR winner through campus e-mail.

· Committee on Committees - Karen Reiter
Requests for searches include AVC-Academic Affairs (Judy Lloyd) and CON Dean (Paulette Feld.) Sandy Muinde is off the LGBTQ committee Charity Chandler is in.

· Classified Staff Grant Committee Sabrina Johnson
Six people have responded so far to the grant. The deadline is October 28th.

· CSDAD Planning Jean Bord
Work is being done to finalize the contract for the speaker. Surveys for programs will be out soon; suggestions for new programs would be great. Cindy Schultz is considering doing something with fleece HOORAY!! Games, programs, and facilities committees all need people. The Chancellor is considering having a drawing for football tickets, either Packers or Badgers, or both, for the winning team. If there are any suggestions for entertainment during the ice cream time, pleas forward to Jean Bord.

· Grant Fund Raising Committee -
Committee has not met yet.

· Marketing Cindy Schultz
Committee has not met yet they will be soon.

OLD CSAC BUSINESS
· The results of the CSAC volunteer opportunities vote were revealed. The Oshkosh Seniors Center was the winner. Red will contact them and find out how we can help. Maybe a spring cleaning bee?
· The idea of a CSAC sponsored run/walk event was explored. Jill R. will speak with Chancellor Wells about connecting it to the opening day run/walk.
· Breast cancer research was nominated as the first charity to fund.
· The filth of the Pollock House was discussed and the possibility of cleaning it came up. Evelyn M. will contact Tom Keefe to find out how the building is maintained.
· It was recognized that Red D. has worked hard to make the volunteer project a soon-to-be reality. Raucous applause for Red ensued!
· Tim D. mentioned that the CSAC is not subject to Wisconsin Open Meetings Law.
· Several options for a potential holiday get together were discussed. Jill is checking on restaurants. Most people like January as the timing.
· The Tibetan Monks are returning to the area.

NEW CSAC BUSINESS
No new business to discuss at this time.

“ROUND ROBIN” (other University business of interest to CSAC)
Nothing to report at this time.

NEXT CSAC MEETING: Wednesday, November 9, 2005 at 1:30 p.m. in Dempsey 212.