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<v ->Who's new, welcome to stock council.</v>

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And it is my one speaking role to do right now

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that I never, ever, ever get correct, which is funny.

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So it is approving the minutes.

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And so Alan sent everyone a copy of the minute

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and a lot of actually, a lot of documents this past email,

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but we are gonna approve the minutes.

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So would someone make a motion to approve the minutes?

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<v ->I wasn't at the meeting so I can't approve.</v>

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<v ->Yes, you do have to be present.</v>

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<v ->I'll make a motion to approve the minutes</v>

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of the last meeting.

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<v ->Thank you.</v>

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Will anyone second the motion?

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<v ->I'll second the motion.</v>

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<v ->Are there any objections to the minutes?</v>

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<v ->Well, any discussion?</v>

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<v ->Oh, it's discussion first, see?</v>

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<v ->Yes.</v>

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<v ->Is there any discussion about the minutes?</v>

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And then do we just say,

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everyone raise their hand to approve them?

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<v ->All those in favor, raise your hand.</v>

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<v ->Okay, if there's no discussion,</v>

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then everyone who is in favor of the minutes,

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please raise your hand.

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Someday I'm gonna get it right, the last meeting.

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<v ->That's cool, okay.</v>

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<v ->Thank you.</v>

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<v ->Any opposed?</v>

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<v ->Is there any opposed?</v>

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(council member speaks indistinctly)

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Yeah.

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<v ->Okay, you did it.</v>
<v ->Great.</v>

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The minutes are approved.
<v ->Minutes are approved.</v>

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<v ->Thank you.</v>

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<v ->Thank you, Jen.</v>

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<v ->Yeah.</v>

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<v ->Always keeping it fun, love it.</v>

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<v ->So next on the agenda is our public comment period.</v>

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This public comment period is specific

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for non-council members to bring up business

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they wish to share with the council.

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We have added a council member spot

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at the back of the meeting.

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So I think everybody in this room is on the council.

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Do we have anybody on meeting?

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<v ->I am new.</v>

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<v ->You're new.</v>

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<v ->Hi, I'm Doug.</v>
<v ->Hi, Doug.</v>

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<v ->The new employee with SGA in the business office.</v>

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<v ->I'm also new, but familiarizing</v>

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with the university relations and the president.

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<v ->You're new to UVM but not on staff council.</v>

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<v ->I'm new to everything.</v>

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<v ->Yes, but you're not on staff council.</v>

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<v ->What's that?</v>

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<v ->You're not on staff council.</v>

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<v ->I'm not on staff council.</v>

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<v ->Okay, so you would be the person</v>

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who could talk at this time.

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<v ->All right, anybody else online?</v>

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<v ->It sounds pretty good.</v>

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<v ->So would you like to get in the ring?</v>

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<v ->I'm just here to hear what's going on.</v>

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<v ->Okay.</v>

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<v ->Glad you're here, thank you.</v>

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It's an opportunity that I feel we could maybe do better

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with communicating because usually we just have

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mostly representatives and it would be really nice

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to build up other staff members.

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And we'll get more to that in a little bit later.

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So we'll just dive in with new representative introductions

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and we have one, two, three, four, five, six new members

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starting with us, so welcome.

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<v ->Are they six?</v>

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<v ->All right, one, two, three, four, five, six.</v>

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<v ->Let's ignore the number, what's important is the people.</v>

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<v ->Yeah, more than the levels last year.</v>

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<v ->I sent you the list.</v>

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<v ->All right, so you're Billy, welcome Billy.</v>

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<v ->Thank you.</v>

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<v ->Anything else you'd like to tell us about</v>

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or how you got involved with staff council,

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what some of your goals are with serving on the council?

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<v ->Well, I guess first, I'm also a twin,</v>

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there was a lot of-

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So I'm an identical twin, my brother lives in Virginia,

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which is where I'm from.

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I am really excited

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to be on the community engagement council

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and part of the government relations office.

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This past year, I helped support

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the Together Vermont Day of Community Service in Burlington.

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So I'm also part of that for this coming year

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and excited to find other ways to engage

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with the UVM community,

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but also the greater Vermont area representing UVM.

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<v ->Fantastic.</v>

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<v ->That's awesome.</v>

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<v ->Make a connection with Liv</v>

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who does a lot of work with human resource partners for us

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and is also a council member.

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<v ->Great.</v>

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<v ->Cool, got your back.</v>

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All right.

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Can I guess that you're married?

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<v ->I am.</v>

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I'm married, so I have identical twin daughters,

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they're sophomores.

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I work in the college of nursing and health sciences

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and I'm Dean Anderson's executive assistant.

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This is probably going into my third year here,

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first time here, obviously.

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Just excited to learn more about it,

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not sure of everything yet so bear with me.

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But I'm excited to be here

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and to see what happens in the next coming year.

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<v ->And are you gonna be on the professional development-</v>

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<v ->Oh yeah, sorry, that too.</v>

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<v ->Okay.</v>
<v ->Yeah.</v>

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<v ->Yes, and CBB.</v>
<v ->And CBB too.</v>

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<v ->As co-chair.</v>

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<v ->Yes, that's, yeah.</v>

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<v ->Jumping right in.</v>

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All right.

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<v ->Well, JP did a lot of great work</v>

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with the community last year, so sure.

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They'll come up with lots of new initiatives

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and bringing a lot of things.

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<v ->One day.</v>

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<v ->One day, good, so welcome.</v>

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<v ->Thank you.</v>

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<v ->Hi Meredith, you and I email each other all the time.</v>

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<v ->Oh, I'm sure you do.</v>

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<v ->Never met face to face though.</v>

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<v ->Hello, whoever you are.</v>

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<v ->Yeah.</v>

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<v ->Who do we have next going here?</v>

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Richard, would you like to go next?

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<v ->Sure.</v>

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Hi, I'm Rich.

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I'm in institutional research and assessment,

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I'm the assessment coordinator.

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I was involved in staff council last year

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just as an at-large member, I joined CBB,

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so this year I'm a rep from the provost's office

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and I'm continuing on CBB.

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I just had my one-year anniversary at UVM last month,

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so I guess I'm about 13 months in.

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<v ->Fantastic, that's really nice that you're joining.</v>

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That's all, thank you.

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<v ->At my previous institution, I was a faculty member</v>

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and I was used to participating

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in only about a gazillion committees.

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So as a staff member, I had no committees to be part of

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and I was having committee envy,

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so I needed to get involved somewhat.

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No, but I just really wanna learn

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about everything going on at UVM and get to know people.

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<v ->Great, thank you, great to have you.</v>

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<v ->Amanda?</v>
<v ->Hi, Amanda.</v>

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<v ->So I'm Amanda Duling, I'm the HR coordinator</v>

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for the Department of Residential Life, just part of DOSA.

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And I haven't even reached one year yet,

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I was hired last October.

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And I, again, committee envy.

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I work in the beautiful Robinson Hall

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way on the other side of campus

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and not really have much interaction outside of my office.

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So with this, I really wanted to engage more

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with the university,

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engage more with other departments and staff.

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And my life outside of my job

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is very community engagement focused.

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And I've had previous positions that were very training

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and PD focused.

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So it's nice to kind of be able to bring those in

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to my experience here to benefit staff council.

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<v ->And you're gonna be on PPD as well, yes?</v>

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<v ->Okay, well, getting a lot of great staff there, JP.</v>

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<v ->Hand it to Sawyer.</v>

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All right.

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<v ->Hi, everyone.</v>

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<v ->Welcome, Sawyer.</v>

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<v ->My name is Sawyer Zundel.</v>

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I'm the events administrative support coordinator

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with the Grossman School of Business.

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I'm a very new employee here,

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I actually just started the day after the eclipse in April.

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But my role as events administrative support coordinator

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is very cross-functional where I'm working

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with all sorts of different departments

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and units around campus.

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And my supervisor and I just both agreed

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that it would be great to just get involved in staff council

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and learn about the many, many moving parts around UVM.

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So I'm really excited to get involved,

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and I'm gonna be a part

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of the professional development committee.

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<v ->Yes.</v>

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<v ->Well, good to meet you.</v>

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<v ->Do we have an equal distribution</v>

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among the committees going here?

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What's happening?

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<v ->It's fairly equal, yeah.</v>

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I don't think one has more than others,

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but it's not necessarily PP`D.

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<v ->So next I'd like to introduce Jonathan</v>

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with the president's office,

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who joins our meetings and supports us.

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So I'd like you to take a second

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to introduce yourself, Jonathan, to the group.

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<v ->Hi, everyone, welcome to all the new members.</v>

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It's Jonathan DeMoor, I'm the chief of staff

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to President Garimella, work in the president's office.

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Really appreciate my connection with Monika

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and Jen and Alan.

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And yeah, like Monika said, I join these meetings regularly.

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Happy to be a part of the discussion,

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mostly to stay out of your way,

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but also happy to answer questions or weigh in as necessary.

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But greetings to y'all.

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<v ->Thank you.</v>

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One of the things we talked about in our year-end meeting

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is how we can share some of the information

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from the council further down to our constituents,

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so we'll talk a little bit about that more later.

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So next up,

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we have a council member who serves as parliamentarian,

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and that means they serve on the executive board.

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The executive board is made up of the chairs

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of the different committees and the parliamentarian.

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I just wanna point out that

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if you're interested in this role,

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this has an added responsibility this year

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because in the spring of this year

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will be an election cycle

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for the president and vice president,

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and the parliamentarian serves

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as the chair of the nominating committee.

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So keep that in mind if you're interested.

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And is there anyone

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who would like to put themselves forward for that role?

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We do have one member who has served in that role,

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that's Lindsey Moore who has thrown her hat in the ring.

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So do we have anybody online who's raising their hand?

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Okay, so it looks like we're gonna go

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with Lindsey Moore again.

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Yay, Lindsey.

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Lindsey does a very good job

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so we're happy to have her back.

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All right.

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<v ->Oh, yay.</v>

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Let's see.

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So as Monika just said, the executive board is comprised

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of the co-chairs of all the committees,

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the parliamentarian, of course, Monika and Jen,

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and then two at-large members,

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not to be confused with an at-large member of staff council,

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which we just discussed.

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But they're at-large members to the executive board,

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but they come from staff council

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as representatives from staff council.

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Executive board meets once a month at the last,

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or the second of the last Monday of every month,

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something like that.

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And generally speaking is the guiding body of staff council

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since all the leadership gets to meet

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in one place at one time

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and discuss what each committee is working on

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and how to suggest or maybe make cross suggestions

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between committees and so forth.

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So it's just another opportunity to engage

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at a little bit more higher level,

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if that's something that interests folks.

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And this is an opportunity for actually people,

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you're voting on these two people here,

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it's not appointed by Monica or Jen,

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it's a vote of people who are interested.

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So I did send out some information

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regarding additional responsibilities

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if you had a chance to read that,

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but does anybody have any questions

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about that particular role?

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If you're on the fence or even not on the fence.

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Should also mention,

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if you didn't catch that in the email and the materials,

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if you're considering running for co-chair

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of your standing committee,

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you would not be able to be the at-large member

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on the executive board

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since the co-chairs serve on the executive board already.

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So they're mutually exclusive roles.

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Do we have any questions about the at-large?

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<v ->Well, two people.</v>

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It's fun.

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<v ->Well, what's really nice</v>

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about being on the executive committee

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is that you have that representation

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from each of the committees on a smaller level

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where you can have those discussions

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and where we approve.

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Like last year, the Community Engagement Committee

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took on reviewing their charge with their purpose, right?

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And what are we doing?

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And so that was discussed at the executive board

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and approved before it went out to vote at the council.

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So it's just a little more closer

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to the inner workings of the council.

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And if you're brand new, that's okay.

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It's really good to have fresh ideas and thoughts

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and some opportunity.

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<v ->In that case, yeah.</v>

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<v ->Yeah, I'll also raise my name.</v>

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<v ->Okay, one, two, there you go.</v>

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I wanted to thank you all-

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<v ->Katherine.</v>

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<v ->Katherine too, so we'll have-</v>

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<v ->So we have three people</v>

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who have put their hat in the ring.

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That's unusual.

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(council members laugh)

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So I guess normally we would vote in the meeting.

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I will do it, yeah, I'll do it electronically,

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I'll send out a ballot for that.

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And what I can do is I'll do it this week

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and I'll include your bios as well,

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just so people have a little bit better idea,

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especially the folks that aren't here.

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So I'll send that out probably tomorrow to get that voted on

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in terms of those three people.

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And then we'll have, okay, there we go.

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<v ->Do we have a conflict of interest</v>

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since the committees haven't voted for their chairs

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or vice chairs yet?

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<v ->Nope. - Okay.</v>

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<v ->If they're interested in being co-chairs,</v>

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that's Katherine already sitting.

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<v ->So it's a free pass.</v>

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You don't have to be a chair or co-chair,

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but you get to be on the executive committee.

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<v ->So I'll get that out tomorrow.</v>

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<v ->Great, thank you for putting your hat in the ring.</v>

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Okay, the second item that's for me on the agenda,

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number six, is the Professional Development Fund Committee.

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And again, just to review the materials

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that were sent out in the packets,

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the Staff Council Professional Development Fund

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is a fund where non-represented staff can apply

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for funding to professional development.

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Just kind of went around in a circle there.

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Up to $500 to help fund professional development.

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It's done on a quarterly basis.

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So therefore that particular committee meets

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on a quarterly basis only,

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generally for maybe an hour at the most,

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unless we've got a whole bunch of applications,

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but it usually doesn't run for much more than an hour.

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You review the applications,

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determine their relevance and their applicability.

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There's a rubric and a scoring mechanism already in place

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so it's pretty objective and not too subjective

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for the most part.

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And then you'll vote on which ones you wanna approve.

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I send out the email to the people,

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say you're approved, good for you.

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And then we start the whole process over again.

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Jen Main, the Vice President of Staff Council

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serves as the chair,

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and she's automatically on that committee.

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It does not take the place of a standing committee.

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So you're already on community engagement

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or PPD or CBB or whatever you're already on.

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This would be something in addition, as I said,

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just four times a year, so about one hour,

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and then maybe an hour's worth of prep work

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to grade the applications.

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We do need to have a minimum number on the committee,

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just like any committee for it to be viable,

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so it needs six total members.

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If anybody's interested now

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and you'd like to raise your hand

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or just email me by the end of the week.

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<v ->Do we have anybody returning on that committee?</v>

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<v ->Well, it repopulates every year.</v>

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<v ->It repopulates every year, okay.</v>

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<v ->Yes, it's not that type of thing.</v>

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<v ->And I just wanna take a minute</v>

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to clarify for anybody on the council

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that here at UVM we have Staff United

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is representing most of the staff.

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There are close to, or just a little bit over 600 staff

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that are not represented by the union,

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and we have the committee here on the council

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that does represent them.

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And these funds are for those individuals,

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for members of Staff United or who are represented.

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The professional development funds come from the union.

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So I just wanna make that clear

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so that you can also bring that back to your departments

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and your divisions.

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And if you know of people

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who are seeking professional development opportunities,

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you can have better clarity

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on who do they go to for those funds.

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<v ->So Nicole, I saw your hand up.</v>

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Was that to be on the committee or did you have a question?

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<v ->Oh, I think she wanted to volunteer.</v>

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<v ->Yeah.</v>

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(council members laugh)

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<v ->I did.</v>

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I did, I just wanna be on the committee again next year.

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<v ->Okay, great.</v>

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<v ->I'll rejoin.</v>

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<v ->Maureen, okay.</v>

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<v ->I'll join.</v>

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<v ->Ooh, who was that?</v>

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<v ->Melissa.</v>

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<v ->Melissa, great.</v>

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Anybody else that I can-

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<v Cindy>Alan, this is Cindy Lee, I'll join as well.</v>

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<v ->Cindy, great.</v>

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Thank you, Cindy.

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Need one more.

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<v ->It really is a light lift, Alan.</v>

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<v ->Do you need to give money away?</v>

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<v ->Yeah, it's great to.</v>

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<v ->It's always great to give money away.</v>

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Okay, that meets our minimum.

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That doesn't mean to say that anybody else interested,

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you can't put your name on your ring.

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There's no limit on the number of people,

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I just need to have a minimum of six.

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So if you have any other questions or concerns

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or comments about serving on that one,

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shoot me an email, connect me in Teams.

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I think we've got nine or 10 applications I think right now

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for the first quarter of this year.

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Application period is already closed,

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so there'll be about nine or 10 applications to review.

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It was a really reasonable number.

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<v ->All right, next up is the officer's update.</v>

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So I mentioned a little bit earlier in the meeting

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how we're looking to do better with sharing the information.

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As a governing body, we have the privilege

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of meeting with senior administration on a regular basis.

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This means we get to share our concerns,

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our pearls of wisdom.

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And I think that Jen will support me in saying

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that we have worked hard to foster these relationships

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and build upon the relationships

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that were worked so hard to be created in the past

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in a time when there's been a lot of change

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at the university,

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and specifically we have the development of the HR partners.

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And we really leaned into this past spring

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when we had different activities happening on campus

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that some people were really unsure of,

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like, how do I respond to this as a department leader

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or as a staff person?

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And so we were able to reach out to the HR partners and say,

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no, we feel like we could use some guidance

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or that people are unsure of what to do.

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And we were successful in getting some framework around that

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that helped people,

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and we had a lot of people attend the webinars

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that were held.

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So I would just encourage everyone

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to really take the time if you have a staff meeting,

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find out if you can get 10 minutes on the agenda

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to do staff council updates.

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We get information from the president,

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from the chief of staff, from the CHRO,

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we built a new relationship with strategic communications.

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These are all arms of the university

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where we can build partnerships to get actionable items

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to serve and benefit staff,

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so participating in a staff meeting,

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providing those updates, like sharing these updates

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that we send out about what happened in these meetings.

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Because I think it's really helpful for all of us

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to have an understanding of not just our little world,

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but our department, our college and the university.

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And thinking about part of being viable and sustainable

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is about, what kind of change do we need

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to be here five years from now, 10 years from now,

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and 15 or 100 years from now?

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And how do we take that information from our areas

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and share that with the president

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and share that with human resources and communication?

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And Jen and I are also interested

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in coming to different meetings

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so that we can share about staff council,

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but you're welcome to do that as a member as well.

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Any questions?

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Although I'm just trying to give a higher overview of,

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and I will say that my experience in the past year

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is that senior leadership was incredibly responsive

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to the suggestions and thoughts that we shared with them.

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So we wanna make sure that we're doing right by the staff

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that we represent in bringing those forward.

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And then I just wanna touch on some details,

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and if you have any questions

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about anything that's written here, please feel free to ask.

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One of the main efforts

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that's gonna be taking place this fall

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00:24:05.250 --> 00:24:09.900
is a policy review, I guess we'll call it.

517
00:24:09.900 --> 00:24:14.900
So just thinking about the different events

518
00:24:14.970 --> 00:24:17.790
that are happening on campus and around the world

519
00:24:17.790 --> 00:24:19.830
in our country,

520
00:24:19.830 --> 00:24:22.620
how that brings about a lot of emotion in people

521
00:24:22.620 --> 00:24:25.173
and a lot of action sometimes.

522
00:24:26.370 --> 00:24:28.680
So one thing we wanna just make sure,

523
00:24:28.680 --> 00:24:31.590
and what the president is working on specifically,

524
00:24:31.590 --> 00:24:32.960
is they've reviewed the policy

525
00:24:32.960 --> 00:24:35.280
to make sure they have policies in place

526
00:24:35.280 --> 00:24:39.543
that are sufficient to meet these different challenges.

527
00:24:40.500 --> 00:24:42.180
And then just educating everyone.

528
00:24:42.180 --> 00:24:45.210
We don't all, we might look at it or are a bit familiar,

529
00:24:45.210 --> 00:24:47.940
but I don't think any one of us has these memorized,

530
00:24:47.940 --> 00:24:52.940
but codes of conduct, behaviors that are acceptable,

531
00:24:54.000 --> 00:24:55.440
what we can and cannot do,

532
00:24:55.440 --> 00:24:57.840
sometimes we just need a reminder of that.

533
00:24:57.840 --> 00:24:59.310
And if there's any question,

534
00:24:59.310 --> 00:25:01.140
like if you feel uncomfortable

535
00:25:01.140 --> 00:25:02.760
or you have people in your department

536
00:25:02.760 --> 00:25:03.750
that are uncomfortable

537
00:25:03.750 --> 00:25:06.660
with the way people are interacting with you

538
00:25:06.660 --> 00:25:09.360
or things being posted on your wall,

539
00:25:09.360 --> 00:25:12.510
just nothing's too small to bring forward

540
00:25:12.510 --> 00:25:15.690
to be like, hey, I'm just curious, is that okay?

541
00:25:15.690 --> 00:25:17.100
Should we be doing that?

542
00:25:17.100 --> 00:25:19.320
Should we not be doing that?

543
00:25:19.320 --> 00:25:20.760
So that is something they're working on.

544
00:25:20.760 --> 00:25:22.440
Do you wanna add anything to that?

545
00:25:22.440 --> 00:25:25.123
Or Jen, do you wanna add to that?

546
00:25:25.123 --> 00:25:26.733
<v ->No, I think it's perfect.</v>

547
00:25:28.830 --> 00:25:30.093
<v ->Any questions?</v>

548
00:25:32.070 --> 00:25:37.070
<v ->Is it an internal policy review across staff council,</v>

549
00:25:37.560 --> 00:25:39.840
or is it, 'cause I work in that department

550
00:25:39.840 --> 00:25:40.800
and if it's helpful,

551
00:25:40.800 --> 00:25:43.770
I can see if Tessa, Lucie would wanna come

552
00:25:43.770 --> 00:25:47.130
and be more directly involved.

553
00:25:47.130 --> 00:25:48.540
We can talk about it offline

554
00:25:48.540 --> 00:25:53.520
as far as policy review as a regular kind of activity

555
00:25:53.520 --> 00:25:56.730
that happens to update policies.

556
00:25:56.730 --> 00:25:57.660
And then there's a sort of like,

557
00:25:57.660 --> 00:25:59.430
hey, did you know this policy exists?

558
00:25:59.430 --> 00:26:01.080
And here's what it means for you.

559
00:26:02.460 --> 00:26:05.220
<v ->Yeah, I might defer to Jonathan here.</v>

560
00:26:05.220 --> 00:26:10.220
It's a global overlook of existing policy

561
00:26:10.350 --> 00:26:14.100
and do we have the policy we need?

562
00:26:14.100 --> 00:26:16.260
And then what kind of reminders

563
00:26:16.260 --> 00:26:18.120
and refreshers do we wanna provide?

564
00:26:18.120 --> 00:26:20.430
Jonathan, do you wanna add to that at all?

565
00:26:20.430 --> 00:26:21.855
<v ->Yeah, sure.</v>

566
00:26:21.855 --> 00:26:23.850
I think that's a very good summary, Monika.

567
00:26:23.850 --> 00:26:27.120
Because probably what the president charged people

568
00:26:27.120 --> 00:26:29.070
with this summer was to take a look

569
00:26:29.070 --> 00:26:31.230
at the policies that exist and see are there gaps?

570
00:26:31.230 --> 00:26:32.310
Are there things that aren't clear?

571
00:26:32.310 --> 00:26:34.260
Are there ways that things need to be articulated

572
00:26:34.260 --> 00:26:36.150
or areas that need to be covered?

573
00:26:36.150 --> 00:26:40.860
And without giving away the conclusion first.

574
00:26:40.860 --> 00:26:43.740
The conclusion primarily was that the policies

575
00:26:43.740 --> 00:26:45.663
that exist are the right ones.

576
00:26:46.800 --> 00:26:49.620
They say the right things, they cover the right areas.

577
00:26:49.620 --> 00:26:51.420
And that it's less a matter of,

578
00:26:51.420 --> 00:26:54.570
there are a few little parts of certain policies

579
00:26:54.570 --> 00:26:56.280
that need updated or need language

580
00:26:56.280 --> 00:26:57.960
that just didn't exist before,

581
00:26:57.960 --> 00:27:00.990
and they'll go through the policy review process

582
00:27:00.990 --> 00:27:04.170
that Tessa is responsible for.

583
00:27:04.170 --> 00:27:05.790
But by and large,

584
00:27:05.790 --> 00:27:07.890
the conclusion is that the policies are correct.

585
00:27:07.890 --> 00:27:09.780
And it's the understanding of policies,

586
00:27:09.780 --> 00:27:11.820
it's the way we communicate them,

587
00:27:11.820 --> 00:27:14.920
it's how people engage with processes

588
00:27:15.995 --> 00:27:18.720
that are based on the policies

589
00:27:18.720 --> 00:27:23.700
that need refinement, improvement, and bottom line,

590
00:27:23.700 --> 00:27:28.700
just easier access and sort of plain language explanation.

591
00:27:28.860 --> 00:27:32.520
A policy has to be kind of policy language-ish,

592
00:27:32.520 --> 00:27:35.700
but we need to be able to say, this is what that means.

593
00:27:35.700 --> 00:27:36.720
And especially to students

594
00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:40.980
who don't engage with policy directly.

595
00:27:40.980 --> 00:27:41.940
I mean, it's not really,

596
00:27:41.940 --> 00:27:43.770
and I don't wanna speak for all students,

597
00:27:43.770 --> 00:27:45.150
but it's not their way to say like,

598
00:27:45.150 --> 00:27:47.190
oh, what I'm gonna do is go look up this policy

599
00:27:47.190 --> 00:27:49.080
that I know will apply to this thing

600
00:27:49.080 --> 00:27:51.030
that I'm about to do, right?

601
00:27:51.030 --> 00:27:56.030
It's rather, where can we guide students and our colleagues

602
00:27:57.210 --> 00:27:59.280
to understand what the policies are

603
00:27:59.280 --> 00:28:03.360
and how you engage with them and what the expectations are

604
00:28:03.360 --> 00:28:08.360
for how one goes about the regular and irregular business

605
00:28:08.850 --> 00:28:12.300
of being a college student or a university employee

606
00:28:12.300 --> 00:28:13.770
within that policy framework.

607
00:28:13.770 --> 00:28:17.100
So it's not that we need a new policy on this

608
00:28:17.100 --> 00:28:18.330
or a new policy on that

609
00:28:18.330 --> 00:28:21.120
or need to go and rewrite the whole policy

610
00:28:21.120 --> 00:28:23.820
on campus events or something like that.

611
00:28:23.820 --> 00:28:25.650
We need tweaks here and there

612
00:28:25.650 --> 00:28:27.210
that'll go through the policy review process,

613
00:28:27.210 --> 00:28:29.490
and more importantly, we need,

614
00:28:29.490 --> 00:28:33.360
how do people see, understand, find the policies?

615
00:28:33.360 --> 00:28:34.950
And I will say connected to policy

616
00:28:34.950 --> 00:28:36.963
is university operating procedures,

617
00:28:38.010 --> 00:28:39.960
which are not exactly the same as policies,

618
00:28:39.960 --> 00:28:41.223
but both of those things,

619
00:28:42.570 --> 00:28:47.570
we just need to collate, educate, and explain better.

620
00:28:50.700 --> 00:28:51.753
<v ->Yeah, thanks.</v>

621
00:28:56.580 --> 00:29:00.840
So one of the things is that HR partners

622
00:29:00.840 --> 00:29:05.160
has been able to hire in some key staff members

623
00:29:05.160 --> 00:29:09.360
that are, I think, deeper connections for staff council.

624
00:29:09.360 --> 00:29:11.490
So we might come up with a lot of the ideas

625
00:29:11.490 --> 00:29:14.730
and then working with human resources,

626
00:29:14.730 --> 00:29:18.660
we're able to put things, and Liv is one of the individuals

627
00:29:18.660 --> 00:29:21.660
who does a tremendous amount of work with that,

628
00:29:21.660 --> 00:29:26.660
focusing on retirees, employment engagement and recognition.

629
00:29:27.060 --> 00:29:30.360
And this has been a topic that we've had,

630
00:29:30.360 --> 00:29:32.610
I think, almost every meeting,

631
00:29:32.610 --> 00:29:35.277
how do we recognize our staff in a big way

632
00:29:35.277 --> 00:29:37.053
and in little ways?

633
00:29:38.850 --> 00:29:40.680
It's just having that feedback,

634
00:29:40.680 --> 00:29:43.713
like you're important, your work is important,

635
00:29:44.820 --> 00:29:48.510
just goes a long way to make people feel happy

636
00:29:48.510 --> 00:29:50.040
in the work that they're doing here.

637
00:29:50.040 --> 00:29:52.110
I think we all like that little pat on the back.

638
00:29:52.110 --> 00:29:57.110
And I think in a time when we have a lot of vacancies

639
00:29:58.320 --> 00:30:00.000
and where people are being expected

640
00:30:00.000 --> 00:30:02.940
to do more than their position description,

641
00:30:02.940 --> 00:30:06.120
that's even more important to take the time and saying,

642
00:30:06.120 --> 00:30:08.190
your extra efforts are appreciated.

643
00:30:08.190 --> 00:30:10.530
So always interested in feedback

644
00:30:10.530 --> 00:30:12.450
on how to build up those programs,

645
00:30:12.450 --> 00:30:17.450
and sometimes simple little ways go a long way

646
00:30:17.670 --> 00:30:19.620
and can be implemented very quickly, right?

647
00:30:19.620 --> 00:30:24.620
So that being said, we are going to have,

648
00:30:25.110 --> 00:30:26.640
our Common Ground Award

649
00:30:26.640 --> 00:30:30.270
is gonna be awarded during Staff Appreciation Week.

650
00:30:30.270 --> 00:30:34.080
And that was built out in a way

651
00:30:34.080 --> 00:30:36.420
that encouraged a greater number of nominations

652
00:30:36.420 --> 00:30:37.410
and was successful.

653
00:30:37.410 --> 00:30:39.600
We had over 36 nominations

654
00:30:39.600 --> 00:30:42.120
and this is the biggest staff award we have

655
00:30:42.120 --> 00:30:43.680
from the president.

656
00:30:43.680 --> 00:30:48.680
And just any feedback you have on that,

657
00:30:49.410 --> 00:30:51.090
maybe your college or department

658
00:30:51.090 --> 00:30:54.240
has a Staff Recognition Award that we can spotlight

659
00:30:54.240 --> 00:30:55.920
or that we can piggyback off of,

660
00:30:55.920 --> 00:30:57.720
or you wanna share that with somebody else

661
00:30:57.720 --> 00:31:00.670
and that maybe they wanna implement it in their department.

662
00:31:03.420 --> 00:31:05.520
Lots of room there.

663
00:31:05.520 --> 00:31:06.570
<v ->Liv has her hand up.</v>

664
00:31:06.570 --> 00:31:07.533
<v ->Go ahead, Liv.</v>

665
00:31:08.940 --> 00:31:09.773
<v Liv>Hi there.</v>

666
00:31:09.773 --> 00:31:12.570
Sorry I wasn't able to make it in person today.

667
00:31:12.570 --> 00:31:14.397
I just wanted to piggyback on that, Monika,

668
00:31:14.397 --> 00:31:17.820
and just say that after Staff Appreciation Week in September

669
00:31:17.820 --> 00:31:21.780
I'm hoping to do more of a comprehensive review

670
00:31:21.780 --> 00:31:25.980
across campus of awards and recognition that exist

671
00:31:25.980 --> 00:31:28.530
just to get a feel of what's out there already.

672
00:31:28.530 --> 00:31:30.300
And so I'd love to work with you all

673
00:31:30.300 --> 00:31:32.460
since you're embedded in your units

674
00:31:32.460 --> 00:31:34.290
and probably know what awards

675
00:31:34.290 --> 00:31:36.720
and recognition opportunities exist more

676
00:31:36.720 --> 00:31:39.300
within your departments, units, et cetera.

677
00:31:39.300 --> 00:31:42.780
So hopefully looking to start that later this fall.

678
00:31:42.780 --> 00:31:44.793
Just wanted to give everyone a heads-up.

679
00:31:46.140 --> 00:31:46.973
<v ->Thank you.</v>

680
00:31:48.430 --> 00:31:51.750
And I just wanna point you to the bottom,

681
00:31:51.750 --> 00:31:54.270
the conclusion of the senior leadership meetings,

682
00:31:54.270 --> 00:31:57.990
we like to give you a heads up of when the next ones are.

683
00:31:57.990 --> 00:32:01.170
So we're gonna be meeting with Human Resources next week,

684
00:32:01.170 --> 00:32:04.050
and then Strategic Communications.

685
00:32:04.050 --> 00:32:06.840
And I really, I wanna bring stuff to this meeting

686
00:32:06.840 --> 00:32:10.443
so please email me or Jen or Alan.

687
00:32:12.150 --> 00:32:14.040
Anything you hear around the water cooler

688
00:32:14.040 --> 00:32:17.613
that you think should be brought up or mentioned,

689
00:32:18.870 --> 00:32:20.943
any and all feedback is welcome.

690
00:32:22.350 --> 00:32:23.362
<v ->Can I just mention one other thing?</v>

691
00:32:23.362 --> 00:32:24.360
<v ->Absolutely.</v>
<v ->Okay.</v>

692
00:32:24.360 --> 00:32:29.360
Towards that end, at our next full staff council meeting,

693
00:32:29.520 --> 00:32:31.860
Bettyjo, what's her last name?

694
00:32:31.860 --> 00:32:33.720
<v ->Bouchey.</v>
<v ->Bouchey, thank you,</v>

695
00:32:33.720 --> 00:32:37.560
from PACE will be, she's the director of PACE,

696
00:32:37.560 --> 00:32:41.280
will be at the meeting to give a brief overview

697
00:32:41.280 --> 00:32:43.770
of what PACE is up to and how staff council can engage.

698
00:32:43.770 --> 00:32:47.640
So we regularly have that type of leadership

699
00:32:47.640 --> 00:32:49.170
coming to these meetings,

700
00:32:49.170 --> 00:32:50.645
either at the executive board level

701
00:32:50.645 --> 00:32:52.473
or at the full staff council level

702
00:32:52.473 --> 00:32:55.830
to engage and talk about what they're doing across campus

703
00:32:55.830 --> 00:32:58.947
and what staff council can do to support that.

704
00:32:58.947 --> 00:33:01.830
<v ->And if you have individuals,</v>

705
00:33:01.830 --> 00:33:05.310
people that you would like to have come to the meetings

706
00:33:05.310 --> 00:33:07.230
to speak about their work,

707
00:33:07.230 --> 00:33:09.210
please share your suggestions with us.

708
00:33:09.210 --> 00:33:11.100
I don't think we have too many people scheduled

709
00:33:11.100 --> 00:33:12.510
for the upcoming year.

710
00:33:12.510 --> 00:33:13.440
<v ->Nope, not yet.</v>

711
00:33:13.440 --> 00:33:14.280
<v ->Oh, okay.</v>

712
00:33:14.280 --> 00:33:15.153
Open slate.

713
00:33:16.830 --> 00:33:18.960
And then communications is a big one.

714
00:33:18.960 --> 00:33:23.960
This is a new relationship, and we just have a world

715
00:33:25.890 --> 00:33:28.530
in which there's so many communication tools.

716
00:33:28.530 --> 00:33:29.550
Sometimes it seems like,

717
00:33:29.550 --> 00:33:32.227
which one do you pay attention to for this day?

718
00:33:33.523 --> 00:33:36.960
I have three teams accounts, UVM, LCOM and the hospital.

719
00:33:36.960 --> 00:33:40.110
And can I have all those windows open at the same time?

720
00:33:40.110 --> 00:33:42.093
Even if you're instant messaging me.

721
00:33:43.830 --> 00:33:46.110
And I think one of the things we've realized

722
00:33:46.110 --> 00:33:50.250
in the past year is that the intention can be good,

723
00:33:50.250 --> 00:33:52.830
but then the execution falls short.

724
00:33:52.830 --> 00:33:56.403
And so if we can provide feedback on,

725
00:33:57.600 --> 00:34:01.110
thanks for trying or like the cat got let out of the bag

726
00:34:01.110 --> 00:34:02.880
before you were able to execute

727
00:34:02.880 --> 00:34:05.793
your carefully planned communication strategy.

728
00:34:07.680 --> 00:34:11.550
And then there's also the reality of what works, right?

729
00:34:11.550 --> 00:34:14.700
I mean, something may look great on paper,

730
00:34:14.700 --> 00:34:17.850
like, oh, we provide this information in this format,

731
00:34:17.850 --> 00:34:20.910
but in reality, nobody goes there to look at that,

732
00:34:20.910 --> 00:34:23.760
so then that makes it useless in a way.

733
00:34:23.760 --> 00:34:26.610
So I think this is a really key area,

734
00:34:26.610 --> 00:34:28.800
we're getting very specific feedback

735
00:34:28.800 --> 00:34:31.710
from everybody across campus about like,

736
00:34:31.710 --> 00:34:32.543
what are you reading?

737
00:34:32.543 --> 00:34:34.200
What do you have time to read?

738
00:34:34.200 --> 00:34:36.870
What do you have open?

739
00:34:36.870 --> 00:34:40.080
The College of Medicine don't use a lot of Teams,

740
00:34:40.080 --> 00:34:43.680
but I'm starting to in interactions across campus.

741
00:34:43.680 --> 00:34:47.040
And then I found out when I used my hospital account,

742
00:34:47.040 --> 00:34:48.690
I would get my chair saying,

743
00:34:48.690 --> 00:34:50.190
Monika, are you gonna let us in the meeting?

744
00:34:50.190 --> 00:34:52.390
And I'm like, I didn't even know I had that.

745
00:34:53.637 --> 00:34:55.260
You have to turn things off and on.

746
00:34:55.260 --> 00:34:58.620
So just the tools of communication,

747
00:34:58.620 --> 00:35:00.870
the expectations on how they get used

748
00:35:00.870 --> 00:35:03.270
and our expectations from the university,

749
00:35:03.270 --> 00:35:06.720
what do we want them to be sharing with us?

750
00:35:06.720 --> 00:35:11.720
And I think there's still a lot of feelings across campus

751
00:35:12.030 --> 00:35:17.030
about how the logo information was shared and why, right?

752
00:35:18.930 --> 00:35:22.740
So again, inviting people and sharing that message

753
00:35:22.740 --> 00:35:24.900
and what is the purpose?

754
00:35:24.900 --> 00:35:29.900
And so I think we're gonna hear more about our planet

755
00:35:31.890 --> 00:35:36.890
and the new kind of vision, mission in the coming year.

756
00:35:37.650 --> 00:35:40.620
I think it's important because we interface

757
00:35:40.620 --> 00:35:43.353
with other staff, we interface with students,

758
00:35:44.280 --> 00:35:47.370
and we wanna be clear on what we're all about, right?

759
00:35:47.370 --> 00:35:50.103
'Cause we're in the point of contact on that.

760
00:35:51.120 --> 00:35:52.293
Any questions on that?

761
00:35:54.630 --> 00:35:57.573
I don't know what to do while we're talking.

762
00:35:57.573 --> 00:35:59.240
Getting a dry mouth.

763
00:36:02.087 --> 00:36:02.920
All right.

764
00:36:06.177 --> 00:36:08.670
And I think we touched on the communications.

765
00:36:08.670 --> 00:36:10.890
This will probably be a much shorter meeting

766
00:36:10.890 --> 00:36:13.383
since we don't have a guest speaker today.

767
00:36:15.433 --> 00:36:16.266
<v ->Or report outs.</v>

768
00:36:16.266 --> 00:36:18.453
<v ->Or report outs, yeah, thanks.</v>

769
00:36:20.340 --> 00:36:24.690
So what I would like to ask is for each of you

770
00:36:24.690 --> 00:36:25.893
to think about,

771
00:36:27.090 --> 00:36:28.980
what are some new ways

772
00:36:28.980 --> 00:36:33.633
that we can communicate with our constituents?

773
00:36:35.310 --> 00:36:38.010
Share with us ways that work.

774
00:36:38.010 --> 00:36:40.950
This feels like something we bring up

775
00:36:40.950 --> 00:36:44.883
but we haven't really had any traction on moving forward.

776
00:36:46.350 --> 00:36:51.180
And I would like to see some real change in that area

777
00:36:51.180 --> 00:36:55.320
for the next year, mostly because I feel like

778
00:36:55.320 --> 00:36:56.790
it's been an incredible privilege

779
00:36:56.790 --> 00:37:00.300
to interact with senior administration.

780
00:37:00.300 --> 00:37:02.370
And I feel like I don't want that information

781
00:37:02.370 --> 00:37:04.440
just to be reported out here

782
00:37:04.440 --> 00:37:07.050
and that's kind of where it ends, right?

783
00:37:07.050 --> 00:37:10.290
This is great information for everybody to hear.

784
00:37:10.290 --> 00:37:12.210
And maybe that's something we can develop

785
00:37:12.210 --> 00:37:15.240
with the communications team too on how we can better share

786
00:37:15.240 --> 00:37:18.510
some of those staff council updates and things.

787
00:37:18.510 --> 00:37:20.883
So put your thinking hats on,

788
00:37:23.430 --> 00:37:24.660
but let us know.

789
00:37:24.660 --> 00:37:28.500
And maybe for those of you who know

790
00:37:28.500 --> 00:37:30.600
what your staff meeting schedule is,

791
00:37:30.600 --> 00:37:32.990
maybe you could get that information to Alan

792
00:37:32.990 --> 00:37:34.383
in the next week or two.

793
00:37:35.370 --> 00:37:37.650
And if you don't have a staff meeting,

794
00:37:37.650 --> 00:37:42.090
maybe we can create one just to talk about staff council.

795
00:37:42.090 --> 00:37:45.033
We do have open positions,

796
00:37:46.620 --> 00:37:49.740
and we are just able to do more with those positions filled.

797
00:37:49.740 --> 00:37:54.257
So do you wanna spotlight some of those openings for us?

798
00:37:57.450 --> 00:37:59.249
I think they're on the website.

799
00:37:59.249 --> 00:38:00.253
<v ->Are you asking me?</v>

800
00:38:00.253 --> 00:38:01.253
<v ->Yeah.</v>
<v ->Oh.</v>

801
00:38:02.900 --> 00:38:03.827
<v ->I'm putting you on the spot.</v>

802
00:38:03.827 --> 00:38:05.580
It's a spotlight, it's an opening.

803
00:38:05.580 --> 00:38:06.497
<v ->Yeah, no.</v>

804
00:38:08.618 --> 00:38:09.518
<v ->LCOM has.</v>

805
00:38:09.518 --> 00:38:10.793
<v ->LCOM always has some because-</v>

806
00:38:10.793 --> 00:38:11.626
<v ->Yeah.</v>

807
00:38:12.510 --> 00:38:15.270
And representation is based on the size.

808
00:38:15.270 --> 00:38:18.497
So there's some formula to that.

809
00:38:18.497 --> 00:38:20.913
<v ->So LCOM, DOSA,</v>

810
00:38:22.590 --> 00:38:25.737
Division of Finance and Administration, Research.

811
00:38:32.521 --> 00:38:35.190
I wanna say it's either CALS or CAS.

812
00:38:35.190 --> 00:38:38.247
I can't remember which one, it's one of those, CAT.

813
00:38:38.247 --> 00:38:39.080
(council members laugh)

814
00:38:39.080 --> 00:38:40.380
<v ->C-A dot, dot, dot.</v>

815
00:38:41.670 --> 00:38:42.690
<v ->What else?</v>

816
00:38:42.690 --> 00:38:43.523
Did I say Extension?

817
00:38:43.523 --> 00:38:45.270
Extension just got, they grew,

818
00:38:45.270 --> 00:38:47.580
so it actually has a new open seat.

819
00:38:47.580 --> 00:38:48.630
So in addition to Corinne,

820
00:38:48.630 --> 00:38:52.942
there's now a second seat in extension that opened up

821
00:38:52.942 --> 00:38:55.492
'cause of the number of staff that was hired there.

822
00:38:56.610 --> 00:38:59.013
That's off the top of my head.

823
00:39:00.270 --> 00:39:02.910
But yeah, if you look at our website

824
00:39:02.910 --> 00:39:05.967
and the representative page where all you are listed,

825
00:39:05.967 --> 00:39:07.650
and just click on the different areas,

826
00:39:07.650 --> 00:39:09.540
you'll see where there's open seats.

827
00:39:09.540 --> 00:39:12.870
There's about 10 or 12 open seats right now,

828
00:39:12.870 --> 00:39:15.423
which has been pretty consistent since COVID.

829
00:39:16.830 --> 00:39:18.720
Up until COVID, we were full.

830
00:39:18.720 --> 00:39:20.760
And then that threw a monkey wrench

831
00:39:20.760 --> 00:39:24.120
into a lot of people's operations, including staff council.

832
00:39:24.120 --> 00:39:28.800
So we'd like to get that back up and running a little bit.

833
00:39:28.800 --> 00:39:31.050
And as we were discussing a little bit earlier

834
00:39:31.050 --> 00:39:31.883
in the meeting,

835
00:39:32.760 --> 00:39:34.860
if you're interested in being on staff council,

836
00:39:34.860 --> 00:39:36.030
there's no open seat,

837
00:39:36.030 --> 00:39:38.220
where you don't wanna be a representative at-large,

838
00:39:38.220 --> 00:39:41.680
there's no limitation on the number of at-large folks

839
00:39:42.570 --> 00:39:44.000
that we can have.

840
00:39:44.000 --> 00:39:48.030
<v ->But at-large members can't be a chair, co-chair position?</v>

841
00:39:48.030 --> 00:39:50.823
<v ->That's correct, they cannot be in leadership.</v>

842
00:39:51.930 --> 00:39:53.493
Although, oddly enough,

843
00:39:54.720 --> 00:39:57.540
you could be vice president of staff council.

844
00:39:57.540 --> 00:40:00.060
(council members laugh)

845
00:40:00.060 --> 00:40:03.210
That's how the bylaws work.

846
00:40:03.210 --> 00:40:06.010
You can't be president, but you can be a vice president.

847
00:40:09.180 --> 00:40:10.800
<v ->So I think there's just opportunities</v>

848
00:40:10.800 --> 00:40:14.520
for a little bit of involvement or more involvement.

849
00:40:14.520 --> 00:40:17.040
And if you wanna dip your toe in the pool,

850
00:40:17.040 --> 00:40:19.830
or you have somebody who thinks it sounds like a great idea,

851
00:40:19.830 --> 00:40:22.440
but, oh, I don't wanna be overtaxed,

852
00:40:22.440 --> 00:40:24.450
I've got a lot going on in my job,

853
00:40:24.450 --> 00:40:27.300
I think we have space for those who want

854
00:40:27.300 --> 00:40:29.163
just to do a little bit.

855
00:40:30.210 --> 00:40:33.963
I don't want people to think that it's a huge time,

856
00:40:37.890 --> 00:40:38.990
it doesn't have to be.

857
00:40:40.920 --> 00:40:42.690
Any questions or thoughts?

858
00:40:42.690 --> 00:40:44.100
We do have some time.

859
00:40:44.100 --> 00:40:45.780
I'm happy to give you back

860
00:40:45.780 --> 00:40:48.063
a good chunk of your day here, too.

861
00:40:49.086 --> 00:40:51.270
I know we've got a lot of things ramping up

862
00:40:51.270 --> 00:40:53.070
with the students coming back,

863
00:40:53.070 --> 00:40:55.173
starting to feel busy again, right?

864
00:40:57.180 --> 00:41:00.150
And certainly, if you have any questions

865
00:41:00.150 --> 00:41:04.560
or wanna meet offline, contact me directly,

866
00:41:04.560 --> 00:41:06.333
sure, happy to meet with you.

867
00:41:07.477 --> 00:41:09.930
<v ->Monika, I just wanna add that,</v>

868
00:41:09.930 --> 00:41:12.810
just to go back to thinking about ways

869
00:41:12.810 --> 00:41:15.510
that we communicate with our constituents.

870
00:41:15.510 --> 00:41:18.150
And I think it's important for everyone

871
00:41:18.150 --> 00:41:21.240
to volunteer either what they do,

872
00:41:21.240 --> 00:41:23.013
what they would like to do.

873
00:41:23.940 --> 00:41:27.300
For example, I will take snippets out of Staffline

874
00:41:27.300 --> 00:41:29.460
and I'll Teams our staff,

875
00:41:29.460 --> 00:41:33.240
or I'll send a whole email out to the staff

876
00:41:33.240 --> 00:41:35.850
with various information from Wellness,

877
00:41:35.850 --> 00:41:38.940
from the Wellness newsletter and from Staffline,

878
00:41:38.940 --> 00:41:41.790
just that's how I keep my constituents engaged.

879
00:41:41.790 --> 00:41:44.430
So I think Monika and I are just really interested

880
00:41:44.430 --> 00:41:46.710
in learning how you either plan to

881
00:41:46.710 --> 00:41:50.670
or how you already do keep your constituents engaged

882
00:41:50.670 --> 00:41:51.903
and informed.

883
00:41:53.670 --> 00:41:56.790
<v ->Does Staffline not go out to all staff?</v>

884
00:41:56.790 --> 00:41:57.810
It sounds like it does.
<v ->It does.</v>

885
00:41:57.810 --> 00:42:00.810
<v ->So it seems repetitive when we resend it.</v>

886
00:42:00.810 --> 00:42:01.643
<v ->I don't know.</v>

887
00:42:01.643 --> 00:42:05.310
I wonder if it depends on the source that it's coming from.

888
00:42:05.310 --> 00:42:06.143
<v ->Well, it-</v>

889
00:42:06.143 --> 00:42:09.240
<v ->I know, I know, exactly, but if it's coming from Staffline</v>

890
00:42:09.240 --> 00:42:12.060
or somebody that they know,

891
00:42:12.060 --> 00:42:13.680
it might have a different response.

892
00:42:13.680 --> 00:42:18.190
Do you have data of click-throughs or open?

893
00:42:18.190 --> 00:42:19.650
<v ->Nope.</v>

894
00:42:19.650 --> 00:42:21.450
<v ->And that's such a good point, right?</v>

895
00:42:21.450 --> 00:42:23.970
Because you're getting it in your inbox,

896
00:42:23.970 --> 00:42:26.730
are you actually going in and reading it?

897
00:42:26.730 --> 00:42:28.920
And how deep are you going?

898
00:42:28.920 --> 00:42:31.200
And I think-
<v ->It's in the other box.</v>

899
00:42:31.200 --> 00:42:33.115
<v ->Yeah, it goes in the other box.</v>

900
00:42:33.115 --> 00:42:35.130
<v ->It's in the other box.</v>

901
00:42:35.130 --> 00:42:37.590
<v ->And sometimes I think if we're the representative</v>

902
00:42:37.590 --> 00:42:40.350
and we know there's all this stuff in Staffline

903
00:42:40.350 --> 00:42:43.560
but there's two really standout items,

904
00:42:43.560 --> 00:42:47.220
sharing that when you're talking with your colleagues,

905
00:42:47.220 --> 00:42:50.490
or as Jen mentioned, throwing it in a Teams,

906
00:42:50.490 --> 00:42:52.860
if you have a Teams group and just be like,

907
00:42:52.860 --> 00:42:53.880
hey, guess what?

908
00:42:53.880 --> 00:42:54.730
Blah, blah, blah.

909
00:42:56.280 --> 00:42:57.780
And I think in general,

910
00:42:57.780 --> 00:43:01.930
this idea of pushing information to people

911
00:43:04.200 --> 00:43:07.290
is hitting home better than,

912
00:43:07.290 --> 00:43:10.620
this is out here, you go do more with it, right?

913
00:43:10.620 --> 00:43:12.810
'Cause people just aren't, right?

914
00:43:12.810 --> 00:43:13.867
And there's no other way to put it.

915
00:43:13.867 --> 00:43:17.163
It's just really time-consuming to do all of that.

916
00:43:18.900 --> 00:43:21.900
<v ->I'd like more of the activity-based things.</v>

917
00:43:21.900 --> 00:43:23.910
I haven't done it recently 'cause it's been the summer,

918
00:43:23.910 --> 00:43:26.610
but when I first started and there were things I would say,

919
00:43:26.610 --> 00:43:28.500
I'm going to this and it's fun,

920
00:43:28.500 --> 00:43:30.570
and here are the other people that are going.

921
00:43:30.570 --> 00:43:33.390
I'm kind of the social bully of our department,

922
00:43:33.390 --> 00:43:35.797
so I'll get a couple people that I know

923
00:43:35.797 --> 00:43:37.350
who would be interested to go

924
00:43:37.350 --> 00:43:40.410
and try to get engagement to the team that way,

925
00:43:40.410 --> 00:43:43.110
and then they kind of learn more about staff council

926
00:43:43.110 --> 00:43:44.970
from doing that activity.

927
00:43:44.970 --> 00:43:46.680
When I first got here a year ago,

928
00:43:46.680 --> 00:43:49.170
I'm just someone that always reads all of the emails,

929
00:43:49.170 --> 00:43:51.687
so I was like, oh, staff council, that sounds fun.

930
00:43:51.687 --> 00:43:53.850
And yes, my peers that are in the department were like,

931
00:43:53.850 --> 00:43:55.950
I've never read that email, what are you doing?

932
00:43:55.950 --> 00:43:58.560
And other people were like, well, there's fun stuff.

933
00:43:58.560 --> 00:43:59.580
So I do think you're right.

934
00:43:59.580 --> 00:44:00.780
I think the person that it's coming from

935
00:44:00.780 --> 00:44:04.470
makes a big difference, and if you filter out the fun stuff

936
00:44:04.470 --> 00:44:05.970
and start people with that,

937
00:44:05.970 --> 00:44:07.980
then the interesting, helpful things

938
00:44:07.980 --> 00:44:10.320
can be more approachable.

939
00:44:10.320 --> 00:44:12.000
<v ->And Staff Appreciation Week</v>

940
00:44:12.000 --> 00:44:13.050
is certainly gonna be coming up.

941
00:44:13.050 --> 00:44:14.160
That's a great way, like,

942
00:44:14.160 --> 00:44:16.410
hey, let's go to the barbecue together.

943
00:44:16.410 --> 00:44:19.740
And I think they've really been building it out

944
00:44:19.740 --> 00:44:22.080
to have more events on different days,

945
00:44:22.080 --> 00:44:24.663
like, oh, go get a smoothie, get a creamy.

946
00:44:25.830 --> 00:44:26.970
There are some departments

947
00:44:26.970 --> 00:44:29.400
that can't take the time to do those things,

948
00:44:29.400 --> 00:44:31.893
so can we bring something back for you?

949
00:44:33.480 --> 00:44:35.670
We're trying to make sure that with the luncheon

950
00:44:35.670 --> 00:44:38.610
that for entire departments that cannot leave,

951
00:44:38.610 --> 00:44:40.812
that we're bringing lunch to them, right?

952
00:44:40.812 --> 00:44:43.320
'Cause we don't wanna have those barriers

953
00:44:43.320 --> 00:44:45.663
preventing people from feeling appreciated.

954
00:44:47.220 --> 00:44:48.870
So there's a lot of little details.

955
00:44:48.870 --> 00:44:49.703
Go ahead, Maureen.

956
00:44:49.703 --> 00:44:52.830
<v ->I was just walking the walk,</v>

957
00:44:52.830 --> 00:44:56.100
there's so much work done on the intranet, the myUVM.

958
00:44:56.100 --> 00:44:56.933
<v ->Yes.</v>

959
00:44:56.933 --> 00:44:58.080
<v ->And I really haven't looked at it,</v>

960
00:44:58.080 --> 00:44:59.167
and then I just looked at it during this meeting,

961
00:44:59.167 --> 00:45:01.200
and I was like, oh, where's this stuff?

962
00:45:01.200 --> 00:45:02.430
Where's staff council?

963
00:45:02.430 --> 00:45:04.200
And so I had to take the action

964
00:45:04.200 --> 00:45:07.890
to look for the staff council tag or whatever it is.

965
00:45:07.890 --> 00:45:09.690
But it's really concise,

966
00:45:09.690 --> 00:45:11.490
and it pulls together all the streams.

967
00:45:11.490 --> 00:45:13.620
And that might be something we could communicate out

968
00:45:13.620 --> 00:45:15.570
is making use of something

969
00:45:15.570 --> 00:45:17.370
that people have spent a lot of time on already,

970
00:45:17.370 --> 00:45:21.420
and then it's where you can go to the calendars there.

971
00:45:21.420 --> 00:45:23.190
So I'm just thinking that when I get back,

972
00:45:23.190 --> 00:45:25.413
I will point out to my team,

973
00:45:26.970 --> 00:45:29.120
hey, don't forget, this is a resource that,

974
00:45:30.150 --> 00:45:31.080
where did I see that?

975
00:45:31.080 --> 00:45:32.880
Oh, you can start here

976
00:45:32.880 --> 00:45:34.677
instead of looking through all your emails,

977
00:45:34.677 --> 00:45:36.083
and you start on myUVM.

978
00:45:37.740 --> 00:45:40.350
<v ->And there's been a lot of work done on the platform</v>

979
00:45:40.350 --> 00:45:43.230
to bring pieces of information together

980
00:45:43.230 --> 00:45:46.830
so that you can just click in one area

981
00:45:46.830 --> 00:45:49.260
that will be a feeder for others

982
00:45:49.260 --> 00:45:51.660
so that you don't have to search for everything, right?

983
00:45:51.660 --> 00:45:53.850
Like search on this policy.

984
00:45:53.850 --> 00:45:58.850
It's like policies around this global umbrella, click here,

985
00:45:59.220 --> 00:46:01.980
and it kind of provides more succinct information

986
00:46:01.980 --> 00:46:04.533
in more specific locations.

987
00:46:06.420 --> 00:46:09.860
<v ->I know there's people who worked on the myUVM page</v>

988
00:46:09.860 --> 00:46:11.280
so I just wanted to put a plug out there.

989
00:46:11.280 --> 00:46:12.113
<v ->Absolutely.</v>

990
00:46:12.113 --> 00:46:14.430
<v ->No, I think that's a really, really good idea</v>

991
00:46:14.430 --> 00:46:15.900
'cause I'm looking at it too right now,

992
00:46:15.900 --> 00:46:19.080
and staff council is one of my tiles,

993
00:46:19.080 --> 00:46:21.900
and it really does, it just says Upcoming Events,

994
00:46:21.900 --> 00:46:24.600
Funds and Awards, Latest Newsletter, Staffline and Forms,

995
00:46:24.600 --> 00:46:25.433
and it's all right there.

996
00:46:25.433 --> 00:46:26.790
Whatever you want, you just click on it,

997
00:46:26.790 --> 00:46:29.370
and that's a great way to get people involved

998
00:46:29.370 --> 00:46:31.503
with staff council, I love that idea.

999
00:46:32.610 --> 00:46:35.400
<v ->Does staff council have an Instagram page?</v>

1000
00:46:35.400 --> 00:46:36.233
<v ->Yeah.</v>

1001
00:46:36.233 --> 00:46:39.903
<v ->We have Instagram, X, and Facebook.</v>

1002
00:46:40.920 --> 00:46:44.253
The Instagram page is sort of kept up to date.

1003
00:46:46.710 --> 00:46:49.380
Twitter and Facebook, not so much.

1004
00:46:49.380 --> 00:46:53.550
Part of that is because staff council used to do

1005
00:46:53.550 --> 00:46:58.513
a twice every other year survey to everyone,

1006
00:47:00.330 --> 00:47:01.740
finding out all kinds of different things

1007
00:47:01.740 --> 00:47:03.030
about what you think of staff council,

1008
00:47:03.030 --> 00:47:04.530
how do you like to be communicated.

1009
00:47:04.530 --> 00:47:08.940
The last one that we did, which was 2020 or 2021,

1010
00:47:08.940 --> 00:47:12.270
showed that social media was the least used method

1011
00:47:12.270 --> 00:47:16.320
that staff received information or looked for information.

1012
00:47:16.320 --> 00:47:19.980
So we really backed off on spending any kind of time

1013
00:47:19.980 --> 00:47:22.230
on social media, except for Instagram,

1014
00:47:22.230 --> 00:47:24.690
mostly because I could figure out how to use Instagram

1015
00:47:24.690 --> 00:47:26.610
and I couldn't figure out how to use the other ones

1016
00:47:26.610 --> 00:47:28.763
'cause I don't have any social media of my own.

1017
00:47:29.730 --> 00:47:32.133
But yeah, so we do have that.

1018
00:47:34.920 --> 00:47:36.177
We had something else, but I don't remember what it was.

1019
00:47:36.177 --> 00:47:38.190
<v ->I think it's also maybe an area</v>

1020
00:47:38.190 --> 00:47:40.080
we wanna look at revisiting, right?

1021
00:47:40.080 --> 00:47:44.253
Just if there's somebody who has interest and enjoys that,

1022
00:47:45.150 --> 00:47:47.400
and we can partner up with what to do,

1023
00:47:47.400 --> 00:47:50.973
'cause it can be a very catchy, fun way to get engagement.

1024
00:47:52.760 --> 00:47:56.400
(council members laugh)

1025
00:47:56.400 --> 00:47:58.695
We're just having conversations.

1026
00:47:58.695 --> 00:48:02.520
I mean, I could run Instagram as one of my second jobs

1027
00:48:02.520 --> 00:48:04.308
if we're actually looking to do that.

1028
00:48:04.308 --> 00:48:05.141
<v ->Okay.</v>

1029
00:48:05.141 --> 00:48:08.053
<v ->I mean, I think it's a good way to do it.</v>

1030
00:48:08.053 --> 00:48:10.320
I think most people are on it.

1031
00:48:10.320 --> 00:48:14.430
And it can be anything, it could just be free creamies

1032
00:48:14.430 --> 00:48:16.987
at the Davis Center on Tuesdays, or anything.

1033
00:48:18.858 --> 00:48:21.260
I think it needs to be revisited.

1034
00:48:21.260 --> 00:48:22.093
<v ->Okay.</v>

1035
00:48:22.093 --> 00:48:23.693
<v ->But that's just my own two sense.</v>

1036
00:48:25.860 --> 00:48:26.970
<v ->Excellent.</v>

1037
00:48:26.970 --> 00:48:31.140
So I guess the question would be,

1038
00:48:31.140 --> 00:48:34.020
would it be worth trying to organize a committee,

1039
00:48:34.020 --> 00:48:35.820
a group of people who would be interested

1040
00:48:35.820 --> 00:48:39.893
in looking at what we could do with it, or what?

1041
00:48:39.893 --> 00:48:43.050
<v ->I think too many people in it, it's too much.</v>

1042
00:48:43.050 --> 00:48:43.883
<v ->Just having one person?</v>

1043
00:48:43.883 --> 00:48:45.120
<v ->Just one or two.</v>

1044
00:48:45.120 --> 00:48:45.953
<v ->One or two, okay.</v>

1045
00:48:45.953 --> 00:48:48.540
<v ->I think just 'cause too many opinions</v>

1046
00:48:48.540 --> 00:48:53.540
and what would work, but that's just my view.

1047
00:48:58.350 --> 00:49:01.353
<v ->Well, what do you think about doing a trial of,</v>

1048
00:49:02.190 --> 00:49:06.723
you're interested in kind of doing that?

1049
00:49:07.710 --> 00:49:10.080
You wanna maybe schedule some time with Alan

1050
00:49:10.080 --> 00:49:12.980
to look at or talk about what maybe we could do?

1051
00:49:14.962 --> 00:49:15.795
See?

1052
00:49:15.795 --> 00:49:18.180
'Cause I think the other danger with surveys

1053
00:49:18.180 --> 00:49:20.940
is sometimes people will give an answer

1054
00:49:20.940 --> 00:49:22.410
that's not really the reality,

1055
00:49:22.410 --> 00:49:24.090
like, no, I'm not going to social media,

1056
00:49:24.090 --> 00:49:25.920
but social media pops up.

1057
00:49:25.920 --> 00:49:28.007
So, it's that pop-up, right?

1058
00:49:28.007 --> 00:49:30.990
<v ->Right, like I don't want information from Instagram,</v>

1059
00:49:30.990 --> 00:49:33.170
but is that where I get most of my information publicly?

1060
00:49:33.170 --> 00:49:34.003
<v ->Yes.</v>

1061
00:49:34.003 --> 00:49:35.747
(council members laugh)

1062
00:49:35.747 --> 00:49:37.230
<v ->Right, well, this is exciting.</v>

1063
00:49:37.230 --> 00:49:39.540
I think it's worth exploring

1064
00:49:39.540 --> 00:49:42.243
and putting some stuff out there and we can,

1065
00:49:44.820 --> 00:49:47.400
I guess I'd like to think about making note

1066
00:49:47.400 --> 00:49:50.340
of some of the events that are coming up

1067
00:49:50.340 --> 00:49:52.440
with the freebies, right?

1068
00:49:52.440 --> 00:49:53.643
That's always good.

1069
00:49:54.690 --> 00:49:56.970
Also thinking about the golf week.

1070
00:49:56.970 --> 00:49:58.830
Are we still signing people up for that?

1071
00:49:58.830 --> 00:49:59.663
That's over?

1072
00:49:59.663 --> 00:50:01.227
Was that the fair?

1073
00:50:01.227 --> 00:50:02.060
<v ->Fair's all done.</v>

1074
00:50:02.060 --> 00:50:02.893
<v ->Fair's all done.</v>

1075
00:50:02.893 --> 00:50:04.680
<v ->All of those summer events are done.</v>

1076
00:50:04.680 --> 00:50:06.240
<v ->So connecting with the social committee</v>

1077
00:50:06.240 --> 00:50:08.040
to find out what's coming down the pike,

1078
00:50:08.040 --> 00:50:11.520
connecting with Liv about Staff Appreciation Week,

1079
00:50:11.520 --> 00:50:13.260
where we can talk about,

1080
00:50:13.260 --> 00:50:16.140
we're gonna have a Cat Chat during that.

1081
00:50:16.140 --> 00:50:18.630
Do we have people signed up for that?

1082
00:50:18.630 --> 00:50:20.867
<v ->No, I don't think so.</v>

1083
00:50:20.867 --> 00:50:24.274
<v ->Before I sent out today's Staffline we were at four.</v>

1084
00:50:24.274 --> 00:50:25.107
<v ->Yay.</v>

1085
00:50:25.107 --> 00:50:27.630
<v ->Three signed up for the first date coming out.</v>

1086
00:50:27.630 --> 00:50:30.250
One said they didn't care, so I threw them into it.

1087
00:50:31.813 --> 00:50:33.870
I haven't looked at it since Staffline went out today.

1088
00:50:33.870 --> 00:50:36.150
<v ->So, would you envision using it as something like,</v>

1089
00:50:36.150 --> 00:50:39.090
hey, we're looking for people to participate in Cat Chat,

1090
00:50:39.090 --> 00:50:41.993
or more like, oh, Cat Chat's happening, or both?

1091
00:50:41.993 --> 00:50:44.040
<v ->Or, oh, this is what Cat Chat is.</v>

1092
00:50:44.040 --> 00:50:44.873
<v ->Okay.</v>

1093
00:50:44.873 --> 00:50:46.890
<v ->I mean, you gotta start from the bare bones</v>

1094
00:50:46.890 --> 00:50:49.740
especially if people, it's a new Instagram,

1095
00:50:49.740 --> 00:50:51.390
I think it should be all revamped,

1096
00:50:51.390 --> 00:50:54.240
especially with the younger, new staff people on,

1097
00:50:54.240 --> 00:50:57.210
that's how they're all getting their information.

1098
00:50:57.210 --> 00:50:58.473
Start from square one.

1099
00:50:59.340 --> 00:51:00.780
That's just me.

1100
00:51:00.780 --> 00:51:03.360
But I think you need to-
<v ->Let's try it.</v>

1101
00:51:03.360 --> 00:51:04.193
<v ->What is it?</v>

1102
00:51:04.193 --> 00:51:07.643
And here it is, and then you can always, I don't know.

1103
00:51:07.643 --> 00:51:09.840
Yeah, I think, yeah, start from the beginning.

1104
00:51:09.840 --> 00:51:10.673
<v ->Okay.</v>

1105
00:51:10.673 --> 00:51:12.810
<v ->Explain what it is, and kick off,</v>

1106
00:51:12.810 --> 00:51:14.910
and do a big social media push,

1107
00:51:14.910 --> 00:51:19.890
and get the UVM Instagram page to repost ours,

1108
00:51:19.890 --> 00:51:24.250
and get all the colleges to repost it, and get more-

1109
00:51:25.170 --> 00:51:27.300
<v ->Generates the buzz.</v>
<v ->Yeah, thank you, yeah.</v>

1110
00:51:27.300 --> 00:51:28.133
<v ->Okay.</v>

1111
00:51:29.850 --> 00:51:32.610
<v ->So there's now six people that have signed up</v>

1112
00:51:32.610 --> 00:51:34.140
for Cat Chat.

1113
00:51:34.140 --> 00:51:36.150
Three preferred Thursday,

1114
00:51:36.150 --> 00:51:38.200
the other three didn't have a preference.

1115
00:51:41.190 --> 00:51:43.050
<v ->So it sounds like we might wanna identify</v>

1116
00:51:43.050 --> 00:51:46.740
some of the priority items to get out there to start with,

1117
00:51:46.740 --> 00:51:49.353
and then work from there.

1118
00:51:53.250 --> 00:51:56.690
I don't have a lot of experience with Instagram,

1119
00:51:56.690 --> 00:51:59.223
so I'm gonna defer to those that do.

1120
00:52:01.890 --> 00:52:06.150
<v ->I would say Instagram is a pretty big,</v>

1121
00:52:06.150 --> 00:52:09.600
you would be spending a lot of time doing that.

1122
00:52:09.600 --> 00:52:12.810
<v ->We have resources, if we can't do that,</v>

1123
00:52:12.810 --> 00:52:15.450
if we wanna push information to somebody

1124
00:52:15.450 --> 00:52:18.960
who's gonna do that, we have resources we can utilize.

1125
00:52:18.960 --> 00:52:20.250
<v ->Okay, cool.</v>

1126
00:52:20.250 --> 00:52:22.800
<v ->Yeah, that would be my only hesitation is that like,</v>

1127
00:52:22.800 --> 00:52:23.880
with social media,

1128
00:52:23.880 --> 00:52:26.760
if you're gonna do it you need to do it really thoroughly

1129
00:52:26.760 --> 00:52:29.370
and make sure that you're following up with comments

1130
00:52:29.370 --> 00:52:31.530
to make sure people don't post anything nasty,

1131
00:52:31.530 --> 00:52:34.860
so there is kind of like daily maintenance that's needed.

1132
00:52:34.860 --> 00:52:35.693
<v ->Okay.</v>

1133
00:52:35.693 --> 00:52:36.600
<v ->Or stuff.</v>

1134
00:52:36.600 --> 00:52:39.030
So, yeah, I think it would be worth meeting first

1135
00:52:39.030 --> 00:52:41.160
and discussing what our intention would be,

1136
00:52:41.160 --> 00:52:43.810
how often would we be posting, who would manage that,

1137
00:52:44.820 --> 00:52:47.610
what content would we get in order to do posts,

1138
00:52:47.610 --> 00:52:49.410
would we be sharing stuff we already have,

1139
00:52:49.410 --> 00:52:51.780
is there a database of photos,

1140
00:52:51.780 --> 00:52:54.090
could someone work two hours once a week

1141
00:52:54.090 --> 00:52:56.714
to schedule posts for the whole week?

1142
00:52:56.714 --> 00:52:57.720
Anyway, it's a lot of-

1143
00:52:57.720 --> 00:52:59.220
<v ->It is, it is.</v>
<v ->Yeah, it's a lot.</v>

1144
00:52:59.220 --> 00:53:02.190
So my hesitation,

1145
00:53:02.190 --> 00:53:03.943
just to be cautious and not saying you shouldn't do it,

1146
00:53:03.943 --> 00:53:08.190
is just to be very careful about a long-term plan

1147
00:53:08.190 --> 00:53:10.380
for doing it, as opposed to being like,

1148
00:53:10.380 --> 00:53:11.850
yeah, I'll make a social media post,

1149
00:53:11.850 --> 00:53:13.980
and then you just have an account that has followers,

1150
00:53:13.980 --> 00:53:16.620
and they're like, this hasn't been posted on in four months,

1151
00:53:16.620 --> 00:53:21.300
and then there's this weird comment from people, and yeah.

1152
00:53:21.300 --> 00:53:22.440
I'm down to talk about it,

1153
00:53:22.440 --> 00:53:24.450
it's just worth looking at the cons

1154
00:53:24.450 --> 00:53:26.853
of a poorly managed social media account.

1155
00:53:28.050 --> 00:53:30.570
<v ->Yeah, and Twitter and Facebook,</v>

1156
00:53:30.570 --> 00:53:32.280
nothing has been posted to either one of those

1157
00:53:32.280 --> 00:53:34.620
probably for two or three years.

1158
00:53:34.620 --> 00:53:38.077
Instagram, like I said, has been, yeah, every couple months.

1159
00:53:38.077 --> 00:53:41.130
<v ->But would you recommend Instagram above the other ones?</v>

1160
00:53:41.130 --> 00:53:43.413
Like, far more relevant, so let's just-

1161
00:53:44.580 --> 00:53:45.570
<v ->Easier to make sure</v>

1162
00:53:45.570 --> 00:53:47.757
you just got a picture and put some words under it

1163
00:53:47.757 --> 00:53:50.280
and it's good, but you feel like Twitter and Facebook

1164
00:53:50.280 --> 00:53:51.600
gets a lot more involved.

1165
00:53:51.600 --> 00:53:53.193
<v ->Okay, great.</v>

1166
00:53:58.380 --> 00:53:59.780
Let's schedule some time to,

1167
00:54:01.420 --> 00:54:03.020
okay, hope we can build that up.

1168
00:54:04.470 --> 00:54:05.730
And if anybody's interested

1169
00:54:05.730 --> 00:54:08.730
in being part of that conversation, let Alan know.

1170
00:54:08.730 --> 00:54:11.673
No commitment, just a conversation right now.

1171
00:54:13.860 --> 00:54:16.200
I just would like to learn more about how we can use that

1172
00:54:16.200 --> 00:54:18.600
and then figure out, we do have resources,

1173
00:54:18.600 --> 00:54:20.747
what resources we can put behind that

1174
00:54:20.747 --> 00:54:22.800
'cause this is a volunteer position,

1175
00:54:22.800 --> 00:54:24.210
and you do have a job to do

1176
00:54:24.210 --> 00:54:26.583
so we wanna be respectful of that too.

1177
00:54:27.690 --> 00:54:28.773
Anything else?

1178
00:54:30.450 --> 00:54:32.943
Anybody online have anything they wanna share?

1179
00:54:36.300 --> 00:54:37.773
All right, I'll call-

1180
00:54:37.773 --> 00:54:39.960
<v ->Just one thing, since nobody else has anything,</v>

1181
00:54:39.960 --> 00:54:42.120
you might have seen the email,

1182
00:54:42.120 --> 00:54:43.320
I know it was in Staffline today,

1183
00:54:43.320 --> 00:54:46.080
but I think separate emails have gone out.

1184
00:54:46.080 --> 00:54:49.440
In addition to the Staff Appreciation Week,

1185
00:54:49.440 --> 00:54:51.360
there is the Welcome Back Day,

1186
00:54:51.360 --> 00:54:55.170
which Wellness and HR is sponsoring.

1187
00:54:55.170 --> 00:54:59.370
It's on Tuesday the 20th from one to three o'clock.

1188
00:54:59.370 --> 00:55:01.740
There'll be all kinds of tabling events.

1189
00:55:01.740 --> 00:55:06.720
I put staff council in as one of the organizations

1190
00:55:06.720 --> 00:55:08.460
to table at that event.

1191
00:55:08.460 --> 00:55:11.073
So if you're interested in tabling at that event,

1192
00:55:12.360 --> 00:55:13.621
maybe a half an hour at a time

1193
00:55:13.621 --> 00:55:15.960
so that it's is not a huge commitment,

1194
00:55:15.960 --> 00:55:19.440
shoot me an email to let me know

1195
00:55:19.440 --> 00:55:21.360
if that's something you're interested in.

1196
00:55:21.360 --> 00:55:24.123
Since the social committee got rescheduled,

1197
00:55:25.140 --> 00:55:27.240
which is gonna be happening at the same time,

1198
00:55:27.240 --> 00:55:29.520
I'm actually available the whole time

1199
00:55:29.520 --> 00:55:30.540
from one to three o'clock.

1200
00:55:30.540 --> 00:55:35.370
But yeah, it's just sitting at a table, answering questions,

1201
00:55:35.370 --> 00:55:36.960
reaching out to people.

1202
00:55:36.960 --> 00:55:39.120
Perhaps maybe some tchotchkes to give away,

1203
00:55:39.120 --> 00:55:40.890
I don't know if we've figured that one out yet or not.

1204
00:55:40.890 --> 00:55:44.130
<v ->Do you wanna do a sign up that we can send out,</v>

1205
00:55:44.130 --> 00:55:46.705
people can sign up for a time slot?

1206
00:55:46.705 --> 00:55:47.538
<v ->I can do that.</v>

1207
00:55:47.538 --> 00:55:50.493
Or if you already think you wanna do it, just let me know.

1208
00:55:59.700 --> 00:56:01.470
<v ->All right, well, hopefully this gives you a lot</v>

1209
00:56:01.470 --> 00:56:04.380
to think about and we'll have lots of great discussion

1210
00:56:04.380 --> 00:56:06.180
with our next meeting.

1211
00:56:06.180 --> 00:56:08.430
But you don't have to wait till the next meeting.

1212
00:56:08.430 --> 00:56:12.900
Email, phone call, Teams in the meantime.

1213
00:56:12.900 --> 00:56:15.990
And I'll call the meeting over,

1214
00:56:15.990 --> 00:56:18.993
officially adjourned at 1:11.

1215
00:56:21.240 --> 00:56:23.550
Thank you, and welcome.

1216
00:56:23.550 --> 00:56:24.500
<v ->Thanks, everyone.</v>

1217
00:56:25.593 --> 00:56:27.180
<v ->I wanted to just say Tuesday the 20th-</v>

1218
00:56:27.180 --> 00:56:28.350
<v Zundel>Thank you so much.</v>

1219
00:56:28.350 --> 00:56:29.183
<v ->I can do that.</v>

1220
00:56:29.183 --> 00:56:30.053
<v Nichole>Thank you.</v>

1221
00:56:33.146 --> 00:56:36.896
(council members chattering)