UMM-Consultative Committee
Meeting Date: Friday October 24, 2003 9:00 AM

Members present:   Brenda Boever, Kevin Ely, Bart Finzel, Margaret Kuchenreuther, 
Michelle Page (Chair), Jeff Ratliff-Crain (XO), Mary Zosel, Reginald Davis, Kt 
Schwaderer, 

Absent:  Lee Korby, Joyce Amborn, David Wuolu, Rebecca Webb

We want the UMM Community to know that we regret that Rebecca Webb and Joyce 
Amborn our AFSCME members where not able to be with us today. 
 
Upcoming Visitor Schedule:
Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs Sandy Olson Loy & Sam Schuman will visit on 
October 31 to discuss Student Affairs restructuring, past and future.	

Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Dean John Schwaller will be meeting with us 
on November 7 to discuss the Curricula for the Big Idea.
 (Meeting Cancelled for November 14)
 
Associate Vice Chancellor for Enrollment Jim Mootz has been invited to give an 
Admissions update.  He is scheduled for Monday November 17.
  
Dean Schwaller and Chancellor Schuman will visit following November 21 regarding 
faculty salary issues

(Meeting cancelled for November 28—Thanksgiving Break)

AFSCME Strike
We discussed how the strike plans need to be fine-tuned.  Many departments did not 
discuss the plans with their employees.  Employees did not know what their new roles 
would be if there was a strike and many supervisors did not communicate their plan even 
after the strike started.  We will ask Sarah to follow up with all managers.  We also 
discussed what our role is in helping our AFSCME employees.

We will send a letter to University and the Union.  It will be neutral but direct that there 
are areas that are not going smoothly and things are not being done on the Morris 
Campus.  We do miss, appreciate, and need our staff.  

We will also send a letter to Sarah Mattson and Sam Schuman, communicating the 
problems with the strike and that we want to take a proactive role with the changes and 
the healing of our campus community.  We also need more communication from 
administration to the students.  Like, what is happening with the strike, office changes 
and new office hours?
We discussed how the increased workload on students would affect their financial aid in 
the future.  Students will run out of their money before the end of school when they may 
need it.

Michelle will prepare letters to Central administration and Sam & Sarah.

Student Sub Committee,
Kevin gave us a list of the student concerns.  (appended below)
They will meet with Sandy with a list of questions
SAP- Concerned about communication to student and faculty.  How are the faculty 
supposed to communicate this to the students they advise. 
University Fees- we don’t get it all back, only some of it.  We thought we would get 
100% of it back.  There is also a concern that it has doubled every year.  What will it be 
next year?  We also don’t know what the fee covers.

Meeting was adjourned before we able to get through all of the student subcommittee 
priorities.
 

Student Subcommittee Priorities
1)	Restructuring of ORL and Student Affairs  (Turnover and effect on student life)
2)	Enrollment
a.	Numbers and how Satisfactory Academic Progress is going to affect them
b.	The All University Fee:  All back, or some?  Where did it all go?
c.	Responsibility:  Student Intern, Student Responsibility in the Office
d.	Dining Services Subcommittee and Food Service Contract (2 years left)
e.	Financial Aid
(work study eligibility, grants, verification, information 
dissemination, educating students surrounding Fine Aid 
particulars)
3)	Student Services Committee and Student Activities
a.	Behavioral Subcommittee (student)
b.	Organization and Constitutional Charges of Committee
[Make up of committee, need summary of progress made with 
respect to review, Task Management (Orientation, publicity, 
AFRC)]
4)	Biomass and the Football Field in the grand scheme
5)	 The Big Idea  [Curricula and Funding Concerns, Student Opinions, Effect on 
Other Study Abroad Programs, Student Awareness]