Cope Minutes
December 6, 2001
In Attendance: Teena Rhoads, Troy Kase, John Batacan, Michelle Klar, Donna Hillard, Diana Guerrero, Laura McKinnley
Minutes for November were read and approved as corrected.
Officer's Reports:
President's Meeting report from Teena
Michelle reported COPE account at $6767.73 with $325 spent during the month.
Committee Reports:
CSAC- Troy-No meeting until Feb.
Centennial Ball-Laura-Discussed theme and charge of $5 per person or $7 at the door
Coordinating Board-Teena-Next mtg is Dec.10th. Will present to Dr. Bowen different ways to increase revenue over the next few years.
Diversity-Michelle-Instead of committee financing different events they will put some on themselves or in conjunction with other organizations.
Facility Access-Diana-No mtg
First Aid Kits-John-given away 30kits, have had 84 requests. Will look at proposing to CEC to help finance the demand. Will also put into effect only one kit per office.
Parking Advisory-Glen Alford/Teena-No mtg
Parking Appeals-John-No mtg. Will meet as needed.
Personnel Advisory-Teena-No mtg
Professional Leave-Donna-No mtg
University Safety-Diana-Revising bylaws and concerned about parade safety
Special Orders/Unfinished Business
First Aid Request-See notes above
Michelle discussed proposed changes in Bylaws.
Approved: 1) Change the representatives from each group to be representative of the total number within that group. 2) The secretary will check quarterly to confirm if employees that received a professional development scholarship completed a write up on the benefits to them and their department. 3) The president will appoint an Historian that will serve a term of one year. 4) Special meetings can also be conducted via email and teleconference.
Tabled: The representatives would serve a three year term instead of two.
Those that were approved will go onto be voted by the general COPE members.
Donna presented a new funding request form. Corrections were made and the final will be presented at the next meeting.
John discussed the cholesterol screening. 35 members utilized the resource with a total of 45 employees actually attending. We owe Bannock Regional $420 for expenses. John will follow up with IF to see if that could be a project there.
Teena and Jeannie (CEC) will meet to discuss a workshop for the spring and possible speaker.
New Business
The Board members meet with other COPE members to discuss questions for the President's General Meeting. Will combine our questions with CEC's.
Funding requests: Teena Rhoads was granted $115 for ICA conference. Nora Gotfredson was granted $115 for ICA conference.
Next meeting: Jan. 24th, 2:30-4:30pm, RFC conference room.