Staff Advisory Board Meeting
March 10, 2011
8:30 a.m.
Ruby Hicks Conference Room, RH 102
Members Present: Cathy Payne, Melinda Zeigler, Tonique Dennis, Vicky Graves, Sue Bladzik,
Lisa Anderson
Members Absent: Jennifer Creamer, Lisa Anderson, Rick Cothran
Length of Meeting: 1/2 hour
Topics Discussed:
Cathy called the meeting to order at 8:35 am stating that there were not enough members in attendance to hold a February meeting. She also stated that she had spoken with Lisa Saxon regarding the review of the policies and procedures assigned to the Staff Advisory Board. Lisa informed Cathy that the policies and procedures had already been disbursed since the SAB last met to discuss reviewing them.
Cathy mentioned that she had the opportunity along with Melinda Ziegler to attend the Charette Master Design meeting that was held on Thursday, January 27th and that it went very well. The plan for TCTC is quite extensive and everyone is thinking outside the box on how to deal with traffic, what is considered the “front door” to the college, how to fix parking, etc. The Master Plan will provide direction for improvements at Tri-County and will be developed from input as a result of this meeting. There is a link on eTC that can be accessed for more information.
Vicki commented that Jennifer had mentioned the meeting time conflicted with some of her new responsibilities.
Motion was made by Cathy and seconded by Vicki to approve changing the time from the 2nd Thursday of each month to the 1st Thursday of each month. It was later discovered and noted by Cathy that Jennifer only had a conflict this month and everyone was in agreement via e-mail that the meeting time remain the 2nd Thursday of each month.
The next topic discussed was the TCTC Annual Picnic and the available dates that it could be held. The final date agreed upon was Friday, May 20th from 5:30-8:30pm. Sue mentioned that the Anderson Campus 5K run is scheduled for Saturday, May 21st with pre-staging and set-up for the race starting on Friday, May 20th. Cathy did not know the exact amount that would be available to spend on this years’ picnic, but did state that the food alone last year was $1,748. It was noted that the invitations need to be revised and sent out earlier than last year as well as contacting the caterer from last year (Smokin Pig). All members agreed that, with the exception of the music not being loud enough to hear, setting up tables and serving inside worked well and the same should be done this year with the games still held outside.
The availability of decorations for the picnic was brought up and Sue mentioned that they had some at Anderson Campus.
Action Items:
- Cathy is to work on revising the invitations for this year.
- Sue will check and determine if Anderson Campus is available to use for the picnic on May 20th.
Note: In checking what will be involved in the 2011 5K race, Sue informed Cathy by phone that Anderson Campus would not be available on May 20th, but suggested checking to see if the picnic could be held at the Easley Campus. Cathy was to check on the possibility of moving the location.
- Tonique will check into kid’s activities as well with the faculty senate for additional help. Some suggestions were: sidewalk chalk, water balloons. It was also suggested that we provide games that adults could play (volleyball, Minute to Win It).
- Sue will check and provide Cathy with a list of all picnic decorations stored at Anderson Campus.
Vicki mentioned that she would not be able to attend the April meeting at which time Cathy stated that we will need to meet sooner to discuss finalizing the details of the annual picnic.
Motion was made to adjourn the meeting at 9:05am by Cathy with all members in favor.
Recorded by: Sue Bladzik
Next Meeting: Thursday, April 14th, at 8:30 am, RH102.
