This year there are five districts that will need to elect new representatives.  The five districts are District A, District B, District E, District F (Facilities), and District J (Custodial).  If you are at all interested in becoming the representative for your District please let Staff Council’s Election Committee know by e-mail at mcsc@middlebury.edu.  The committee will then highlight your name on the nominating ballot indicating that you are interested in being the next representative.  We would like to know by April 12^th.

For more information check out th Staff Council web page at http://www.middlebury.edu/offices/administration/scouncil

You may also contact the current Staff Council representative for these districts, if you would like more information about serving.

District A:  Naomi Neff, x5565
District B:  Cathy Tester, x5254
District E:  Valerie Costello, x5295
District F (Facilities): Jennifer Pottinger, x5472
District J (Custodial): Jacqueline Doty, x5084

Staff Council regular meetings are open to all Middlebury College staff members. Staff members should let their supervisors know if there is a particular meeting they wish to attend. Supervisors will seek to find a positive balance between addressing operational needs and support staff requests to attend these meetings.

Wednesday, January 9, 2013 9:00 – 10:30 a.m.
Axinn 220

Agenda
9:00 a.m. Open meeting and introductions and approval of Dec. 2012 Meeting minutes

9:10 a.m. Committee Reports

9:30 a.m. Old Business

9:50 a.m. New Business

10:00 a.m. Guest Speaker: Vice President for Planning and Assessment Susan Baldridge will join us to talk about the strategic plan and the annual planning process!

10:30 a.m. Adjournment

We (Staff Council) will be sponsoring our annual ice cream social on Wednesday, June 13, 2012 from noon-1:00 on the patio of McCullough, so please join us for ice cream and meet your representatives!

Here is the full list of Staff Council, as of July 2012:

District A (primarily Academic Affairs-related offices) – Naomi Neff (term expires 6/13)

District B (College Advancement and Communications) – Cathy Tester (term expires 6/13)

District C (some Student Affairs-related offices) – Wayne Darling (re-elected, term expires 6/14)

District D (more Student Affairs-related offices and international program offices) – Brook Escobedo (newly elected, term expires 6/14)

District E (primarily administrative and business offices) – Valerie Costello (term expires 6/13)

District F (Facilities Services other than Custodial) – Jenn Pottinger (term expires 6/13)

District J (Custodial Services) – Jacqueline Doty (term expries 6/13)

District K (Dining Services) – Ken Pierce (re-elected, term expires 6/14)

District L (LIS) – Arabella Holzapfel (re-elected, term expires 6/14)

Member-at-Large – Ashley Calkins (newly elected, term expires 6/14)

SPECIAL GUESTS Derek Hammel and Patrick Norton of the Pension Advisory Group (PAG) will join us to describe the recent re-formulation of the PAG (which oversees the College’s retirement plans). Derek and Patrick will describe the group’s charge and what they’ve been working on.

The college’s retirement plan affects all employees, so interested faculty members are welcome to join us. The meeting will start at 9 a.m. in the Crest Room. Also on the agenda will be our regular committee reports from Community Council, HR-6, Compensation & Benefits, and others.