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Inside Iowa State
April 16, 1999

P&S Council approves pro-Veishea, salary motions

by Anne Dolan

At its April 1 meeting, the Professional and Scientific Council approved two motions -- one supporting Veishea and one recommending a salary increase distribution policy for this summer.

The Veishea motion applauds student efforts to keep the event going and commits council members to helping "showcase the university." The motion replaces a motion introduced in January that called for council members to personally commit to an alcohol-free and safe event and encourage other P&S staff to do the same. The motion will be sent to the Veishea central committee.

The council's salary increase recommendation is that one- third of the salary increase allocation received this summer from the Legislature recognize satisfactory performance, and the remainder be used to recognize factors including outstanding performance, growth in a job, compression issues, comparable worth issues and market value of a position. The recommendation will be sent to the Provost Office.

In other council business:

• Council members elected in March were announced and will be seated at the council's June 3 meeting. They are (representing academic and research): Debra Bahr, Lisa Enloe, Rex Heer, Lynette Horning, Darren Jarboe, Barry McCroskey and Judy Strand; (business and finance): Barbara Stotts and Pat Strah; (extension): James Jensen and Denise Schwab; (external affairs): Jan Breitman, Kevin Brown and Leigh Elsberry; and (student affairs): DeLores Hawkins.

• Work continues on developing a survey to distribute to all P&S employees to assess the issues they feel strongly about and the council should address. The target distribution time is September.

Council vice president Jim Twetten noted many of the issues facing the council seem to remain the same from year to year. Some-times that's a result of no movement by the council and sometimes it's due to misperception among em- ployees about how the ISU system works. In the latter case, the solution is not to dismiss the concern, but to educate employees, he said. The council's noon forums could do more to address misunderstandings and misperceptions, he added.

The next council meeting begins at 2 p.m. Thursday, May 6, in the Memorial Union Pioneer Room. Council members will elect officers for the 1999-2000 academic year. A noon open forum, also in the Pioneer Room, will feature reports from four of the P&S teams that received grants for student recruitment and retention projects this year.

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