P&S COUNCIL NEWS
March 24, 2003

P&S COUNCIL OPEN FORUM, APRIL 2
Bruce Van De Velde, ISU athletic director, will speak at the next P&S Council forum on April 2, at noon in the Pioneer room at Memorial Union. He will give an overview of the athletic program, including information on our Cyclone varsity sports, academic performance of student-athletes, graduation rates, Title IX, competing in the Big 12 Conference, and the budget as it relates to funding scholarships and operating expenses in a competitive Division I-A Athletic Department.

MARCH FORUM ONLINE
View streaming video of the March 6 forum at which Max Wortman, president of the Faculty Senate, spoke and answered questions about the faculty senate issues.

VOTE - MARCH 28th DEADLINE
Be sure to cast a vote for your favorite P&S Council candidate. Friday, March 28 is the deadline to vote. Go to AccessPlus, click on the employee tab and then click on the voting link in the left margin. P&S staff in all representation areas are eligible to vote this year, with five council members to be elected from the Academic and Research area and one each from Business and Finance, Extension, External Affairs, IPRT/Ames Lab, and Student Affairs. As of noon Monday, 300 P&S employees had voted, about 13 percent of those eligible. Election results will be announced at next week's P&S Council meeting and successful candidates will be seated at the June council meeting.

Information on the candidates in this year's election is available.

COUNCIL ACTIONS
P&S COUNCIL REQUESTS ELECTRONIC DATABASE OF PIQs
The P&S Council requests that generic descriptions for all job titles and all employee-specific Position Information Questionnaires (PIQ) be put on an online database.