P&S COUNCIL NEWS
February 8, 2006

New Council Member Appointed
Karla Mae Elling, an administrative specialist in the Records and Registration Office, has been appointed to the P&S Council to represent Student Affairs staff. She will serve until June 30, replacing Bonnie Whalen who resigned from the seat because of other commitments. Elling was appointed by P&S Council President Dan Woodin and her appointment was confirmed by the Council at its Feb. 2 meeting. A permanent replacement for Whalen will be chosen in the P&S election in March.

Malisa Rader Elected to P&S Executive Committee
Malisa Rader, a member of the P&S Council representing Academic and Research Staff since 2004, has been elected to an at-large seat on the Council's Executive Committee. She was chosen at the Council's Feb. 2 meeting to replace Bonnie Whalen who had resigned from the Council. She will serve until new officers are installed at the Council's June meeting.

The five voting members of the Council's executive committee include the president, president-elect, secretary, and two at-large members. The committee conducts monthly meetings, also attended by the chairs of the Council's standing committees. Rader has served as chair of the Representation Committee for the past two years.

Get a Life -- Theme for P&S Professional Development Day on March 28
Mark your calendar and plan to attend P&S Professional Development Day on March 28. Registration for the conference should be up by Feb. 20. This year's theme "Get a Life" will be presented by keynote speaker Pat Hurley, who uses a humor-based top ten list on how to deal with stress. For 31 years, Hurley has crisscrossed the country bringing his gentle brand of humorous motivation to more than six million students, teachers and parents. He was a comedian on ABC television for three years and won three Emmy awards. The $75 registration fee will include lunch and three breakout sessions on a variety of topics. The conference begins at 8:30 a.m. and ends at 3:15 p.m.

Standing Committee Volunteers Recognized
Certificates of appreciation were presented to several non-council members of the P&S Council's standing committees at the Council's Feb. 2 meeting. Those honored included Don Chrusciel, Mark Clarridge, Julie Larson and Judy Strand on the Awards Committee; Felice Iasevoli and Trevor Riedemann on the Compensation and Benefits Committee; Doug Beck and Don Paulsen on the Peer Advisory Committee; Pam Owenson,
Josie Six and Pat Strah on the Policies and Procedures committee; Janet Ross on the Representation Committee; and Catherine Hunt and Marie Mayer on the Retention and Recruitment Committee.

Membership on the Council's standing committees is open to all
interested P&S staff. Applications are accepted by the Representation Committee at the beginning of each academic year.

P&S Council Nominations Due Feb. 17
Nomination forms are beginning to trickle in for the thirteen seats on the ISU P&S Council that will be filled in an online election in March. The filing deadline to be listed on the ballot is 5 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 17.

You are encouraged to nominate yourself or someone that you think would make a good representative of you and your fellow employees on the council. A nomination form and additional information about serving on the council are available online at
http://www.pscouncil.iastate.edu/Election06Pre.html

Vacancies to be filled, by representation area, include the following:

Academic and Research - 7 seats
Business and Finance - 1 seat
Extension - 1 seat
External Affairs - 1 seat
IPRT & Ames Lab - 1 seat
Student Affairs - 2 seats

Open Forum March 2
The university budget for fiscal year 2007 is the topic for an Open Forum at the March 2 Council meeting. Ellen Rasmussen, assistant to the provost, and Mark Chidister, assistant to the president, will lead the discussion at the forum from 12 to 1 p.m. in the Memorial Union Gallery.

Lunch with the Regents
Members of the P&S Council's executive committee and chairs of the Council's standing committees attended lunch with members of the Iowa Board of Regents when the Regents met in Ames on Feb. 1. The informal luncheon gave P&S staff the opportunity for one-on-one conversations with the Regents about goals of the Council.