The UNM Staff Council has a new executive committee for 2005-06. Officers elected at the May meeting include: Sabra Basler, Department of Strategic Communications and Marketing, president; David Groth, Health Sciences Center Library, president-elect; Mimi Swanson, Human Resources Service Center, speaker; and Blanca Garcia, Extended University, treasurer.
Lisa McHale, ASM, and Bettie Kaehele, Family Practice Center, will serve as precinct at-large reps. Steve Borbas, Facility Planning, and Kathy Meadows, Continuing Education, were elected grade representatives at-large.
In other business, councilors approved suggested revisions to UNM policy 2200 Reporting Misconduct and Retaliation. The council’s Employee Rights and Policy Review Committee proposes that an Inspector General’s Office be established within the Auditor’s Office to better protect employees who report suspected misconduct.
Councilor’s also passed a resolution thanking the Board of Regents for expressed support of work+life initiatives.
The Rewards and Recognition Committee shared plans for UNM Staff Week June 6-10 and the UNM Staff Picnic set for Saturday, June 11, at Isotopes Park. Purchase tickets for $3 at UNM ticket outlets while they last.
Outgoing president Steve Borbas presented an overview of his year in office and thanked the council’s dozen working committees. Borbas was the first council president to be extended a seat on the Board of Regents’ Academic Student Affairs Committee where he seized the opportunity to showcase committee accomplishments. The appointment is included in presidential duties Basler assumes in June.