Admin. professional advisory council meets

The Administrative Professional Advisory Council will meet Thursday, Feb. 14 from 1:30 to 3 p.m. David Schmidt will be presenting.
 
The next meeting will be held Thursday, March 13 from 1:30 to 3 p.m. Joan King will present on A/P Salary Compression and Inversion.
 
Meeting locations:
Pullman (Murrow 53)
Spokane (SAC 415)
Spokane Nursing(SNUR 214)
Tri-Cities(CIC 125Q), Vancouver(VCLS116)
Puyallup(Chicona Conf. Rm)
West(North Conf Room)
 
The meeting agenda will go as follows:
Welcome and introductions
Approval of Jan. 10 minutes
Chairs report
Sub-committees
 
Presentation
David Schmidt – Training
 
Old Business:
Survey – organization of sub committees
Compensation/ Classification
Training/ professional development
Benefits
 
New Business:
Election of Officers
Bylaws report – Gabriela
Childcare taskforce
Parking zone proposed changes
WSU emergency shutdown policy – processing leave due to suspended operations
Strategic plan reviews
 
Ex-Officio Updates:
Commission on the status of women (Gabriela Mazur)
Work/Life committee (Elissa Keim)
Parking committee (Connie Sakamoto)
Childcare task force (Ed Sala)

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