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June 10, 1999

Staff Association Council re-elects group's officers

Staff Association Council re-elects group's officers

Yesterday, the Staff Association Council (SAC) held officer elections and heard a presentation from Ron Frisch, associate vice chancellor for Human Resources, and Mark Burdsall, compensation supervisor. Frisch and Burdsall were reiterating information on the staff classification plan presented at the June 8 SAC-sponsored spring assembly. (See related story.)

The four officers of SAC were re-elected at the meeting. All four ran unopposed.

SAC elections committee chair Josephine Hatley asked for a show of hands from the attending members and confirmed the elections.

Richard Colwell was elected president; Carol Neuner, vice president, steering committee; Linda Marts, vice president for communications, and Carol James, treasurer.

James became treasurer in a special election after Gwen Watkins resigned in January.

Officers are voted on annually and the new terms took effect at the meeting.

In accepting the presidency for a second term, Colwell said, "The officers work well together and make a good team. I think over the years we've had more input into the shared governance of the University and we want to keep going in that direction." Colwell has been a member of SAC 13 of the 14 years he has worked at Pitt.

In other SAC news:

* Pitt Kennywood Day will be held July 24. Tickets go on sale June 16 at the William Pitt Union and the Pitt Stadium ticket office. Tickets are $12 for an all-day pass. The pass also may be used on weekdays other than July 24; on weekends, pass holders will have to make up the cost difference. Pitt Kennywood Day T-shirts also go on sale at the ticket offices June 16.

* The new issue of SAC Tracks, the staff council's newsletter, is expected to be delivered to staff by June 14.

* The next Adopt-a-Block clean-up efforts are 4:40-6:30 p.m., June 15 and July 20. For more information, call 624-4236. * The SAC new member orientation luncheon is set for noon-2 p.m., July 21. * The next open council meeting is Aug. 11, 12:30 p.m., 2P56 Forbes Quad.

–Peter Hart


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