Board Meeting Minutes
July 6, 2006
PDF Printable version of MinutesMeeting was called to order by President Rod Gelatt. Those in attendance were: Rod Gelatt, Charles Cramer, Herb Brown, Ernest Hilderbrand, Sylvia Bradfield, Kee Groshong, Dean Yarwood, Loretta Ross, Tom Freeman, Gary Smith, Bob Stewart, and Jo Behymer.
Minutes
Minutes of the April 26, 2006 BOD meeting were discussed. Charles Cramer's name was omitted from the Finance Committee and will be added. Minutes were approved with change.
Calendar
Golf Tournament: Held July 14 and 15 - MURA handles the bookkeeping for this function.
October BOD Meeting: The MURA BOD will meet 30 minutes before the Fall Social on October 3 at the Reynold's Center.
February Spring Social: Dates will be scheduled.
Meeting with Chancellor and President: Gary Smith will set up meetings for November 2006 and March 2007.
March Business Meeting: Rod Gelatt will check into the contract for this meeting.
Program Committee: Jo Behymer will schedule the meetings held at HyVee.
Treasurer
Tom Freeman filled in for Bob Marshall and reported the checkbook balance as $5034.70 and the total assets were $53,250.46. Treasurer's report was approved by the board.
Membership
Ernest Hilderbrand reported that Greg Johnson had been working with him on having all addresses of members updated with correct addresses with the zip plus four digits for new retirees. There are 1,359 total members with 555 being lifetime members. 1,055 of these are current with dues and 304 dilenquent. Since Ernest began the membership duties, 144 members have passed away. He also suggested that notice should be given to those members who have used COIN for email as it no longer exists and members need to provide their new email address.
Faculty Council
Dean Yarwood reported that they were looking at benefits. He also requested having a backup individual to attend meetings when he was unable to.
A letter from Chancellor Deaton to Linda Cook was provided in regard to changing the MURA membership on the Chancellor's Retiree Advisory Committee. Most likely the changes to this committee will be approved by the Faculty Council. Currently there are four staff, four council and four retirees on this committee. Chancellor Deaton suggested that he appoint the Chairman for this committee.
A motion was made by Gary Smith: Moved that the three Past Presidents constitute a nominating committee to make nominations for the Chancellor's Retiree Advisory Committee and to review appointments to all campus standing committees and make recommendations to the MURA Board of Directors. The nominating committee shall have a total of five members with a minimum of one female and one staff member appointed by the MURA president. Seconded by Stewart, Motion was approved.
Staff Council
Loretta Ross reported that their agenda was full and said they have an annual budget of $50,000 ($25,000 from the Chancellor and $25,000 from Development) and have had carry overs of budget for several years. The majority of this budget is spent on the secretary's salary of $38,000. They want to redo their website and get someone to do minutes. The Staff Recognition week did not do as well as the previous year.
MU Retiree Benefits
Bob Stewart reported the Curator's meeting will be held in the next few weeks. It was recommended that MURA encourage anyone to attend the Curator's meetings as a show of force.
Miscellaneous
Program Committee will meet on July 11 at 2:00 at Hyvee
United Way - the concensus was for the President to mention this at the Fall Meeting and in the newsletter.
AROHE was discussed. It was agreed that the President-elect attend the meeting held ever two years and pay this individual $750.00 total, including registration and pay the annual dues. Hilderbrand/Smith, approved by BOD.
Spring Business and Fall MURA Meetings Attendance: It seems that retiree's pension increases and benefits bring the most attendance; perhaps ask President Floyd speak on retiree's increases, or perhaps one of the Curators?
Retiree Volunteer Hours: Poll MURA members by email or newsletter on hours they provide MU in a volunteer status?
Fall Senior Fest: Tom Freeman agreed to find out more on this topic but BOD agreed the $250/table was probably too much to spend on a small group to benefit from this expense.
MURA Brochure: It was agreed the MURA brochure needs an update.
Ex-Presidents: Charles Cramer reported MURA ex-Presidents have been meeting about every three months. They have no status as such and no reports.
Meeting adjourned at 3:35 p.m.
Sylvia Bradfield
Secretary
