Academic Staff Assembly Document #369

11 September 2006

 

ACADEMIC STAFF NOMINATING COMMITTEE

2005-06 Annual Report

 

Membership

Mary Ray (Chair) (Law School), Simon Anderson (Electrical & Computing Engineering-resigned), Jackie Hank (Department of Human Oncology) Beth Holden (Bacteriology), Roger Maclean (School of Business), Mark Matosian (School of Business), Mara McDonald (Genetics), Tim O’Connor (School of Education), and Jeffrey Petersen (Sociology).

Structure and Meetings

The Nominating Committee (NC) met once monthly throughout the academic year and several times in the summer. Members updated each other on projects; reviewed candidate’s information and made selections; determined future actions needed, such as recruitment efforts and communications with Academic Staff; and delegated tasks to each member for the upcoming month.

 

Accomplishments

1. Procedures

An on-going effort has been made to establish consistent procedures for the selection of candidates.

• To enlist new candidates and to ensure a greater pool of Academic Staff have opportunities to serve on committees, the NC Chair sends out a notice to the Assembly Representatives, who are asked to pass it onto their district members for soliciting volunteers to serve. Nominees are chosen based on skills, fit, and interests. Nominees are also chosen to enhance diversity on all committees. Candidates are asked the following questions.

1. Why are you interested in this particular committee?

2. What strengths would you bring to this committee?

3. Tell us about your work experience and your length of service.

• To ensure that the committees function well, NC members contact the chairs of the committees to solicit information regarding what skills and abilities might be best suited for the opening on the committee. Chairs are also consulted before an incumbent’s name is sent up for re-appointment.

• To encourage wide-spread involvement, nominations of committee members are limited to two consecutive terms, except where the serving member is in the middle of an important project and the chair requests a continuance for that member, the committee is composed of specialists or uniquely qualified individuals (i.e., indefinite appointments), or the member is willing to continue to serve when no candidate has come forth.

2. Recruitment

Pools of Candidates

The NC maintains a list of individuals interested in serving on Academic Staff and Joint Governance Committees from which to draw for nominations.

Web Page with Committee Opportunities

The chart of committee opportunities was published on the web in the Academic Staff site, under Nominating Committee: http://acstaff.wisc.edu/Committees.htm

 

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3. Appointments and Election Slates

The NC nominated the following people and sent their names to ASEC for appointment. There were 24 new appointments and 26 reappointments.

Area Review Committee for Administration and Library

Bruno Browning, Russell Penczenko, Carrie Kruse

Area Review Committee for BioMed

Yvonne Bushland, David Hogg, Don Michalski

Area Review Committee for Humanities

James Anderson, Rosemarie Carbino, Barbara Clayton

Area Review Committee for Physical Sciences and Engineering

Cathy Middlecamp, Thomas Wright, Brian Beard

Access and Accommodation

Tim Gattenby, Nancy Gatyas

ADA Task Force

Jim Ferris

Archives Committee

Peter Gorman

Athletic Board

Barb Smith

Bicycle-Pedestrian Subcommittee of the Campus Transportation Committee

Karen Wagner, Bob Sessions

Campus Diversity Oversight Committee

Victor Macaruso

Campus Transportation Committee

Tim Gloeckler

Chancellor’s Commission on Fraternities and Sororities

Jennifer Herrman

Distinguished Prefix Review

Jackie Hank, Larry Hubbard, Debra Hullett, Cathy Middlecamp, Jerry Gipp

Equity and Diversity Resource Center Advisory Committee

Gary DeClute

Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual Issues Committee

Dana Alder, Lori Berquam

Health Care Advisory

Cynthia Laitman

Information Technology Committee

Brenda Spychalla

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Labor Licensing Committee

Charlotte Franscona

Lakeshore Nature Preserve

Susie Will-Wolf

Lectures Committee

Kevin Kurdylo

Memorial Library Committee

Barbara Walden

Morgridge Center Committee

Susan Crowley

Recreational Sports Board

Don Schutt, Jeff Anders, John Archambault

Student Hearing Examiners Committee

Jim Wollack

University Library Committee

Susan Hellstrom

Committee on Women in the University

Maya Holtzman, Heather Daniels

The NC prepared election slates to send to Academic Staff Assembly.

ASEC

Bruce Beck, Susan Crowley, Robin Kurtz, Tori Ricahrdson

Compensation and Economic Benefits

Scott Converse, Dennis Ray, Karen Schoenherr, Bill Steffenhagen, Beth Workmaster

Districting and Representation

Mullen Dowdal, Mark Werner, Bambi Wilson

Professional Development and Recognition

Rick Burnson, Maddie Covelli, Lyn Edlefson, Lisa Jansen, Lynette Karls, Pat Mitchell, Kevin Niemi, Sarah Schutt

Personnel Policies and Procedures

Greg Iaccarino, Nan Krattiger-Ziltiger, Carla Love, Marsha Mansfield, Sandra Wald