Advisory Council of Classified Employees

Meeting Minutes

February 22, 2001

Charleston, WV


MEMBERS IN ATTENDANCE

Concord CollegeAmy Pitzer
Fairmont State CollegePatty Vingle
Glenville State CollegeLinda Carney
Marshall UniversityStephanie Neal
Shepherd CollegeAnna Mary Walsh
West Liberty State CollegeBarbara Neuman
West Virginia NetworkHarper Grimm
WV Northern Community CollegeZac Wycherley
WV School of Osteopathic MedicineEllen Broudy
West Virginia State CollegeJenny Fertig
West Virginia UniversityPaul Martinelli

MEMBERS ABSENT

Bluefield State CollegeRon Holt
Higher Education Policy Commission (HEPC) OfficeCelia Vanater
Marshall University Graduate College (MUGC)Joe Taylor
Potomac State College of WVULibby Nichols
R. C. Byrd Health Sciences Ctr/Charleston Div.Without Representation
Southern WV Community & Technical CollegeRita Roberson
WVU @ ParkersburgViolet Mosser
WVU Institute of TechnologyJim Darling

GUEST:

Monte Maxwell, Legislative Reporter for the Dominion News, Morgantown

ACCE members met at the State Capitol. Senators Plymale and Oliverio each scheduled time to meet with the ACCE. Members distributed the Legislative Information Brochure 2001 to the senators and other legislators they spoke with.

There was discussion about the possibility of having a lobbyist and what the options might be for compensation.

Additional legislative contacts and attendance at committee meetings were planned for the afternoon.

MINUTES

Drafts of the minutes of the January 23, 2001 meeting were distributed, but approval was postponed until the next meeting.

MEETING WITH SENATOR JACKSON

Senator Lloyd Jackson has arranged to meet with ACCE members on Tuesday, March 20, 2001 at 5 PM in the Senate Finance Committee Room.

NEXT MEETING

The next ACCE meeting will be on Wednesday, March 21, 2001, at 9 AM. There was a discussion about the possibility of getting a block of rooms at the Hampton Inn and meeting there if they would provide space. Ms. Vingle will look into that arrangement. Otherwise, the site will be MUGC, or WV State as a backup.

AMY PITZER
PRESIDENT

ELLEN BROUDY
RECORDER