Words from the Chair

Season's Greetings!

I hope all of you took time to enjoy our first taste of winter earlier this month. What a way to bring in December! Many of us are already eager to put that snow shovel away and coast into spring.

As we move into the new year, UM SAC is planning to sponsor a food drive in January or February 2007. While most folks tend to support local charitable organizations during the holiday season; the need for those less fortunate doesn't disappear once the holidays are over. More information regarding the 2007 Food Drive will be provided in the next newsletter as well as an email with details.

Our next monthly meeting is scheduled for January 5, 2007, 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. in Conference Room #225, University Hall. All staff are invited to attend. If you cannot attend but would like to share a comment, concern, suggestion, etc., please email or call one of the UM SAC members so that it can be added to our agenda.

Don't forget, we are here for YOU! Your comments, concerns, and suggestions are important. Let us know what we can do for YOU!

Have a safe and peaceful holiday, Rusty

UM SAC Chair Rusty Crawford

United Way Campaign 2006

UM System raised $60,337

Thank You to those who participated in the following:
Dress Down Fridays * Silent Auction * Bake Sale * Isle of Capri Drawing * Pledging to United Way * Trivia Night

Thank you once again to everyone who participated in the
United Way campaign.
Without question, this year’s campaign was an extraordinary success!
Nearly 65% percent of all employees participated and we exceeded our campaign goal by eleven percent!
Thank you for making the campaign a success –
we could not have done it without you!

Kick off the holiday shopping season with the University of Missouri Press
at its annual Book Sale!
All regularly priced books in stock will be available
at a 30% discount.
In addition, dozens of other fantastic books will be deeply discounted, some as much as 90%.
Don’t miss this opportunity to discover wonderful holiday gifts!
For further information, call 882-0180.
Date: Wednesday, December 6
Time: 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Place: University of Missouri Press
2910 LeMone Industrial Blvd. (near Highway 63 and AC).

December 2006 Service Awards

Congratulations to the following UM-System Staff members who have attained these milestones of service

20 Years of Service

CASSTEVENS, JAMES R ~ IT SYSTEMS SUPPORT

25 Years of Service

JOHANNING, DONNA J ~ CONTROLLER

30 Years of Service

JENNINGS, DIANE ~ IT SYSTEMS SUPPORT

35 Years of Service

BEGEMANN, RICHARD LEE ~ IT SYSTEMS SUPPORT

Events Calendar - University of Missouri Columbia

Events Calendar - City of Columbia/Chamber of Commerce

Events Calendar - Mid-Missouri

Standing Committees

Benefits Committee: Chair: John Brooks
Parking & Transportation Committee: Chair: Mary Ann Ihler
Staff Awareness Committee: All SAC members serve on this committee
Staff Recognition Week: Chair: Rusty Crawford; All SAC members serve on this committee

UM-SAC will do our best to keep all UM employee's informed on various topics, issues, and problems that arise during the year. We welcome suggestions from you on issues of interest and look forward to presenting those matters to the entities that can best assist in those matters or make change. If you have any questions, ideas, and/or concerns, please call or email any of the UM-SAC members.

SAC website

Note from Editor!
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Staff Advisory Council meetings are open to all UM System Staff. Meeting times are 8:30 a.m. -10:30 a.m. the second Friday of the month. The location of each meeting will change in 2006-2007, so contact a council
member if you are interested in attending.
Mary Ann Ihler

Volume 19, Issue 2

December 2006

In this issue:

UM Staff Advisory Council Members 2006-2007