May 15, 2026-Academic Staff Orientation Committee-Minutes

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Present: Surach, Hanlon, McClary-Gutierrez, O’Connell Valuch, Kuhnen, Mitchell, Simonson

Absent: Mazurek

  1. The meeting was called to order at 1:01 p.m.
  2. The minutes for the April 17, 2026, meeting were approved by automatic consent.
  3. Old Business
    1. Review presentation survey feedback
    2. Only three responses; idea proposed to include a brief pre-workshop survey. Questions would possibly include: What is your appointment type? Free text area for their questions
    3. Keep in mind that we don’t need to over-respond to feedback since there is so little.
  4. New Business
    1. Chair/Co-Chair nomination and election
      1. Jill McClary-Gutierrez self-nominated; Ann made a motion to vote for Jill for chair; Kat seconded; all in attendance voted in favor.
    2. Discussion on amending bylaws re: revising for co-chairs
      1. The committee will review the bylaws and the necessity of amending them regarding a co-chair at the August meeting
  5. Adjournment at 1:19 pm