Employee Assembly Meeting

Wednesday, April 1, 2026

• Term:
  2025-2026
• Assembly/Committee: Employee Assembly
• Date & Time:
  Wed, Apr 1, 2026 - 12:00pm
  to
  1:15pm
• Location:
  Zoom
• Agenda:

  1. Call to Order-12:00 p.m.
           a. Roll Call
           b. Land Acknowledgment of the Gayogo̱hó:nǫɁ (Cayuga Nation)
  
  2. Approval of the March 18, 2026 meeting minutes
  
  3. Call for Late Additions to the Agenda
  
  4. Business of the Day
           a. Linda Croll Howell (Senior Director, Employee Experience) - 
                Internal hiring statistics.
           b. EA Resolution 3 - Amending the Employee Assembly Bylaws to reflect current operating procedure & Redline draft
           c. Work flexibility due to rising gas costs
           d. Working at Cornell chatbot – request for testers
           e. Cast your votes for the 2026-2027 Employee Assembly –voting closes at 12pm on 4/6/2026
  
  5. Committee and Liaison Reports
           a. Executive Committee
           b. Communications, Outreach and Recognition Committee
           c. Employee Education and Development Committee
           d. Employee Welfare Committee
           e. Benefits and Policy Committee
            f. Elections Committee
           g. Committee of the Employee Assembly's Priority Poll
           h. Liaison Reports
                    i. UA Campus Codes Committee
                   ii. UA Campus Committee on Infrastructure, Technology and the Environment
                  iii. UA Campus Welfare Committee
                  iv. Campus Planning Committee
                   v. Transportation Hearing and Appeals Board
                 vi. Committee for Campus-Constituency-Elected Trustees
                vii. Faculty Senate
  
  6. Open Discussion
  
  7. Adjournment
   

• Meeting Packet:
• Audio Recording:
  Employee Assembly April 1st.mp3 (99.37 MB)
• Minutes:

  I. Call to Order
       A. W. Treat called the meeting to order at 12:03pm
       B. Members Present: M. Banta, M. Benda, J. Best, M. Boggs, G. Brangman, S. Claar, S. Chang, C. Cornell, B. Dixon, J. Doss,R. Howard, S. Lanchez, Y. Luckain, D. McDermitt, P. Mengers, A. Morse, S. Resue, I. Solís Cruz, M. Stefanski-Seymour, K. Supron, D. Surine, W. Treat, D. Wierson, N. Williams
       C. Members Absent: V. Bell, A. Blakeslee, E. Crawley, A. Ericsson, C. Rogers, D. Hill, K. Karnuta, E. Krumm-Powers, J. Kruser, M. Snyder,
       D. Also Present: L. Croll Howell, R. Nayak, S. Baylor
  
  II. W. Treat read the land Acknowledgement of the Gayogo̱ ho꞉nǫ (Cayuga Nation).
  
  III. Approval of the March 18th, 2026 Meeting minutes
       A. C. Cornell motioned to approve the meeting minutes with a friendly amendment
       B. The minutes were passed by unanimous consent
  
  IV. Call for late additions to the agenda
       A. Nothing to add
  
  V. Business of the day
       A. L. Croll Howell, the senior director of Employee Experience gave a presentation and took questions from the assembly.
            1. R. Nayak and S. Baylor shared additional materials with the assembly as well.
       B. R. Howard led a discussion of EA Resolution 3
            1. Discussion of amending the employee assembly bylaws to reflect current operating procedure and redline draft .
            2. The Assembly made amendments to the resolution
            3. The resolution was adopted by a vote of 19 yes, 0 no, 1 abstention
       C. Voting for the 2026-2027 Employee Assembly
            1. W. Treat informed the assembly that voting closes at 12pm on 04/06/2026
  
  VI. Committee Report
       A. Executive Committee
            1. I. Solís Cruz reported they met with the VPCHRO, different ways to support staff, and coworker coffee coming up.
       B. Communications, Outreach, and Recognition Committee
            1. W. Treat reported that the final EA voice will come out and the coworker coffee.
       C. Employee Education and Development Committee
            1. D. Surine reported they discussed the Employee Degree Program Ambassador network and wrapping things up for the year.
       D. Employee Welfare Committee
            1. M. Benda reported discussing the plastic ban resolution, retirement, and morale.
       E. Benefits and Policy Committee
            1. Nothing to report
       F. Elections Committee
            1. S. Resue reported they are waiting for voting to close and then they will announce candidates.
       G. Employee Assembly Priority Poll Committee
            1. C. Cornell reported they finished the poll, shared it with the assembly, and plans for the future.
  
  VII. Liaison Reports
       A. UA Campus codes Committee
            1. Nothing to report
       B. UA Campus Committee on Infrastructure, Technology and the Environment
            1. Nothing to report
       C. UA Campus Welfare Committee
            1. Nothing to report
       D. Campus Planning Committee
            1. W. Treat reported they discussed the mining field house, the construction for Duffield and the construction of Mcgraw Hall.
       E. Transportation Hearing and Appeals Board
            1. Nothing to report
       F. Committee for Campus-Constituency-Elected Trustees
            1. Nothing to report
       G. Faculty Senate
            1. Nothing to report
  
  VIII. Open Discussion
  
  IX. Adjournment
       A. I. Solís Cruz motioned to adjourn the meeting
       B. The motion passed by unanimous consent
   

  EA Meeting Minutes April 1st 2026-2.pdf (111.43 KB)