<div dir="ltr">Hello colleagues,<div><br></div><div>I have not heard back about the Chief Campus Counsel position. I have a meeting with the search firm early next week. I'd like to have some feedback from our team regarding desirable traits for this position from our perspective. I've looked over the job description, and I have some thoughts about what values we'd like to see in possible candidates that align with our interests. Since we have shared governance, it seems like we would want someone who values all of the faculty and professional staff in the same way that the Senate is valued. We have the same rights and obligations, so someone who supports shared governance and EDI in this area are things I plan ot focus upon.</div><div><br></div><div>If you have any additions to these comments, please let me know by Monday at the latest.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks, and have a great weekend!</div><div><br></div><div>Iris</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Feb 11, 2021 at 2:12 PM Iris Ruiz <<a href="mailto:ruizirisd@gmail.com">ruizirisd@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hello fellow NSAC EC Members and affiliates:<div><br></div><div>Here are the notes and requests from yesterday's meeting:<br><div><br></div><div><span id="gmail-m_-2460682894197811127gmail-docs-internal-guid-86a72bb0-7fff-0b18-8d30-1ea248a787be"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">NSAC Social Media Presence: David Gravano has agreed to start our Twitter presence! Yay! I can’t wait to follow your updates! (Safeeq, can you please provide David with the login credentials?)</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Awards: </span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">250.00 each for excellence (can they be translated into a plaque and gift card?)</span></p><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Self-Nomination (should be revised in the call for the next round of awards due to COVID)</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AkHQD6_ShuL7Nf2RiLCq_uu4NYZxuELAUKiqdB5AleE/edit" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">MWP Proposal</span></a><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"> (please read it and give comment by 2/25/21)</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Feedback on the Search for the Chief Campus Counsel (please read it and give comment by 2/18/21)</span></p><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://caldwell.thriveapp.ly/job/945" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:Arial;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">https://caldwell.thriveapp.ly/job/945</span></a></p><br><br><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Unfinished business:</span></p><br><ol style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Recommendations on existing concerns</span></p></li><ol style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-size:11pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/13kgXiE6-GFbQ51ZUo6AJYCSldhWcQgVlwwXh4PvpYHA/edit" style="text-decoration-line:none" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;text-decoration-line:underline;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">MAPP Revision</span></a></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-size:11pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Any other committees in which we should be advocating for representation?</span></p></li></ol></ol><br><ol style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px" start="2"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:decimal;font-size:11pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">Recommendations going forward</span></p></li><ol style="margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px"><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-size:11pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">New Ways to Use the Budget</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-size:11pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">The Role and Function of NSAC as a governance body with a voice</span></p></li><li dir="ltr" style="list-style-type:lower-alpha;font-size:11pt;font-family:Roboto,sans-serif;color:rgb(0,0,0);background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap"><p dir="ltr" style="line-height:1.38;margin-top:0pt;margin-bottom:0pt"><span style="font-size:11pt;background-color:transparent;font-variant-numeric:normal;font-variant-east-asian:normal;vertical-align:baseline;white-space:pre-wrap">How directive should we be in suggesting academic review processes for NSF/NSAs?</span></p></li></ol></ol><br>I'll be sending out an invite for a couple of weeks for a scheduled meeting that will occur around the same time as yesterday's meeting. As always, please let me know if you have any comments, concerns, or questions.<br></span><div><br></div>-- <br><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr" style="font-size:12.8px"><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-size:small"><div>Episode 27 "Pedagogue" <a href="https://www.pedagoguepodcast.com/episodes.html" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">https://www.pedagoguepodcast.com/episodes.html</a><br></div><div><br></div><div>Episode 1 "Race and WPA" <a href="https://sparkactivism.com/ccgpodcast/" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">https://sparkactivism.com/ccgpodcast/</a></div></div><table style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:sans-serif;font-size:12px;width:450px;clear:both;margin-top:40px"><tbody><tr><td style="font-family:sans-serif;width:225px;border-right:1px solid rgb(218,172,0)"><img src="https://emailsignature.ucmerced.edu.672elmp01.blackmesh.com/ucm_seal.png" width="135"></td><td style="font-family:sans-serif;width:300px;padding-left:5px"><span style="font-weight:bold;color:rgb(9,47,68);text-transform:uppercase">DR. IRIS D. RUIZ</span><br>she/her/hers<br><br><span style="font-size:10px;display:block;margin-top:10px;color:rgb(9,47,68);text-transform:uppercase">CONTINUING LECTURER</span><br><span style="font-size:10px;text-transform:uppercase">MERRITT WRITING PROGRAM</span><br><br><span style="display:block;margin-top:10px;color:rgb(153,153,153)">5200 Lake Road <span style="color:rgb(218,172,0)">|</span> Merced, California 95343<br><a href="http://writingprogram.ucmerced.edu/iruiz" style="color:rgb(17,85,204)" target="_blank">writingprogram.ucmerced.edu/iruiz</a> <span style="color:rgb(218,172,0)">|</span>559.389.3651</span></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" style="font-family:sans-serif;padding-top:10px"><span style="font-size:11.5px;font-weight:600;letter-spacing:0.16em;color:rgb(238,238,238);background-color:rgb(9,47,68);padding:5px">BUILDING THE FUTURE IN THE HEART OF CALIFORNIA<br></span></td></tr></tbody></table></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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