AUGUST 2, 2006

The meeting, which was chaired by Chairperson Jessica Kondel, convened at 1:35 p.m. and adjourned at 1:48 p.m.

Attendees: Jessica Kondel, Miki Hirano, Rick Rogers, and Advisor Maria Harris. Absent: Stefan Leeb, Jeff McClain, Rod Miller, Jerry Norton, Tracy Snell, and Rosemary Troian.

1. The meeting was called to order at 1:05 p.m.

2. There were not enough members in attendance for a quorum, so July minutes were not approved.

3. Officers’ Reports:

a. Chairperson’s Report: As an agreed upon topic for Kondel and Troian to report at the weekly RMT and Science Center staff meetings, Kondel reported on the Listserver workplan at the July 24 RMT. She also reported on the Annual EEO Program Status Report Executive Summary for the Southwest Region to the RMT on the same day.

4. Subcommittee Report:

1. Program: the Program Subcommittee was unable to meet last month; Kondel will check with Troian for the date of the next meeting.

2. Administrative: (1) the Administrative Subcommittee met on July 27 at which time Kondel, Harris and Hirano discussed the focus of the information sheets. It was established that the target audience for this would be the supervisors to provide them information for interviewing and employing people with disabilities; EEOAC may want to come up with a similar information sheet geared for employees in the future. Kondel added that EEO is included in most of management’s performance plans so this will help them to comply with this element. Action: Hirano to send a first draft to EEOAC for review by the end of this week/early next week, and (2) the next Administrative Subcommittee meeting will be held on August 31 at 10:00 a.m.

3. Personnel: (1) the Personnel Subcommittee met on July 31, at which time Rogers, McClain, and Snell discussed the Listserver workplan. Rogers said they have experimented with the listserver and discovered limitations to the system: the links do not work so a person would have to go to Quickhire and, if interested in the position, would actually have to apply for the job to review the position. What they have found is that USAJobs, which works in conjunction with Quickhire, has an advanced system to get notices out to people, and could do a better job than what the listserver could do. Rogers asked if the subcommittee should pursue the listserver project further? Action: After discussion it was recommended that the Personnel Subcommittee pursue the following: (1) develop instructions that can be given to the listserver people on how to hook into USAJobs, and (2) update the workplan to notify McInnis and Fox why we are discontinuing the listerver and information on how USAJobs works, and (3) next Personnel Subcommittee meeting to be scheduled.

5. Old Business:

a. Listserver (Personnel Sub.): please see Personnel Subcommittee Report above.

b. IDP Training Follow-up (Program Sub.): No updates to report at this time.

c. Intern Workplan (Program Sub.): No updates to report at this time.

d. EEO Bulletin Board Workplan (Admin Sub.): Hirano has established contact people in each regional office who will be responsible for posting the required EEO documents. She will touch base with Troian as to who could be a contact person for the Science Center.

e. EEO Information Sheets (Admin Sub.): please see Administrative Subcommittee Report above

6. New Business:

a. Topics for RMT meetings and Science Center staff meetings: not brought up for discussion.

7. Announcements: None.

8. Next Meeting Date: September 6, 2006, at 1:00 p.m. - meeting may be postponed due to

Labor Day holiday.

9. The meeting was adjourned at 1: 48 p.m.