July 6, 2005

Attendees: Jeremy Rusin, Jessica Kondel, Nancy Fisher, Jessica Matson, and Carlos Garza. Absent: Advisor Maria Harris, Jeff McLain, Rick Rogers, Rod Miller, Rick Wantuck, Laura Tezer, and Jerry Norton.

Although a quorum was not met, attendees agreed to have a discussion of agenda items and Jeremy Rusin, Chair, opened the meeting at 1:05 p.m.

No past minutes were approved since a quorum was not in attendance.

Officer’s Reports:

Jeremy will work on the possibility of an ARA or Deputy RA attending our monthly meetings.

Mention was made that the SWR had two points of interest in the most recent Diversity newsletter: A tour of the NOAA Ship David Starr Jordan, and a piece on student interns working in the Sacramento office.

Subcommittee Reports:

(a) Program:

No June meeting was held.

Administrative:

No June meeting was held. There are currently no work plans, but Jessica Kondel is available to update the SWR EEOAC web site as needed. She is also available to volunteer on other subcommittees, if needed.

Personnel:

No June meeting was held. There is a July meeting scheduled for next week.

Old Business:

(a) Draft Guidelines for Interview Questions:

After certain questions are answered by Natalie Huff (via phone call or e-mail from Nancy Fisher), Nancy will resend the guidelines to the EEOAC committee for final review and comments. Once changes are made, if any, the guidelines will be forwarded to area Supervisors and other appropriate hiring staff for review and comments.

List Server Status Update:

There was a discussion as to whether or not the List Server is being utilized and if it is worth the time and effort to create a working database, which would be labor intensive. Maria Harris has contacted Barbara Schloeter regarding tracking List Server responses to see if it is being utilized and to what extent. The results will be reported to the group for further consideration.

New Business:

(a) Discussion of May call w/Natalie Huff and the SW EEOAC’s Role:

There was some disagreement amongst the group with Natalie’s difference between diversity and EEO. It was noted that there is a fine line and some overlap between the two.

Draft Work Plan to Follow-up on the IDP Training:

This is still a work in progress. Questions will continue to be developed, along with a plan of attack for this worthwhile follow-up.

Announcements: None

Next Meeting Date: August 3, 2005, 1:00 p.m.

Adjournment: Meeting was adjourned at 1:50 p.m.