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Since the University System of Georgia Staff Council annual
conference at UGA in 1995, the parade of yearly conferences
at sister institutions has come full circle, passing the baton
back to UGA. On Thursday and Friday, October 13 and 14, 2005,
we again will host our USG Staff Council colleagues and friends.
The conference theme is Statewide Staff: Together Everyone
Achieves More (SSTEAM). It is queuing up to be an enjoyable
gathering and we want to invite all UGA staff members to come,
represent UGA, and meet compeers from around the state.
 The UGA Staff Council SSTEAM '05 subcommittee
has kept a diligent pace concocting a tentative program for
the occasion that begins with a tour of our Classic City
on the evening of the 13th. Held at the Georgia Center for
Continuing Education, the program on the 14th kicks off with
breakfast, welcome and comments by top UGA administrators,
and Doc Johnson's Traveling Medicine and Magic Show. Conference
sessions will provide steps for employees to advance their
career goals within the system and ways to energize their
staff councils or create new ones. In the luncheon address
from UGA's Associate Vice President for Human Resources,
we hope to hear about benefits, implementation of the Classification & Pay
study, and UGA and national human resources professionals'
perspectives on our forward march into the future. The SSTEAM
'05 cavalcade will close with USG Staff Council announcements
and door prizes. Music will join the lineup if it can be
arranged.
Supporting our procession toward SSTEAM '05 have been the
considerate donations of the President's Venture Fund, the
Office of the Vice President for Public Service and Outreach
and Associate Provost, the School of Law Alumni Office, and
the University Bookstore, among others. With this generosity
and assistance, we hope to be able to provide some fun items
in the attendee registration package and possibly even a scholarship
fund to grant a few registration fees. As the program strides
forward, information will be posted on the Staff Council web
site (www.uga.edu/ugasc). Mark your calendars for October 13
and 14, 2005.
SSTEAM Committee Members:
• Linda A. Dudley
• Linda Lee Enos
• Barbara Galvond
• Gilbert Head
• Maxine Heard
• Brenda Keen
• Joyce Moss
• Elizabeth Pape
• Nelda Parker
• Larry Peter
• Margot Peter |
