A working group shared information about the election process and provided an opportunity for employees to ask questions about the proposed UAB Staff Council during an open forum Jan. 6. Approximately 200 attended the midday forum.
According to presenters, the council will comprise approximately 50 people — two from each administrative unit in areas reporting to UAB’s president, vice presidents, deans and athletic director.
A call for nominations will be issued in April, and voting will be conducted by online ballot in May.
The UAB Staff Council, an initiative that originated within the UAB Blaze Leadership Program, is being created to promote an exchange of ideas among its members and with the administration, similar to faculty senate and student government organizations. Council membership will be open to exempt and non-exempt, full- and part-time regular and irregular staff of the university.
Staff are encouraged to email ideas or questions to StaffCouncil@uab.edu. More information, including proposed bylaws, will be posted on the council website at uab.edu/staffcouncil as it becomes available.
Help the Graduate School and Staff Council provide much-needed items to the Ronald McDonald House and Birmingham-area schools.
