Committees
Employee Forum Committees
Delegates are required to serve actively on at least one Employee Forum committee. Other Employees, meaning those Employees who are neither elected nor appointed to the Employee Forum, are encouraged to participate in Employee Forum activities. Attendance and participation by Employees in the Employee Forum’s committee meetings is at the discretion of individual Employees, who must obtain approval from their supervisors to have this service treated as work time. Although Employees who are not Employee Forum Delegates may serve on committees, they may not serve as Chair or Co-Chair of committees. Committee attendees who are not elected or appointed Delegates may not vote in committee meetings.
Any Employee can present to the Employee Forum a proposal for the establishment of a new standing or ad hoc Employee Forum committee, or the restructuring of a current one. All proposals must be presented in writing. Proposals will be discussed by the Executive Committee and brought before the entire Employee Forum for a vote.
Communications and Public Relations Committee: This committee publishes InTouch, the Employee Forum’s monthly newsletter, and maintains the Employee Forum’s website and social media accounts. The committee also works to increase staff engagement and comradery through the annual Scavenger Hunt and Employee Forum Book Club.
Book Club : This committee plans and supports the Employee Forum’s book club.
Community Service Committee: This committee works to strengthen and transform our campus through public service by finding, advertising, and creating volunteer opportunities in the hopes of fostering an engaged and active commitment to our university and wider community. Subcommittees include the Carolina Community Garden and Carolina Blood Drive.
Carolina Campus Community Garden: This committee works to increase the effectiveness and sustainability of the Carolina Campus Community Garden.
Carolina Blood Drive : This committee plans and supports the University’s bi-annual Carolina Blood Drive in conjunction with the American Red Cross.
Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Committee: This committee strives to ensure diversity, equity, and inclusion matters of all employees— particularly those in marginalized communities— are addressed and at the forefront of the work of the Employee Forum. We operate under the principle that equity means leveling the playing field by providing resources and opportunities for underrepresented groups, with the understanding that creating equity allows everyone an opportunity to have a seat at the table, which promotes inclusion.
Executive Committee: This committee is comprised of the Chair, the Chair-Elect (in years there is a Chair-Elect), the Vice Chair, the Secretary, the Treasurer, UNC System Staff Assembly Delegates, the chair of each Employee Forum committee and one Delegate from each electoral Division of the Forum. University Committee representatives are invited to these meetings but are not voting members of the committee. The committee makes representative decisions for the Forum in emergency situations, develops monthly agendas for the entire Forum, annually reviews the Forum Guidelines and budgets, and recommends motions to the Forum. This committee will handle planning for the Forum’s community meetings. The officer elections for the Employee Forum are held in June each year, with the wider Executive Committee (division representatives and committee chairs) selected at the Annual Retreat.
Leadership, Education, and Career Development Committee: This committee is responsible for administering Professional Development Awards (biannually) and the Carolina Family Scholarship (annually). The committee develops professional development programming for staff across the University to enhance leadership skills, foster strategic thinking, and cultivate a culture of innovation and collaboration. The committee consults regularly with members of the Organization and Professional Development group within the Office of Human Resources regarding current training opportunities for staff. We also meet with various groups on campus whose interests include leadership development for staff.
Membership and Engagement Committee: This committee, co-chaired by the vice chair and secretary of the Forum, oversees Employee Forum elections and election processes of delegates and officers. The committee maintains meeting attendance records, committee rosters, University committee appointments, and performs bi-annual membership engagement audits for assessment by the Forum chair. The committee is also charged with the planning and execution of the Forum retreat, community meeting(s), in-person socials, and other events as needed.
Personnel Issues Committee: This committee conducts research and frames policy alternatives related to compensation and benefits, University and departmental policies and practices as they relate to individual employees and groups of employees, and campus-wide organizational development activities such as Carolina Service.
Recognition and Awards Committee: This committee is responsible for overseeing the annual Peer Recognition Awards. Committee members work closely with the Forum’s Program Manager for all aspects of the award process including the call for nomination, nomination form, recipient selection, and the distribution of the recipient stipends. Award recipients are announced during the June general meeting. This committee is also responsible for the selection of the Rebecca Clark Staff Award for Moral Courage which is awarded annual during the University Day celebration.