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- Represent your district. This includes, but is not limited to:
- Attend monthly Staff Council monthly General Meetings, where information that is relevant to both Staff Council Representatives and their constituents is shared.
- Note: If you cannot attend the monthly General Meeting, communicate with the UTSC Secretary. According to the Staff Council Bylaws, representatives who miss 3 or more meetings in a single year (June to May) are subject to removal.
- Pass along information that may be relevant to your constituents in a clear, concise way.
- Gather the interests and concerns of your constituents and escalate those interests and concerns to Staff Council as appropriate.
- Contribute to sub-committee UTSC Standing Committee work, which is where projects are done and progress is made for the benefit of our community. This includes, but is not limited to:
- Responding to committee emails in a timely manner.
- Attending committee meetings, which typically occur monthly.
- Working collaboratively with your committee to ensure goals are being met and tasks are getting completed in an equitable manner.
- Using UTLists to communicate with your committee, which will help capture accurate records for historical value. Records that might impact or benefit future Staff Council members should be added to the Staff Council wiki.
- Note: committee work is estimated to take one to two hours per month. This includes time spent in committee meetings.
- Attend monthly Staff Council monthly General Meetings, where information that is relevant to both Staff Council Representatives and their constituents is shared.
- Report Clery Act violations that you become aware of.
- Staff Council representatives are considered Campus Security Authorities, and are therefore required by law to always properly report violations.
- Become familiar with the Clery Act.
- Contribute 4 hours of work time each month to Staff Council, as approved by University leadership in Staff Council’s Bylaws.
- Review and abide by Staff Council’s Bylaws Bylaw and Standard Operating Procedures.
- Keep your supervisor informed of your work on the Staff Council and its sub-committees. Depending on your supervisor's position within the university, he or she may not receive the communications you send to your district. Helping your supervisor see the value you bring to this group will help your supervisor be more understanding of the time you commit to it.
- If your supervisor does not seem supportive or is not allowing you the time approved in the bylaws, please bring this to the attention of the Chair.
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