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Members of the Employee Forum said last month they wanted the entire campus to
get a chance to see more of Chancellor James Moeser. At their April 4 meeting,
they learned the chancellor was more than happy to oblige when he can.
Chair John Heuer announced that Moeser has agreed to hold a campuswide
community meeting this spring and that the chancellor plans to use the occasion
to introduce two new members of his senior staff, Executive Vice Chancellor and
Provost Robert Shelton and Nancy Suttenfield, vice chancellor for finance and
administration.
The forum now typically sponsors meetings each fall and spring that address
current issues of campus interest. While administrators attend those meetings
to make presentations and answer questions, they have not routinely included
the chancellor.
But Moeser's appearance at a community meeting last fall went so well that
members said they wanted the chancellor to hold more such gatherings, which are
open to all employees.
At the Oct. 26 meeting, Moeser was accompanied by his top administrators.
Together, they talked about the importance of the upcoming election on the
statewide bonds and also on the importance of the contributions that staff make
to the University on a daily basis.
In another April 4 matter, the forum reviewed the first reading of a resolution
in support of fare-free bus service for Chapel Hill Transit.
In its resolution, the forum outlined arguments for fare-free bus service,
including the immediate need to find a way to bring faculty, staff and students
into campus over the next five years when thousands of parking spaces will be
lost for use because of building construction.
University students voted in February to raise student fees to support and
partially fund fare-free transit service for the towns of Chapel Hill and
Carrboro. The students' contribution would take effect in the fall of 2002.
Suttenfield, who appeared at the forum's April 4 meeting, said the University
is now discussing fare-free transit with the towns of Chapel Hill and Carrboro.
She said the administration is "very optimistic that we will have some form of
fare-free transit in the foreseeable future," if not next fall then in the fall
of 2002.
The forum resolution said the fare-free service would increase bus usage on
campus and off and would provide the most substantial financial benefit to
lower-paid employees, faculty, students and town residents who rely or on the
bus service for transportation.
The resolution must go through two readings before the forum can officially
approve it.
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