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* Gainesville College will be closed for day classes but open for evening classes * Gainesville College will delay opening o /').. AS many of you are aware, the until a specific time. L/'?l)University System's health care plan is experiencing serious Openings and closings apply to everyone fmancial problems. Attached to this --- faculty, staff and students ---except issue of Tower Talk is a letter which employees previously designated by explains the situation and the plans their supervisor to report in case of being made to address the situation. inclement weather, such as designated employees in public safety, physical *** *** *** plant, and some key offices. It has been awhile since we have closed 7 I . the College due to inclement weather. Although Sloan does leave a message on Our procedures for determining a the college general telephone number, a 11II ~ closing and alerting our students, faculty large number of phone calls can overload and staff, are: the system and hamper the ability of key (1) The president or one of the vice offices to make outgoing calls. Please presidents (in the absence of the tune in to one of the previously listed TV president) will make the decision based or radio stations for information. on reasons of public safety -- primarily if roads are too icy for traffic to move R safely; AnnouncementS (2)Notify Sloan Jones who will notify the following radio and TV stations: State law requires that all public officials WSB-TV; FOX 5-TV, WXIA-TV, and state employees annually report any WSB-Radio, WGST-Radio, WDUN- business transactions that the official or 550AM Radio, WLET 106.1 FM, employee (or any business in which the 103.7FM, 102.1 FM, 1340 AM, WGAU, official, employee or a family member of 960 AM WIFC, WJJC 1270 AM, the official or employee) have had with WCON 99.3FM and 1450 AM; the State of Georgia. The 1999 State Business Transactions Disclosure Reports 3) Faculty, staff and students should are due on January 31 , 2000. tune to one of these stations for up-to date GC closing information. The The instructions and definitions are announcements will usually be one of included in this Tower Talk on page the following: entitled State Business TransactIon * Gainesville is open and operating on a Disclosure Report. P.O. Box 1358 regular schedule; Gainesville, GA 30503 * Gainesville College is closed for the If you need a form, please contact the 770-718-3639 day and evening President's Office. Page 2 TOW£.RTALK January 28, 2000
A reminder: The evaluation time-line is as follows: CPO and the Physical Education Department are sponsoring workshops on CPR. All classes are February 1 - All evaluation forms (faculty and staff) limited, so please sign up early. Lisa Watson, sent out by Human Resources Office. instructor.
February 15 - Evaluation of administrators by CPR I and II required for Certification. CPR I must staff/faculty completed and sent to Human Resources be taken before attending CPR II. Office. CPR 1: Tuesday, February 8 from 2 - 4:30 p.m. in PE February IS-March 15 - Faculty/staff evaluation Building, Room 157. conferences completed. CPR II: Thursday, February 20, 2 - 4:30 p.m. in PE March 25 - signed evaluations sent to Human Building, Room 157. Resources (Faculty/staff members receive a copy and supervisor keeps a copy).
April 1 - Merit pay recommendations to appropriate Vice Presidents or President.
Back Stage Tour The Crucible Colloquium Series: Shirley O. Corriher: The February 10 Secret Life of Food. February 2,11 a.m., CE 108. 6 p.m. A food scientist as well as a cook, Corriher not only demonstrates cooking techniques, but applies her Pearce Auditorium training as a chemist to explain how and why recipes work. She combines a passion for cooking with indefatigable curiosity to illuminate the secret life of food.
For further information, please call 770-71"8-3606 .
Expectations of Triumph, a one-man, one-act musical drama will kick-off Black History Month on February 2, at 1 p.m. in the CE/PA auditorium. VOLUNTEERS needed on Friday, February 11lh 1 and 25 \ to guide middle school students visiting GC Meet Kujumu, Frederick Douglass. Paul L. Robeson, and Lanier Tech. Guides need to be available from and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. See these men 11 a.m. until 1:3 0 p.m. Each guide leads a group of brought to life right before your eyes, and hear what approximately 25 students. If you would like to they 'd say to us today. Audiences, both black and volunteer, please call Karen Student at X3828. white, have been moved to tears by this dynamic creation developed. directed, and performed by stage and screen actor, Paul G. Anderson. Page 3 TOWRRTALK January 28, 2000
. The Gainesville College family extends its ... heartfelt sympathy to Belinda and Tom ~.. . Sauret in the death of Belinda's father, Calvin Boon.
Dan Cabaniss 1 GING OUR B~ Sallie Duhling 3 Marsha Hopkins 3 Brian Tarr 4 Marietta Carlisi, CherYl Harris and Frank Sherwood Dennis Brown 5 attended Georgia Library Legislative Day, January 20 Carol Pinson 7 in Atlanta. This event is sponsored by the Georgia Garry McGlaun 8 Pat Nodine 9 Library Association and the Georgia Council of Michael Stoy 12 Media Organizations. Susan Smith 16 Genie Greavu-Comely 18 Patsv Worrall' s review of the Georgia Shakespeare Michelle B. Brown 18 Festival's production of Henry IV, Part One has been Sabine Davis 19 published in the Fall 1999 edition of Shakespeare Gary Preston 22 Bulletin: A JoiLrnal of Performance Criticism and Glenn Preston 22 Scholarship. Nathan Corn 22 Jason Ponders 24 Monique Kluczykowski 24 Veri in Curry 25 Bronda Perry 25 Linda Langston 25 Marion Darracott 25 Carol Jones 26
y ou have received your invitation to :..'...... !Ii.:..."" Kimberly Griffin 27 . :the GCFgunqation'ssh6~ld 33Td Annual Meeting, :~"':~ Ann Forziati 28 P.ebruary8, 6:30 p:m. Please respond by n Sarah Booker 28 February 4. :::j
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2 G,"undH~ 3 14 5 ~ - Last Day to Drop I" Colloquium: session w /0 aead Shirlel O. - , penalty Corri er, Academic Delivery, Ibm CEIOB 2pm,DCR
6 7 8 9 10 12 GC Foundation 111 Annual Meeting/ Study Skills Wkshp, GTA Stage Tour, Auction 6:30pm, noon & 5:15pm, 6pm, Brenau Pearce Civic Center PACE Ctr Auditorium 10wk sessioll midpoint
13 14 t9 • 15 Job Fair, 6:30- 16 17 18 19 C) e, 8pm , Student Ctr cf) B, \:J Test Anxiety Wkshp, Orientation, 6:30- noon & 5:15pm, Academic Delivery, C) .. mf~ e, • 7:30pm, SC, Lanier PACECtr 2pm, DCR AB • lIale" I,,,, D
20 21 President's Day 22 23 Time Mgmt 24 25 26 Wkshop, noon & GTA's Tbe Crucible, 5:15pm, PACE Ctr Pearce Auditorium, GTA's Tbe Crucible, GTA's The Crucible, GT A's The Cmcible, 7:30pm 7:30pm 7:30pm 7:30pm GTA's The Crucible, If!)JfS I@fIJ 7:30pm ifgf1 ~ - 27 28 29
GTA's Tbe Cmcible, Pearce Auditorium, 2:30pm I" session classes end GAINESVILLE COLLEGE OffIce ofthe President
Post Office Box 1358 Phone (770)7 18-36 10 Gainesvi lle, Georgia 30503-1358 January 28, 2000 FAX (770)7 18-3830
Dear Colleague:
r need to bring a very important matter to your attention. I wish that I could tell you that Gainesville College and the University System of Georgia and its 37,000 employees were free from the rising healthcare costs that have hit just about every individual and company in the nation. We are not. The University System's health care plan, like the plan covering all other,state employees, is in serious financial trouble. The amount we spend each month to make sure that every employee receives proper medical care is running several million dollars more than the amount that you and the System together pay in premiums.
We are in this together. The state is committed to providing the most reasonable prices healthcare plan possible, while still making sure that you get the coverage and benefits that you and your family need. But this will mean that you will also have to help. One way is to consider a new health plan option that will be offered this spring during a new, Open Enrollment Period. This new choice is called a "Preferred Provider Organization" plan, or (} PPO.
What does a PPO do? It gives you the health benefits that you need for about the same premium that you pay now. The PPO permits this to happen because it includes an extensive choice of doctors and other healthcare providers at special discounted rates. This helps us control costs and keeps your premiums from going through the roof
What if you want to keep your current benefits package? .That will be an option. We will continue to offer HMOs where they are available. The current Blue CrosslBlue Shield indemnity plan will also continue to be available, but in order to control costs on this plan there have to be some changes in the plan and a significant increase in the premiums.
We have been working closely with the University System, which in turn has been and continues to work closely \vith the State's Department of Community Health on this issue. Our collective goal is to "minimize the pain" in providing healthcare, both to you as a recipient who must pay premiums, and the State's taxpayers, who help pay the bill along with you. (Your premium covers about 25% of the cost, the University System and the State covers the other 75%.) The Governor, and we hope the legislature, have sought to help us out of the immediate fi nancial crisis (to the tune of $33M) but long-term changes will be essential.
As information is available on this issue, you will be kept fully informed on what is happening now and what to expect in the future. It affects a critically important aspect of anyone's life - his or her health. Working together, we can continue to provide affordable, quality health benefit plans for you and your family. l:\L Martha T. Nesbitt President http://vvw.N.gc.peachnet.edu STATE BUSiNESS TRANSACTION DISCLOSURE REPORT
FORM ANO INSTRUCTiONS
GenentllDronnation
Sec.ion 45-10-26 of the Official Cod~ of Georgia AnnotaTed requires thltT aU public officIals and employees disc1os~ prior to January 31 of each year all busmoss n-ansactions occurring during the previous calendar year which the public official or employee bas uansactod wiTh the Statel of Georgia and any agency of rhe State of Georgia fa! himself or on behalf of any busines~ . or any bUSiness In which such public official or employee or any member of hIs family has a SUbST4llIial inta-esr failure 10 dIsclose such business rransactions will subject the public officer or employee or business to a CIvil fUle not to ~xceed $10,000_00, resritutlon TO the State of GeorgIa of any pecuniary benefit received as a result of such VIolation, and. in the case of appointed public otficials and employees, removal from office Or employment
II. Wbo mUlit file?
A . Public OffiCIals - Any person olected to a SlItte office and any person appomted 10 a State office where in the conduct of such office the person so appomTed has adminiSTra.ive and (hscretionary authority TO receive and expend public funds and to perform COrlltin funcTions concerning the public which are assigned to him by lllw _
B- Employees - Any person who, pursuant to a wriTTen or oral t:omracr, is anployed eithcT on a full-ume or pan-timtl basis by any agency, aUThonty, department, board, bureau, commission. cornminee, otlice, or instrwnemality of the State of Georgia. This does not include persons emplo)'ed by a poliTical subdiVIsion of the State of Georgia_A full-umo employee is une who performs more than 30 hours of work per wee!.. for mOre than 26 weeks per year_ A part-time employee is any employee who IS not a full-nme employee.
111. When to rue?
AU persons required to file a disclosure repon must do so prior TO January :; I ut each year.
IV. When'to file?
The original disclos~ ropan must b~ filed with th~ Secretary of State, 1104 WeST Tower, 2 Martin Luther Kmg, Jr. Dm!!, SE, Atlanta, Georgia 30334-1505_ v. What mU:lt be reported?
Generall),. all business n-ansacled with the Swe of Geurgia or an)' agency ohhe State of Georgia by any publiC official Or any employee, whether tor himself or On behalf of any business. or any business in which such pubbc official or employee or lUIy membl!r of his family hilS a subSTantial inTeresI must be disclosed_ "8usin~s transackd" means the sltle or leasing of an)' peoonal property. real propeny, or serVIces on ~hlSlr of onesplf Or on behalf of allY third pAJt)' as an agent. hrolcer. dealer, Or representative IlnCl means the purchase of surplus Telll or personal propeny on bchlilf of oneself or on behalf of /tIly rhird pany as an ag~nt. broker, dealer, or representative. "Any business" means any corpor.nion. partnerShip, proprie1Orship, fum, enrerprisc, franchise, association, orglUlizarion, self-cmplo)'ed individual, Ullst, or OTher legal C!ntity _ ;'family" llleans spouse and dependents_ "Substantial imeres1" means the du-cc1Or indIreCT ownership of mare Than 25 percenr of the: assets or stock. of an)' busmess_This paragraph is not meanT ro be an exhaustive ,description ofth., irems.to ~ rcponed_For the precise requirements of what must be reponed, please r~fer t~. C? -~ _ G :A.§ 45 - 10-20,~ .
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