Present for all items: Rick Anthes, Jack Fellows, Tim Killeen,
Larry Winter and Katy Schmoll
Present for Item 1: Meg McClellan, Bob Roesch, Jeff Reaves
Present for Item 2: Bob Harriss, Wayne Moore, Jeff Reaves
Present for Item 3: Bob Roesch, Delaine Orendorff
Present for Item 4: Bob Roesch, Laurie Carr
Present for Items 5-7: Susan Friberg, Kathy Strand
We began the meeting at 8:00 a.m.
1. Classified research: We considered a variety of issues
associated with possibly doing classified research at
NCAR/UCAR, the UCAR Foundation, or Peak Weather Resources.
NCAR (RAL) has been doing observational and modeling work
for the Department of Homeland Security that could lead to
opportunities to do some limited classified research in the
future. Rick will discuss this with the Board of Trustees
next week.
2. UCARF Strategic Adaptation to Climate Change (SACC)
Initiative: We received a briefing from Bob Harriss and
Wayne Moore about a new program, called the Strategic
Adaptation to Climate Change Program. The SACC program
will be an industry-sponsored program managed by the UCAR
Foundation (but with the research being done by NCAR and
the universities). The goal of the program is to engage
leaders of private industry, government policy, and academic
research to understand the economic, societal, and policy
challenges related to global climate change, with a special
focus on industry and society's vulnerability to
environmental risks.
3. Review of Proposed Salary Increases: Delaine reviewed the
proposed salary increases across all of UCAR and HR's
analysis of any differences among various groups of salary
increases or compa-ratios. HR concluded that there are no
issues with the proposed increases. The Council agreed
and after approval of the UCAR Board of Trustees Personnel
Committee next week, the pay increases will be
communicated to employees. (Note: the BOT Personnel
Committee approved the proposed increases.)
4. Medicare Part D Impact on Health Insurance: Bob described
the changes in Medicare coverage for prescriptions that will
have some impact on the UCAR medical plan for retirees.
HR's recommendation is to continue our current prescription
coverage to retirees for 2006 and apply to Medicare for a
rebate to the plan for benefits under Medicare Part D. The
President's Council concurred with the recommendation.
HR will notify plan participants in accordance with Medicare
requirements.
5. Updating the UCAR Strategic Plan: Rick presented a plan
and an outline for updating the UCAR Strategic Plan (UCAR
2001, A Strategic Outlook for the University Corporation for
Atmospheric Research). The new plan will be written at a
very high level, emphasizing the changing external
environment, the importance of atmospheric and related
sciences, the necessity and vitality of the university-UCAR
partnership, and high-level strategic goals for the next
decade. The present NCAR strategic planning exercise will
provide valuable input into the UCAR strategic plan. The
Board of Trustees, UCAR Member Representatives, and the
University Relations Committee will be involved in writing
the plan, which is tentatively proposed to be finished by
February 2007.
6. Washington meetings next week: We reviewed the
upcoming UCAR meetings to be held next week in
Washington, D.C. These include the Audit and Finance
Committee, the Personnel Committee, the Members’
Nominating Committee, and the Board of Trustees. We will
be making visits to Members of Congress and their staff after
the Board meeting.
7. Planning for the 2005 Member's Meeting: Jack outlined the
Planning Committee's recommendations for the 2005
Member's Meeting, including a facilities tour, keynote, open
house, and plenary session. Overall, the Council agreed
with these recommendations, but believed that the facilities
tour should be roughly two hours, the keynote and plenary
should be tied to providing input into the UCAR strategic
plan, and the open house should be three booths (NCAR,
UOP, EO) and posters for each of the programs. The
Council also recommended that the introduction to the Open
House and associated context setting be done by Kelvin
Droegemeier, and that the planning guidance to the
programs for the Open House should come from the
Council. The Committee will develop that guidance.
We adjourned at 12:30 PM.
For more information, contact Rick Anthes at ext. 1652, anthes@ucar.edu,
or see the Web page at President's Council.
Tue, May 31, 2005 to Wed, Jun 1, 2005
