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Kim Rodrigues to serve as Hopland REC interim director

The REC System is preparing to say goodbye to Robert Timm, director of Hopland REC, on June 30 as he retires from UC ANR. We also say "hello" to Kim Rodrigues as the interim director for Hopland REC. Kim, who is currently executive director for Academic Personnel, will serve as interim REC director from July 7 to September 8, 2014. The combination of her experience as a former UC Cooperative Extension county director and regional director and her expertise in natural resources make Kim a great fit for the interim role at Hopland REC. 

Bob Timm spent 27 years of his career providing leadership, direction and operational management of Hopland REC, a REC composed of 5,358 acres of land and 74,100 square feet of buildings, to provide UC researchers and educators with managed and sustainable resources to conduct quality research and extension programs on high-priority statewide and regional issues. We wish Bob well in his retirement.

Lisa Fischer
Associate Director, Research and Extension Center System

 

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Comments on vice provost candidates sought by May 12

UC ANR leaders welcome and encourage your review and comment on the five candidates invited to interview for the UC ANR Vice Provost position. You can review the public presentation portion of the interview process at the links below.

The vice provost candidates gave their presentations on April 30 and May 1. Audio volume can be adjusted at the bottom right corner of Adobe Connect with the slider next to the speaker icon. 

http://uc-d.adobeconnect.com/Candidate_01               Candidate #1 – Chris Greer 

http://uc-d.adobeconnect.com/Candidate_02               Candidate #2 – Cindy Reeves

http://uc-d.adobeconnect.com/Candidate_03               Candidate #3 – Maria de la Fuente

http://uc-d.adobeconnect.com/Candidate_04               Candidate #4 – Bill Butler

http://uc-d.adobeconnect.com/Candidate_04A            Candidate #4A (Additional Q&A)

http://uc-d.adobeconnect.com/Candidate_05               Candidate #5 – Mary Holz-Clause

You are strongly encouraged to provide feedback on each candidate online at https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/QTPK6DF as this is a critical leadership position.  In order to be fully considered, please complete your survey no later than Monday, May 12. Videos will not be available online after May 12.

Please contact me at (530) 750-1283 or karodrigues@ucanr.edu with any questions. 

Kim Rodrigues
Executive director, Academic Personnel

 

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Guidelines for merit increases

Guidelines for merit increases for ANR academics and non-represented staff

Dear Colleagues:

As a follow up to President Yudof’s August 17 letter about merit-based salary increases for academics and staff, the following guidelines outline how the increases will be implemented.

Information about 2011-12 UC merit increases

General

·      As the president’s letter states, the merit program is aimed at helping UC recruit and retain academics, and also to acknowledge non-represented staff for their ongoing dedication and service despite not having received general pay increases for the past several years.

·      While increase percentages will be set based on performance, the total funding available for the merit program will be based on 3 percent of pay for eligible positions.  Due to state funding cuts, merit increases will be funded by a redirection of funds from existing programs.

Eligibility

·      Increases are confined to all academic employees and to staff members who are not represented by a union, and must be based on positive, documented performance.

·      Individual increases will be determined following the completion of annual performance reviews, and will vary based on documented performance.

·      For ANR staff, employees whose latest performance rating is “Does not meet expectations” or “Unsatisfactory” are ineligible for merit increases, and merit increases for those rated “Improvement Needed” or “Partially meets expectations” should be extremely rare, unless there are compelling, extenuating circumstances for an exception which must be approved by the ANR Vice President. For UCOP-based ANR employees, exceptions must be approved by the UC Executive Vice President for Business Operations.

·      Staff employees who were hired, appointed, reclassified or otherwise received any salary increase(s) after January 1, 2011, are ineligible for a merit increase. Any exceptions to this require special approval.

·      Members of the UC senior management group and staff with an annual base salary of $200,000 or more are not eligible for these merit increases.

·      Union-represented employees are not eligible for increases under this program as their wages are governed by collective bargaining agreements.

Effective dates

·      Increases for staff will be effective July 1, 2011, and are expected to appear in November paychecks.

·      Increases for academics will be effective October 1, 2011.

ANR Staff and Academic Personnel Units, in collaboration with the ANR Budget Office and Business Operations Center Payroll, will be working with department managers in the coming weeks to ensure timely and consistent implementation of this program.

If you have any questions, please contact Robert Martinez in ANR’s Staff Personnel Unit at (530) 752-3467 or ramartinez@ucdavis.edu, or Kim Rodrigues in ANR’s Academic Personnel Unit at (530) 754-8509 or karodrigues@ucdavis.edu.

Sincerely,

Kay Harrison Taber
Associate Vice President for Business Operations

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ANR Training Coordination Advisory Committee

A year ago Associate Vice President for Business Operations Kay Harrison Taber charged a new committee to guide the training coordination process, develop a comprehensive training calendar, and develop priority trainings for ANR academics and staff.

The committee is led by Linda Marie Manton of the Staff Personnel Unit, Kim Rodrigues of the Academic Personnel Unit, and Mike Poe from Communication Services and Information Technology. The Committee members represent several units in ANR with interests in internal training needs and resources to produce training materials. Representatives of the committee recently met with the Executive Working Group for a second time to report their progress and receive feedback.

To help ANR personnel to find training, the committee has established the ANR Training website to serve as a directory. The site will continue to grow and collect more training opportunities as they are discovered or produced. Training is being obtained or developed for specific target audiences: academics, staff and directors. You can use the website’s survey form to make requests or suggestions for internal training to the committee.

The committee is also establishing standards for training development within ANR. Its members can suggest practical delivery methods to teach particular subjects and use varied modes of training delivery including, webinars, face-to-face workshops or seminars, desktop and room-based video conference technology, recorded tutorials, institutes and combinations of modes.

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2009-10 merit and promotion cycle completed

Dear Colleagues,

We have completed the merit and promotion cycle for 2009-2010. More than 80 actions were processed statewide for UC ANR academics.

I am grateful to the academics who served on the Senior Administrative Council (SAC) this cycle – Peggy Mauk, Linda Manton, Bill Frost, Steve Vasquez, Terry Salmon and Lucia Kaiser. This University service is extraordinary and allowed the process some stability during this time of transition.

I am working with AVP Barbara Allen-Diaz and the Executive Working Group to develop the new merit and promotion process reflecting our shared goals to maintain academic excellence, streamline the process and provide peer review input. Academic Assembly Council, the Personnel Committee and others have provided input to this point.

The new process will be confirmed this summer in order to be prepared for this fall’s cycle of events. We will send you details of the new process when they are finalized. We envision the new process to be led by academic peers selected through an open nomination process.

Kimberly A. Rodrigues
Executive Director, Academic Personnel

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