AMG Subcommittees
The subcommittees are the working groups of the AMG and the liaisons to many University offices. The purpose of these committees is to establish and maintain a dialogue, discuss general concerns, review policies and procedures, provide opportunities for professional development, and work together to solve university-wide problems. Each subcommittee is chaired by a member of the steering committee.  

The 2009-10 subcommittees are*:  

Academic  
The Academic Subcommittee serves as the liaison between the Academic Managers and the Office of the Dean of the College, the Registrar’s Office, the Dean of the Faculty’s Office, and the Graduate School. Recommendations on issues/topics to work on for the year are welcome.  Possibilities include: room scheduling, announcements, course processing schedules, reactions to the new PS course processing environment. 
Contact: Jennifer Poacelli

Administration/Office Space
The Admin Committee will be concentrating this year on the problems that departments and programs are dealing with in finding space for admin hires, new faculty, visitors, post-docs, etc.  We hope to work with Paul LaMarche in the Provost’s Office on dealing with this challenge. 
Contact: Judy Hanson

Finance
The finance subcommittee meets regularly with Craig Richmond, Director, University Financial Systems, and Jack Yuncza, Director and Associate Treasurer for Operations, to discuss policies and procedures.  The committee is called upon to review financial system enhancements, training programs, and new policy documents.  We bring problems, concerns and suggestions from the academic community to Jack and Craig for discussion and possible resolution.  
Contacts: Lisa Baratta and Geoff Gettelfinger

HR
The HR subcommittee will be working with Arnie Aronoff, the new Executive Director, to maintain dialogue with all areas of Human Resources in order to address mutual concerns and work together more effectively.  There will also be several new HR committees that will need AMG representatives to serve on them. 
Contact: Kathy Applegate

ORPA/Sponsored Research
The ORPA/Sponsored Research Subcommittee serves as a liaison to ORPA, Corporate and Foundation Relations, and Sponsored Research Accounting. The group’s aim is to solve problems and serve as a conduit for information on policy relating to sponsored research. Last year the group developed a working relationship with the new ORPA director, Jeffrey Friedland, and began to work on a number of customer service, training and support issues. The subcommittee plans to continue that work this year. We welcome participation and input from academic managers and grants managers. 
Contacts: Susan Dawson and Jennifer Poacelli

Annual AMG Conference
Contact: Carla Hailey Penn

Liasons
DeSC Representative – Geoff Gettelfinger
ESPG Representative – Geoff Gettelfinger
PUTT Representative – Donna Sandfort

*Additional Ad hoc committees may be formed as needed.  

Membership in subcommittees is open to all members of the AMG, who are encouraged to volunteer for one or more committees. Other staff members may participate at the invitation of their manager, if their manager is a participating member of the subcommittee. Each subcommittee develops its own procedures, meeting schedule, and agenda. The work of the subcommittees is reported regularly to the Steering Committee and the full AMG. Representatives of offices involved in the subcommittees may be invited to the full AMG meetings as the need arises.  

AMG Subcommittee Chairs  
At the summer retreat, subcommittee chairs volunteer or reconfirm their commitment to chair a subcommittee. They solicit input from the membership on areas of concern or interest, and, with their committees, establish priorities and set goals for the academic year. Budget requests, proposed projects and revisions of the subcommittee mission statements are submitted to the AMG steer for approval. The subcommittee chair provides web page information, including mission, goals, membership, meeting schedules and any other information they consider important. The subcommittee chair reports activities to the AMG Steering Committee each month. During the summer, the subcommittee chair prepares an annual report which is submitted to the AMG Steering Committee and provides archival material to the Archivist.