RESOLUTION TO APPROVE IMPLEMENTATION OF FUTURESTEPS 2000

WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees of Winthrop University actively supports the goal of attracting and retaining the finest faculty and staff possible; and

WHEREAS, the Board of Trustees of Winthrop University recognizes an ongoing need to make substantial and systematic investment in professional development, and substantial and systematic investment in salary improvement; and

WHEREAS, the President of Winthrop University has proposed a framework for addressing these issues in a program entitled Futuresteps 2000;

THEREFORE, LET IT BE RESOLVED that the Winthrop University Board of Trustees endorses and supports the implementation of Futuresteps 2000 as a significant element of the Board's ongoing commitment to institutional progress and development; and

LET IT BE FURTHER RESOLVED that the Winthrop University Board of Trustees directs and authorizes the administration of Winthrop University to make salary adjustments in conjunction with the implementation of Futuresteps 2000 consistent with the recommendations of the Salary Study Committee.

November 5, 1999