Administrative Heads Group Meeting 4-2006

Meeting 4/2006 of the Administrative Heads Group will be held at 8.30am on Thursday,
5 October 2006 in the Council Room, 1^st Floor, University Offices Building 3a, Clayton campus.

Rhonda Hinds, Executive Officer

AGENDA

Members having a direct commercial or financial interest in any item before this meeting must declare that interest to the Chair via the Committee Secretary prior to consideration of the item, and must not take part in a vote on any matter concerning it.

1.	Attendance and apologies
	Apologies: Mr Bernd Aberle, Professor Barbara Caine, Dr Ian Cartwright, Professor Val Clulow, Ms Marian Costelloe, Associate Professor Arthur de Bono, Mr Ron Fairchild (Ms Marina Tseng to attend), Ms Kay Gardner (Ms Margaret Heagney to attend), Ms Sue Gleeson, Ms Merilyn Harris (Ms Judy Duffy to attend), Mr Peter Marshall, Mr David Pitt, Mr David Secomb, Mr Philip Sullivan, Professor Julian Teicher, Professor Napier Thompson. In attendance: Mr Stephen Pollard, Director Resources and Planning, Student and Community Services Division (for items 4.4 and 4.5) Ms Karen Haywood, Divisional Director, Human Resources Division (for item 4.6) Mr John Kearsey, Divisional Director, Donor, Alumni & Community Relations Ms Theresa Whiting, Executive Officer, Office of the DVC (International) Ms Mary-Anne Gallagher, Director, Organisational Development and Policy
2.	Minutes of Meeting 3/2006		pp 1 - 6
	The Minutes of Meeting 2/2006, held on 3 August 2006, were despatched to members via email on 11 August 2006. Attached is a further copy. Members are invited to confirm the minutes as an accurate record of the meeting.		AHG 4/06/01
3.	Matters arising from the Minutes
4.	Vice-Chancellor’s Group (VCG)
	4.1	Vice-Chancellor’s Report
	4.2	Monash University Community Engagement Framework (MUCEF)	pp 7 - 24
		Mr Nick Thorburn will deliver a presentation to the Group on the need for, and benefits of, a University Community Engagement Framework. Attached is a Discussion Paper introducing the MUCEF.	AHG 4/06/02
	4.3	Quality Audit
		Ms Robyn Harris will report to the Group on the recent AUQA Audit.
	4.4	Voluntary Student Unionism (VSU)
		Mr Stephen Pollard will update members on the latest developments in VSU implementation.
	4.5	Shared Services Strategy
		Mr Stephen Pollard will report.
	4.6	Staff Survey
		Ms Karen Haywood will report on the outcomes of the "Being Valued" focus groups.
	4.7	Other matters from Vice-Chancellor’s Group (VCG)
5.	Matters raised by Members
6.	Other business
7.	Next meeting
	The next meeting of the Administrative Heads Group (Meeting 5/2006) is scheduled for 8.30 a.m. Thursday 9 November 2006, in the Council Room (Clayton campus).