This Week's Stories: Safeguarding Space Satellites and Prehistoric Pelts 1998 Charitable Campaign Kickoff faculty profile : The Corn Lady It’s Open Enrollment Time Again It’s a Hit or Miss Holiday at My House Talking Bear Spreads Promise of Berkeley What Do Children Think They Need? The New Yorker’s New Editor Comes to Zellerbach Hall Trying to Make Sense of Suicide Distinguished Service Award Info Meeting Session Pilot Departments Prepare for Online Purchasing Using New BAI System Using Native Traditions to Enhance Wellness Flextime Guide A Big Hit at Conference UC Ranks High in Scholarly Publications Prop 1A’s Passage Brings New Hope for Old Buildings Regular Features News Briefs Staff Enrichment		Distinguished Service Award Info Meeting Session posted November 11, 1998 The Berkeley Staff Assembly hosts an information session on Distinguished Service Awards Wednesday, Nov. 18 at 12:10 p.m. in 2040 Valley Life Sciences Building. Members of the Pay Committee and the Human Resources Control Unit administrator group will be on hand to explain the new distribution timeline, listen to comments and answer questions. Nominations for the award are due Nov. 30 and will be announced in January. The 1998 Distinguished Service Awards would normally have been processed last spring but were delayed as part of a revised plan instituted by Berkeley's vice chancellors. Under the new plan, the awards coincide with the fall performance evaluations and merit increase cycles. However, because the vice chancellors wanted more time for guideline development, this year's awards missed that time period and are being implemented now. Supervisors nominate their staff for exceptional performance on either an individual or team basis. The 1998 awards cover staff performance between July 1, 1997 and June 30, 1998. Individual awards range from $1,500 to $5,000 while team awards offer $2,000 per member. Selection criteria for the award includes exceptional contributions, noteworthy achievements and exceeding job expectations as demonstrated in the performance evaluation, according to Human Resources documentation. For more information on Distinguished Service Awards, visit the Human Resources web site at http://hrweb.berkeley.edu.

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