LFA General Assembly - Minutes - December 16, 2021

Library Faculty Assembly (LFA) General Meeting  

Thursday, December 16, 2021, 3:15 pm via Zoom  

Attendees  

  • LFA Members: Tami Albin, Andi Back, Whitney Baker, Jill Becker, Josh Bolick, Lea Currie, Deborah Dandridge, Fran Devlin, Jon Giullian, Scott Hanrath, Elspeth Healey, Marcella Huggard, Miloche Kottman, Lars Leon, Scott McEathron, Amalia Monroe-Gulick, Sara Morris, Carmen Orth-Alfie, Sara Outhier, Michael Peper, Angie Rathmel, Kevin Smith, Sarah Goodwin Thiel, Beth Whittaker, Erin Wolfe. 

  • Guests: Mary Raple, Gabriela Mora, Mike Broadwell 

  • Angie called the meeting to order at 3:20 

  • The minutes from the last General Assembly were approved.   

Old Business 

  • No old business 

New Business 

  • Introductions of New Members 

  • Letha Johnson  

Committee Updates 

  • Tami reported on SLPTR—one file and will review two for PTR 

  • Amalia reported LCPT reviewed two files 

  • University Senate Committees 

  • Sara Morris reported that SPPT worked on the Faculty Workload Policy 

Faculty Retention and Mentoring Discussion 

  • Angie led a discussion related to retention and mentoring. Lea proposed that for SLPTR/LCPT to modify the Code so individuals with a conflict (Mentor/Supervisor) of interest recuse themselves from that one file. There was discussion about reduction in the number of people on SLPTR and LCPT.  Representatives from both LCPT and SLPTR felt this would be a challenge, given the workload of each, especially with the potential for recusal. Lars talked about general numbers of or lack of individuals to serve on all governance committees. Discussion on this ensued. There was some discussion concerning mentoring and culture of the organization.  

  • There was very brief discussion about Texas A&M and the future of tenure for their librarians.  

Meeting Adjourned at 4:02