LFSA Exec - Minutes - July 23, 2020
LIBRARY FACULTY AND STAFF ASSOCIATION (LFSA)
EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING MINUTES
July 23, 2020
Present
• Brian Rosenblum- Chair (LFA)
• Chris Bohling-Chair (LSA)
• Angie Rathmel-Vice-Chair (LFA)
• Mary Raple-Vice-Chair (LSA)
• Karna Younger-Secretary (LFA)
• Rebecca Schroeder-Secretary (LSA)
Absent
• None
Opening
• Meeting commenced at 10:00 am
Agenda
I. Appoint members to LFSA standing committees
II. Liaisons to standing committees
III. Review committee final reports, assign any new special charges
IV. LFSA Webmaster position
V. Obtain latest version of code and final reports
VI. New business
LFSA Executive Committee Roles
• Committee will meet 2-3 times a year
• Conversation about committee roles
• Chris and Brian co-chairs vs. chair and vice-chair
• Rebecca-Secretary for LFSA
• Possible charge for Code and bylaws to approve co-chairs with no vice-chair • Revisit at general meeting to seek feedback on LFA chair and LSA vice-chair • Karna-liaisons from LSA and LFA to LFSA default to chairs of each entity/Brian-possible charge to Codes to review roles of liaisons
Appoint members to LFSA standing committees
• Karna-requested Brian and Chris share their recruitment strategies
• Brian-there is not a recruitment process in the Code simply that positions should be filled by August 1st of each year.
• Brian and Chris-emailed potential committee volunteers two separate times. • Karna-requested list of all staff and faculty who volunteered for committees • Discussion of specific committees and candidates with strengths in those areas. • Chris-CRSA received more volunteers than needed.
• Need to update list of past LFA committee members
• Brian –finalize volunteers among LFA/Chris among LSA
Liaisons to Standing Committees
• Chris-Nominating and Ballot
• Angie-Salaries and Benefits
• Mary-CRSA
• Karna-Codes
Final Reports
• CRSA
1. No special charges
2. CRSA chair should be charged with passing information to incoming chair
• No final report from Codes
1. Brian will request from committee
• Salaries and Benefits
1. From charges issued previously, only first charge has been addressed on issues of salary inequality
2. Have charges changed due to current needs during Covid
3. Karna-this is the report from 2018-19. Is there a current report.
4. Brian will follow up on current report
• Nominating and Ballots
1. No special charges
LFSA Webmaster position
• Webmaster would upload all governance documents. This does not include sensitive documents concerning tenure or promotions
• All documents moved to CMS
• Ann Snow has been serving in this position unofficially. Brian and Chris will reach out to see if she would accept a three-year appointment to this official position
• LFSA put in request to Codes to draft a position description
• Secretaries will submit minutes and other documents to webmaster to be uploaded through link or email
• Webmaster will be tasked with collecting missing minutes and reports to upload
New Business
• Mary Raple-strongly encouraged LFSA to reach out to Kevin concerning fraudulent unemployment claims using KU staff identities.
• Karna-Make a special charge for Salaries and Benefits to have LFSA draft a statement • Brian and Chris will send a message to Kevin on 7/23/20