LSA Exec - Minutes - May 3, 2018

LSA Executive Meeting minutes 

Please note there was no April LSA meeting 

Thursday May 3, 2018 

Present:

Leah Hallstrom, Emily Beran, Chris Bohling, Julie Woodrick, Marla Schleuder 

AGENDA 

Approve minutes 

Recap of Staff Development Day (!!) 

Open positions for 2018-2019 

Committee reports/charges next year’s Exec 

MEETING 

Approve minutes 

Approved by unanimous consent 

Recap of Staff Development Day (!!) 

Talk of follow-up survey to support having in future 

(but Dean already wants to have it annually from now on). 

Survey: what sessions do you want to see in the future? 

Feedback: have breakfast and coffee in future. Have a Book-Snake making session. Will Staff Development Day be co-planned by OD in the future? 

Emily has notes for the next term 

We Will send a survey! (And we will reach out to OD to put it together with them). Leah will look into putting together a cost-estimate for the event for next year (with coffee). 

Open positions for 2018-2019 

Several people have already emailed Betsaida 

Had talked about getting little bios for nominees 

Committee reports/charges next year’s Exec 

Executive Committee annual report – talk about: 

how we met our standing charges 

how we met our special charges 

Other activities and accomplishments 

Review of code? 

Leah will put a shared document on SharePoint so we can work on the annual report Annual report due by End of June 

LFSA General Assembly recap 

Feedback from Larry Brow received by Leah after the meeting, reiterating his concerns. Obvious this study that will be conducted by LFSA Salaries and Benefits will have to look both at Gender as well as Faculty and Staff 

Discussion of the Special Charge on Gender and Pay Disparity 

LFA Ombudsman's visit 

Staff want the Ombudsman to visit them as well.

We will send an email to make sure staff feel invited to the LFA meeting coming up to see the  Ombudsman, and we will look into holding a meeting in a few months that either is for library staff or  includes library staff as well. 

Motion to adjourn 

Approved by unanimous consent