LFSA Exec - Minutes - October 23, 2025

LFSA Exec Minutes
October 23rd, 2025

 

Present: Melissa Mayhew, Josh Bolick, Sydney McFadden, Amanda Schlumpberger, Rebecca Schroeder, Elspeth Healey, Marianne Reed, MC Mack

Absent: N/A

1.      Approve September Minutes [link] 

2.      Housekeeping 

                                                    a. Fall Assembly, 11/17 2-3 planning 

b.     Fall Assembly topics list: Topics for LFSA Fall Assembly.docx 

c.      LFSA website updates (committees) needed 

3.      Committee Reports (ensure all have chairs named) 

a.      Nominating and Balloting (Rebecca) 

b.     CRSA (Elspeth) 

c.      Code: (Amanda) 

d.     Meetings with Carol updates (Josh/Elspeth, Rebecca/Syd) 

4.      New business? 

5.      Conclude 

 

Notes:

  • Approved September Minutes
  • Housekeeping
    • Fall Assembly, 11/17 2-3 planning 
      • Mass welcome for the sake of time rather than name-by-name.
      • Agenda due by the 10th – code mandated it be sent out a week ahead.
      • Assign someone to monitor Zoom.
        • Secretaries – Amanda will take minutes, Melissa will monitor and take notes on Zoom chat.
    • Fall Assembly topics list
      • Code Changes 
        • Discuss the Salary & Benefits committee at assembly before putting it to a vote – Josh and Rebecaa will prepare.
        • LFSA website updates (committees) needed.
          • Add the names of chairs, secretaries, liaisons for the Committees.
          • Nominating & Balloting Committee faculty spreadsheet – who’s responsibility to maintain it.
            • Some of it is populated automatically by HR
      • Meetings with Carol - topics discussed with her/to be discussed at fall assembly 
        • Climate - especially around uncertainty/job security stress.
        • Talent development as a benefit.
        • Committee Fatigue – capacity for service.
  • Committee Reports (ensure all have chairs named) 
    • Get in contact with Chairs to know that brief reports are part of the assembly.
    • Library Staff Talent Committee
      • Talent Committee has formed but has not been added to Code document yet.
  • Meeting with Carol Updates (Josh/Elspeth, Rebecca/Syd)
    • Waiting for Rich to come back for further budget discussion.
      • Likely to be one large budget -- 40/40/20 to be split LSA/LFA/LFSA. Also possible to assign one budget for the bodies to decide how to allocate.
      • Discuss with Staff Senate for ideas on what are acceptable uses for talent development funds.
      • Potential poll for how other departments on campus handle Committee service.
    • Meeting with Mike and Sharon about Staff Mentorship program and how to improve it.
    • Provost announcement – there’s going to be an internal search, ultimately the Chancellor chooses. Carol is also waiting to hear back on how that process works.
      • Barriers she wants to discuss on behalf of the Libraries: IT Staffing, Library Budget with CFO
    • Faculty Evaluation status.
    • Ad hoc Committee for tenure and promotion guidelines.
    • Consortia – GWLA. Evaluate value and whether it we should change.