LFSA Exec - Minutes - March 22, 2022

Library Faculty and Staff Assembly Executive Committee

March 22, 2022, 9:00am via Teams

Angela Rathmel, Mary Raple, Sara Morris, Scott McEathron, Jules Woodrick, Scott Cossel

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• SC will contact the Chair of the Committee on the Code and Bylaws regarding new Special Charge

• AR will contact the Dean regarding potential topics for a spring LFSA General Assembly meeting

• Minutes from the February 2022 meeting were approved by unanimous consent

Discussed Stop, Keep, Start conceptualization – pending question is whether this needs to be a formalized process among supervisors, and their reports, in the Libraries.
Discussed formalizing the process for updating position descriptions and reviews of interim work. It can be difficult to track incremental changes in work, education, training when it comes to reclassifications.
LSA would like to be included in any discussion of the performance evaluation process
Discussed formalizing service for staff, including possibly incentivizing service, a staff service award, or a joint service award for staff or faculty
Discussed the Jayhawk Global initiative and the Libraries' role within it
Plague to recognize employees, who continued to work on-site during the early days of the Pandemic, arrived. There will be an accompanying ceremony in early April.

Also discussed Stop, Keep, Start with the Dean, including the question of how to identify situations it’s not occurring. The Dean plans to discuss this question with Cabinet.
Also discussed the potential to update position descriptions to reflect current employee roles and responsibilities.
Discussed Faculty evaluation review process and KU Faculty Senate Roles and Responsibilities. The Dean plans to discuss the timeline with Cabinet soon, as well as ways to include Governance in the process.
LFA proposed reviewing the process every five years
The Dean shared the news that Librarians now qualify for the University Scholarly Achievement award.

The Committee met in February to wrap up their special charge around identifying inequities between faculty and staff in the Code. LFSA-Exec will receive a report by the end of this week.
A 2nd special charge for this committee discussed regarding membership on LCPT and SLPTR committees. SC will ask the Code Committee Chair to call the Committee together soon with the goal of reporting on this special charge by April 1st.

LFSA-Exec should communicate to the Committee regarding open committee positions for next year (election must commence no later than May 15th)

Spring meeting is not required, unless a vote on changes to the Code might be in order.
Tentatively plan to hold meeting in April
AR will contact the Dean about potential topics he could discuss at the General Assembly meeting.

Minutes recorded and submitted by Scott Cossel