LSA Exec - Minutes - June 3, 2025

LSA Exec Minutes
June 3, 2025

 

Present:  MC Mack, Brian Moss, Chris Bohling, Rebecca Schroeder, Warren Lambert, Morgan Smith, Meredith Snepp, Jack Hawthorn, Jon Giullian, April Friedl, Trenton Keim, Andy Poland

Absent: 

Agenda:

  • Approve May 1st minutes
  • LSA+Dean and LFA Exec reports
  • LSA and LFSA transition planning
  • LSA annual report
  • Talent Development Committee
    • appoint new members
    • brainstorm activities
  • Unfinished business
    • staff check-ins w/ Dean Smith
    • staff service survey
    • staff website profiles
    • LSA contact form

  • New business

     

Notes:

  • Approve May 1st minutes
    • Approved by acclimation
  • LSA+Dean and LFA Exec reports
    • LSA+Dean (May 19)
      • Bus tour
      • Student appreciation efforts
      • Staff check-ins
      • Using talent development funds
    • LFA Exec
      • LFA says that involvement with commencement is not a priority
      • Faculty evaluations to be revised, make a simpler process
      • Service audit – less than 50% response rate, extended deadline to invite more participation
  • LSA and LFSA transition planning
    • Schedule late June meetings
      • Jon G. to schedule LFSA transition meeting
      • We need percentages and results from N&B committee
      • Brian to schedule LSA Exec transition meeting
    • Add Jack to next LSA+Dean meeting (June 23)
  • LSA annual report
    • Brian to create rough draft
    • When Brian sends out, please provide feedback
  • Talent Development Committee
    • Appoint new members
      • Meredith Snepp, April Friedl, Warren Lambert
      • Need to elect chair and secretary
      • Need a liaison from LSA Exec
    • Will need to schedule meetings themselves
    • LSA travel website
      • This will be maintained by this committee
      • Loren B. and Owen M. are both good contacts for this
    • Brainstorm activities
      • Travel info sessions
      • Conference share-outs
        • Next one is June 24 at 11am, after that TD committee will take over
      • Spring retreat
      • Bus tours
  • Unfinished business
    • Staff check-ins w/ Dean Smith
      • Staff-only open office hours?
      • Small group meetings or small group lunches?
        • Dean Smith most likely does not have the time to meet individually with all of us
        • Sign up sheet? Randomized?
    • Service survey
      • Mirrored after faculty service survey, with feedback from faculty on suggested changes
      • Voluntary – how do we encourage participation?
      • Academic Year – June to June
      • Add up hours spent in service weekly? Monthly?
    • Staff profiles
      • Nikki offered headshots, she will offer additional iterations in the future
      • We want them to be more comprehensive, more descriptive
      • For people who aren’t okay with pictures being displayed, can we use an avatar instead?
    • LSA contact form
      • Lfsa@ku.edu – generic account potential idea
      • Unfinished but will be figured out at some point

 

 

Action Items:

Brian Moss: schedule LSA Exec transition meeting

Brian: create LSA annual report draft