LSA Exec - Minutes - May 3, 2021

LIBRARY STAFF ASSEMBLY (LSA) 

EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING MINUTES 

May 3, 2021 

Present 

∙ Chris Bohling 

∙ Mary Raple 

∙ Sharon Riley 

∙ Rebecca Schroeder 

∙ Julie Woodrick 

∙ Meghan Misenhelter 

Absent 

∙ None 

Opening 

∙ Meeting commenced at 3:32pm 

(Meeting rescheduled from originally planned date of 4/29/21) 

Agenda 

I. Approval of Minutes 

Minutes accepted on 5/3/21 with edits 

II. Governance Election Updates 

∙ Ballots go out on 5/5/21 

∙ LSA positions are covered 

∙ LFA Secretary position still open 

∙ Nominating and ballots and LFSA will look at committee positions that need to be filled ∙ Need two staff for University Senate on Libraries 

∙ Discussion on LSA session held on Intro to Governance contributing to success of filling positions ∙ Discussion on temp employees serving on Governance 

III. LFSA Website Update 

∙ Discussion of June 1st deadline for migration of content to new CMS 

∙ LFSA migration group will meet next week to discuss deadlines for migrating LFSA pages IV. Next Professional Development Session 

∙ Originally planned for May but moving it to mid-June 

∙ Session to include representative from HR to go over process for tuition assistance

∙ LSA will send out a survey to assess interest in topic before moving forward with planning ∙ Look into policies for auditing a class 

∙ Touch on employee dependent tuition assistance program 

∙ Ask Shannon to speak to reimbursement, etc. for classes 

V. New Business 

∙ Bottom-up reviews 

o Would like to try and implement for next review cycle 

o Could offer opt-in/opt-out option for staff  

o Chris will bring the idea to LFSA exec 

∙ Staff member asked LSA to discuss the idea that merit-based raises are not sufficient. There  should be an annual cost-of-living increase 

Adjourn  

Meeting adjourned at 5:00 pm