MONTHLY COMMITTEE and/or LIAISON REPORT
COMMITTEE OR LIAISON: Long Range Review and Planning
DATE & LOCATION OF MEETING: Tuesday, September 10, 2013, 219 Peabody Hall
ATTENDANCE: Senator Sasser, Senator Millican, Senator Davis, Senator Joseph, President Livingston,
Admin Coordinator Melonie Milton
SUMMARY:
1. Reviewed the LRRP Committee Charge including responsibility to “review Campus Master Plan
and Campus Parking and Traffic.” President Livingston shared that Exec has the Campus Master
Plan as a tentative guest speaker topic this year. Therefore, we agreed that the Staff Senate could
benefit from an update on the Parking, Traffic, and Transportation Master Plan, especially now
due to the concerns already brought up in the Senate. We have forwarded the request of
Director Graham to deliver an update to the Staff Senate regarding the Parking and Traffic
Master Plan to the Executive Committee.
2. Reviewed the origin and progress of the committee’s initiatives from 2012-2013. Committee
decided to continue with four of the five initiatives and discussed how to prioritize and proceed
with each.
Advocate/monitor staff raises and/or provide recognition and appreciation efforts will not be
addressed this year as staff raises have been awarded, thankfully. Staff recognition has been
deferred to Staff Benefits and Policies Committee and Marketing Committee. Senator Sasser
serves on the SBP Committee and Senator Millican chairs the Marketing Committee. Both
Senators will share information from respected committees with LRRP Committee.
A. First Priority: Draft strategic plan for the Staff Senate.
i. Some progress was made last year, but needs to be completed.
ii. Plan to establish Staff Senate Mission and Vision and forward to the Executive
Committee following the November 2013 meeting.
iii. Following Mission and Vision, development of Strategic Plan will begin. This will
allow us to share with other institutions as they develop their Staff Senates.
B. Second Priority: Compile and publish a policy/procedure manual for Staff Senate.
i. It is important to firm up our policies and procedures prior to sharing our Bylaws
with other Louisiana higher ed institutions.
C. Assist in the establishment of staff governance bodies at other state higher education
institutions.
i. Last year, information was gathered on Staff Senates around the state. This
information was forwarded to the current Committee.
ii. Following the completion of A and B above, the committee will discuss methods
to share LSU’s resources with other institutions.
3. Next meeting scheduled for Tuesday, October 8 at 10 a.m. in 219 Peabody Hall.
Submitted By: Senator Sasser