Planning Committee Annual Report 2022

submitted by Scott Stone

Current Roster

  • Sonia Archer-Capuzzo, Assistant Planning and Reports Officer (2024)
  • Kristi Bergland, Parliamentarian (2023)
  • Ray Heigemeir, Assistant Parliamentarian (2024)
  • Scott Stone, Planning and Reports Officer (2023)
  • Elizabeth Uchimura, Student/Early Career Representative (2023)
  • Veronica Wells, Recording Secretary (2024)

List of Previous Goals and Progress Made

  1. Evaluate pilot for Student/Early Career Representative to the Board during its third year.
    • Helped lead Board discussion to transition this pilot program to a permanent member of the Board. Will be placed before MLA membership in Fall 2022 vote to amend MLA Constitution and Bylaws to permanently add this position to future Boards.
  2. Implement and analyze 2022 post-conference survey.
    • Successfully administered survey to MLA membership. Analyzed results and passed on recommendations to various parties to continue to improve future conferences to best meet emerging needs of membership.
  3. Begin to work on implementing 2022-2030 Strategic Plan.
    • Decided to have an online page created to track progress of all MLA activities towards the new Strategic Plan. This will help demonstrate work that is currently being done in various areas, aid in potential collaboration/avoidance of work overlap by various parties, and help hold the organization accountable to actively align with Strategic Plan goals.
    • Working with Career Development & Services Committee to attempt to better publicize their services specifically for mid-career members.

List of Future Goals

  1. Continue working towards initial implementation of Strategic Plan.
    • Applies to no specific goal. Groundwork being laid to help MLA parties effectively share information and work towards common goals.
    • Finish setting up initial public-facing page that will allow interested parties to easily see work being done towards various parts of the Strategic Plan.
  2. Help setup initial Committee Management Team.
    • Objectives 2.1 and 3.3
    • This new team will aid in more equitable and inclusive appointments to committee memberships and chairs by creating a universal application to signal people’s interest in serving on various groups. The team will make appointment recommendations to the President, who is ultimately responsible for committee makeup.
  3. Collaborate with IDEA Committee on how to deal with microaggressions.
    • Objective 3.6
    • Initial talks have surrounded having an external ombuds to help neutrally deal with these issues.