Message from Stan Silverii - Fall Agenda

September 15, 2010

Hello LAPPA Members:

Due to the unforeseen and disappointing circumstances of Chris Sampitec and Bruce Ayres no longer being employed in our system, adjustments to the positions they held will be necessary by our Board.  I know we all wish them well in their future endeavors. On August 20, the Board met to discuss the Fall 2010 Conference.  Thanks to Ray Dudley and Grambling State University for accepting to host the conference.  Please find the agenda below for the upcoming conference in October.

Also, thanks to Paul Favaloro and Sai Pinnepalli, Ph.D. Assistant Director, IT at LSU for their efforts in assisting with the LAPPA web site. Sai is currently working on the huge task of getting the website updated.  Please respond to his e-mail in order to update current members and contact information.  If you know anyone at your facility or another education facility that is interested in being added to the list, please have them e-mail their contact information to Sai.  We are trying to increase our membership this year.

Once again, thanks to the Board Members that took time from there busy schedules to attend the Board Meeting.  Remember to visit the website for more information on the upcoming conference.

Sincerely,

Stan Silverii

LAPPA Member

Louisiana Association of Higher Education            

Facilities Officers

Grambling State University

Grambling, Louisiana

Agenda

Fall Meeting 2010

Thursday, October 28 & Friday, October 29

Thursday, October 28

12:00 p.m. – Golf Tournament ($30.00 person/cart/green fee)

                      Trail Ends Golf Club

  5:30 p.m. – Dining, Awards & Social Event

                      Trail Ends Golf Club in Pavilion

Friday, October 29

8:00 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. – Breakfast & Vendor Social

                                       Eddie Robinson Museum

9:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. – Session I – T.B.A.

9:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. – Session II – T.B.A.

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. – Break & Vendor Social

11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. – Session III (Capital Outlay, Facilities Planning & Control)

11:30 a.m. – Lunch & Adjournment

Web site and electronic communication

LSU, Shreveport had been maintaining the LAPPA site for the past few years. After Satish's departure from LSU Shreveport, the site's maintenance has been ignored. LSU will takeover the responsibility of maintaining the web site.

We thank Satish for his efforts during his tenure as webmaster for LAPPA.

We are discussing various options for site maintenance. IT at Shreveport is making arrangements to handover data to LSU. When the new site is setup, we'll broadcast the info to all LAPPA members. We are making arrangements to obtain domain such as lappa.org (or lappa.us) to dissociate the site's website from any one member institution.

We will also be maintaining a list of all members at lappa-l@listserv.lsu.edu. This will prevent the need for users to maintain this list independently. This list will only be used for broadcast purposes. Other than the current lappa committee and webmaster, no one else should use this list.

In addition, we have started this blog http://lappa-talk.blogspot.com . This blog should help us maintain info about conversations and news pertinent to LAPPA community. Most of the information here will be informal. Please feel free to follow and participate in conversations.

Please contact Sai Pinnepalli (sai@lsu.edu) for additional information regarding the web site or the mailing list.

Thanks.

Picking up from where we left off!

Hi there! For the last two years we have not been able to meet or organize conferences. Budget woes affected most of the higher education related organizations in Louisiana. That, however, has not affected the mission that we are tasked with. We have also noticed that the  LAPPA website at the current location was not accurate. To address these and other facility related the following LAPPA officers met at Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge on 8/20/2010

• Stan Silverii
• Michael Guidry
• Paul Favaloro
• Ken Howe
• Ray Dudley

The group discussed following items

• Next LAPPA meeting and location
• Website management
• Update list of LAPPA officers
• LAPPA charter development

Details about each of these items will be posted soon. Highlights are

• Next meeting will be hosted at Grambling University
• Website will be managed by Sai Pinnepalli at LSU
• With the departure of some of the members from their current jobs, vacancies need to be addressed
• LAPPA will consult with APAA/SRAPPA and finalize the charter