Conference Call Minutes - October
SLA Board Conference Call Minutes
8 October 2009
The conference call was called to order by Gloria Zamora at 12:02 am US Eastern Time
On Call:
- Board Present - Zamora, Caputo, James, Fifer Canby, Wolfish, Rink, Sweeney, Arnold, Hunt, Webb, Lee Seaberry, Lachance
- Board Excused ?Abram, Barnes
- Staff Present - Sansalone, Kenner, Gozzard, Schatz
- Candidates - Romaine,Trefethen, Blankson-Hemans, Bates
- Welcome
- Roll call
See above for attendees.
- Minutes from September 2009 Board call
Approved.
- Executive Session Item
- Finance Committee update (James/Sansalone)
James asked Sansalone to repeat the financial situation summary she had given to the monthly Finance Committee meeting earlier this month. Sansalone reported that there had been no change in financial situation between July and August statements, and that she still expected a deficit for 2009. Staff were doing more with less and 5 people were laid off on 30 September.
The Finance Committee discussed the proposition of a full Board position for a Treasurer Elect at their October meeting and the overwhelming outcome was that the Committee, including the two Treasurer candidates, did not think it would be necessary to recommend the additional position to the Board.
The development of the monthly, hourly Finance Committee calls in 2009, held the week before the SLA Board calls, to which the Treasurer candidates were invited as soon as they were selected, seems to have given them very good picture of all that is happening on the finance side of SLA and seems to obviate the need for a formal position of Treasurer Elect.
On the negative side, the Finance Committee saw some potentially delicate and difficult situations for the Treasurer Elect should they be appointed to the Board
- Awards Committee update (OM1009CC-B01) (Rink)
Rink summarised the Committee's recommendation, that two awards (Innovations in Technology and Professional Award) be put on hiatus for 2010 because of lack of sponsorship and clarity on awards. The Committee also aims to bring forward the dates for Fellows and Rising Star awards so that these can be announced at Leadership Summit and at annual conference. Board agreed these changes and suggested closing date for Rising Star and Fellows nominations be early December 2009.
- Distance learning students (Zamora)
Zamora raised the issue of how we keep track of people doing distance learning and ensure chapters deal with this. Lee is working with SAAAC to address this and asked anyone who has any suggestions for models for virtual groups to get in touch.
- Research Report: Models of Embedded Librarianship (OM1009CC-B02) (Zamora)
Report Received.
Board noted this report.
- Visits (Lachance. Zamora and Caputo)
Lachance is currently in India taking part in various speaking engagements arranged by local SLA members, these include Delhi, Jaipur, Ahmedabad and Puna. She leaves India and travels to Germany where she will be keynoting at DGI library group meeting and meeting with officials from Frankfurt Book Fair.
Lachance then travels to Munich and Hamburg courtesy of the U.S. Embassy to visit with German information professionals. On her return to the U.S. she is visiting the Rio Grande and Wisconsin chapters. She is then travelling to Egypt for various meetings with information professionals sponsored by the U.S. Embassy and then to attend the Internet Governance Forum meeting from 15-18 November in Sharm El Sheikh.
Zamora has recently visited with the Rocky Mountain chapter, and plans to travel around prior to the name change vote.
Caputo has recently visited with the New Jersey and Princeton-Trenton chapters.
- New business (All)
None.
- Adjourn
Call adjourned at 1:09 pm US Eastern Time
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