14 May 2009
The conference call was called to order by Gloria Zamora at 12:00 pm US Eastern Time
On Call:
- Board Present – Zamora, Caputo, Abram, James, Fifer Canby, Wolfish, Rink, Sweeney, Arnold, McCullough, Hunt, Webb, Lee, Lachance
- Board Excused – Seaberry
- Staff Present – Sansalone, Kenner, Schatz
- Board Candidates – Mattis, Romaine, Kreizman Reczek, Trefethen, Blankson-Hemans, Kar, Bates
- Board Candidates Excused - Greenwell
1. Welcome
2. Roll call
See above for attendees.
President Zamora invited the 2010 candidates to participate in the open board meeting and the executive session.
APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY
3. Minutes from March 2009 Board call
Approved.
4. Recap on motions agreed between meetings via email (Arnold)
Arnold provided recap on the two motions agreed via email between Board teleconference calls. These were:
- EM0309-A01 – DLDP Award Winners for 2009 approved by email on 20 March 2009.
- EM0309-A02 – 2009-2010 Nominating Committee approved by email on 30 March 2009.
5. Innovation in Technology Award Recipient for 2009 (EM0509CC-A01) (Abram)
Motion: That the SLA Board of Directors accept the recipient of the Innovation in Technology Award.
APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY
6. Rising Star Award Recipients for 2009 (EM0509CC-A02) (Abram)
Motion: That the SLA Board of Directors accept the five members listed below as inaugural Rising Star Award winners for 2009.
APPROVED UNANIMOUSLYZamora thanked the Awards Committee for all their hard work, and asked them to review the award criteria and timing of presentation at conference, providing a report to the Board prior to the commencement of the awards cycle later this year.
7. Charge for the new Information Advisory Council (OM0509CC-A01) (Webb)
Motion: I move Board of Directors approve the language for the board approved Information Outlook Advisory Council.
APPROVED UNANIMOUSLY
Zamora confirmed she would be appointing the Council members soon.
8. PR Advisory Council Update (OM0509CC-A02) (Sweeney)
Sweeney proposed a motion: I move that the Board approve the concept of the Strategic Knowledge Day and PR Advisory Council to go forward with scheduling for 21 October 2009, and promoting it with leadership and members.
She then provided some background to the paper. Following review of their own research, and the alignment project research the PR Advisory Council (PRAC) has suggested replacing Information Ethics Day with Strategic Knowledge Day. PRAC would like to hold the first such day on 21 October 2009, and are seeking Board's approval to go ahead with this.
Both Lachance and Abram felt that the timing of this Strategic Knowledge Day conflicts with the alignment work, which might result in confusion amongst members. Lachance also pointed out that the alignment project will provide a toolkit to allow members to do the types of activities proposed by this day, every day year round. Abram and Zamora suggested that given the timing of this suggestion, an event in the fall wouldn't be appropriate, and that they thanked PRAC for all their hard work on this.
Agreed to table the document, this was approved unanimously.
Sweeney and Cara Schatz to let PRAC know the outcome of this discussion.
9. Alignment Update (Lachance)
Lachance confirmed that work continued on the next steps outlined during meetings earlier this year.
10. Conference Update (Lachance)
Lachance reported that as of 12 May conference registration numbers were good, considering the current economic climate. Although figures are 7.5% down on last year, indications are good that numbers will be better than other comparable conferences.
11. Update on calls/visits by Board members (All)
Zamora thanked all Board members for their contribution to this initiative. She found the comments on the wiki very useful. Sansalone confirmed that the membership team are regularly reviewing wiki for useful insights into members' issues.
12. Visits (Zamora, Caputo and Lachance)
Lachance provided a summary of her trips since March 2009 these included:
Attending Perfect Information (PI) conference in St Albans, UK this week, she appeared on a panel and discussed the results of the alignment project which received an enthusiastic response.In early April she attend Buying and Selling e-conference in Phoenix, AZ.
She then went on a tour of Asia and the Middle East: she was invited by US State Department to go on a tour of Japan (four cities in five days); followed by ASAE study mission to Singapore, where she got to meet with SLA members helped out by Scott Davidson and was able to sort out questions about growing the local chapter; the trip ended in Dubai.Caputo is visiting the North Carolina chapter next week, and has been involved as keynote speaker at Washington DC chapter's careers day in April. She has also done an interview with Kitty Scott for the oral history project.
Zamora will discuss her Middle East trip of a lifetime at conference. Meanwhile she is in Toronto for meetings, and later this month will be meeting with members in Philadelphia and Washington DC.
13. New Business
James provided an update on progress with the audit which has been in progress for the last two weeks. Having spoken with the auditors she can confirm that we've had a completely clear, brilliant audit, and she will be discussing with Finance Committee and presenting a report to the next Board meeting.
Hunt asked if anyone who wanted wiki training in person at conference to let her know and suggested that this would take place on Friday 12 June 2009.
Abram mentioned that there was a lot of comment on social media sites about SCIP and possible mergers, and the benefits that SLA offered via CI division. HQ confirmed that staff were monitoring such comments and were preparing a marketing and communications strategy working with CI division for use after SCIP vote.
Zamora said there would be communication soon on list of events to attend at conference, and reminded everyone that executive session is on Friday 12 June 2009 and that she would send out an invite for dinner on Thursday 11 June soon.
14. Adjourn
Call adjourned at 1:12 pm US Eastern Time
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