Mid-Year Executive Board Meeting O'Neill Room, Faculty Club, Berkeley, California October 1-2, 1999

ART LIBRARIES SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA
Mid-Year Executive Board Meeting
O'Neill Room, Faculty Club, Berkeley, California
October 1-2, 1999

MOTIONS

Motion #27: Unanimously approved that the Executive Board award an honoraria for the Editorship of the 1999 Vancouver Conference proceedings to Ann W. Lally.

Motion #28: Unanimously voted to approve the special funding request from the ARLIS/SE Chapter to support the ARLIS/SE 1999/2000 25th anniversary meeting and conference.

Motion #29: Unanimously voted to approve the Pittsburgh Conference Budget as presented by Katharine Chibnik.

Motion #30: Unanimously voted to approve that ARLIS/NA adopt a three year budgetary process, to be presented at the Toronto Mid-Year meeting in Oct. 2000.

Motion #31: Unanimously voted that ARLIS/NA purchases Directors and Officers Liability Coverage from Philadelphia Insurance Company.

Motion #32: Unanimously voted that ARLIS/NA adopt the Refund Policy C as proposed by ADI, with the wording for #1B changed to a $25 processing fee and #2 to read: "Membership dues are not refundable."

Motion #33: Unanimously voted to approve that the dues schedule for Basic business affiliates effective 2001 be raised to $135.00 annually.

Motion #34: Unanimously voted to approve that Motion #33, proposing a dues schedule change for Basic business affiliates effective 2001 be submitted to the membership at the Pittsburgh conference.

Motion #35: Voted to approve that ARLIS/NA selects the Wilshire Grand Hotel for the 2001 Los Angeles conference, with one no vote and one abstention.

Motion #36: Unanimously voted to approve that ARLIS/NA accept the invitation from the Central Plains Chapter to hold the 2002 conference in St. Louis.

Motion #37: Unanimously voted to approve that ARLIS/NA invite VRA to join in planning a joint VRA/ARLIS/NA conference in St. Louis in 2002.

Motion #38: Unanimously voted to approve that the conference planning proposal introduced by Karen McKenzie be accepted, with a goal of completion by 2001.

Motion #39: Unanimously voted to approve that the ARLIS/NA Executive Board congratulate the ARLIS/SE Chapter on their 25th anniversary. The strength of ARLIS/NA is reflected in the vitality of its Chapters and we congratulate the Southeast Chapter on this auspicious occasion.

Motion #40: Approved that the proposed revision by Karen McKenzie to Policy Manual E.3, Guidelines for election of Division and Section Moderators and Round Table Coordinators be accepted as revised, with one no vote.

Motion #41: Unanimously voted to approve that the Executive Board accept the nomination for the 2000 Distinguished Service Award as proposed by the Awards Committee.

Motion #42: Voted to approve that the Executive Board accept the recommendation of the Finance Committee to retain the Financial Advisor as the Society's new financial management firm, with one no vote and two abstentions.

Motion #43: Unanimously voted to approve that the Finance Committee instructs the Financial Advisor to invest a minimum of 90 days operating expenses in no risk competitive rate, secured instruments.

Motion #44: Unanimously voted to approve that the Executive Board instruct the Professional Development Committee to award the first ARLIS/NA Internship Award in 2000 with monies funded from the accumulated interest of the 25th Anniversary Scholarship Fund.

Motion #45: Unanimously voted to approve that the Executive Board congratulate the Travel Award Committee for their successful work in securing the Research Libraries Group Asia/Oceania Award as funded by the Research Libraries Group.

Motion #46: Unanimously voted that a task force be struck to develop a proposal for a lecture series on architecture for submission to the previously identified donor of funds.

Motion #47: Unanimously voted to approve that the Executive Board congratulates Katharine Martinez and Jane Carlin, co-chairs of the Strategic Planning Task Force, and the other members of the Task Force as well, for their outstanding efforts to date in the development of a 2000-2002 Strategic Plan for the Society.

Motion #48: Unanimously voted to approve that the Board adjourn the 1999 Mid-Year meeting at 5:00 P.M. P.D.T..

Submitted by Peter Blank