Art Libraries Society of North America
Pre-Conference Executive Board Meeting
Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver, B.C.
March 25-26, 1999
[Listed alphabetically by Board member responsible]
Action item: Corbetta-Noyes and Kempe to follow-up on chapter bylaws amendments passed by email after Tucson mid-year. Adrean to follow-up on Ohio Valley amendments. Follow-up consists of making sure they are posted on AWS, sent to HQ and regional rep, by mid-year.
Action item: Regional reps (Berger, Kempe, Adrean, Lynagh, Corbetta-Noyes) to encourage chapters to make an effort to generate student membership from library schools, art history programs, etc, as possible.
Action item: Corbetta-Noyes and Berger to look at Chapter Idea Book with eye to revising by mid-year.
Action item: Brown and Blank to talk to Publications Committee about honorarium for OP editor, and their ideas for incentive system.
Action item: Brown and Blank to discuss timing on potential bylaws changes such as a paraprofessional category at Membership Committee. Election ballots go out in Oct.
Action item: Brown and Blank to discuss membership committee charge in an expanded sense with the Committee, during conference.
Action item: Blank and Brown to take recommendation that Collection Development policies Occasional Paper be published in print only, with Kinko's method acceptable for this OP. Blank to bring back post-conference what the Committee's plans are to resolve Wilson offer and Art doc commercial publication.
Action item: Chibnik to ask the finance committee to work on section J of Policy manual by March 26.
Action item: Chibnik to direct the Development Committee to build up fund for internship as top priority; 2nd priority to work on Lambert fund.
Action item: Chibnik/Wayne to let Development Committee know that Board suggests that they identify a contact (subject) person to work with Haddad on Lambert fund, at committee's conference meeting. Chibnik to fill in the Architecture Section on what is underway, at Architecture Section meeting.
Action item: Chibnik will discuss conference fundraising from chapters with Development Committee, at their meeting.
Action item: Chibnik to let Development Committee know that professional development opportunities for visual resources field is a priority for fundraising, and the committee should discuss with VRD and VRAC, at the conference meeting. A travel award, funding by a publisher, would be one possibility.
Action item: Corbetta-Noyes and Berger to look at Chapter Idea Book with eye to revising by mid-year.
Action item: Corbetta-Noyes to prepare template for bylaws revisions where wording is transferable.
Action item: Corbetta-Noyes and Kempe to follow-up on chapter bylaws amendments passed by email after Tucson mid-year. Adrean to follow-up on Ohio Valley amendments. Follow-up consists of making sure they are posted on AWS, sent to HQ and regional rep, by mid-year.
Action item: Regional reps (Berger, Kempe, Adrean, Lynagh, Corbetta-Noyes) to encourage chapters to make an effort to generate student membership from library schools, art history programs, etc, as possible.
Action item: Graham to address review of section B (membership) and R (publications), as well as officer position descriptions by mid-year.
Action item: Graham to get back to Wilburn re IFLA and ARLIS/NA satellite conference by April 15.
Action item: Graham to discuss with Professional Development Committee the value of updating information for student education survey, last updated three years ago, at conference.
Action item: Graham to look at Policy Manual and handbook committee descriptions to clarify which committees cover which organizations (such as CAA, NISO, LOEX), and which reps are presidential appointments versus committee appointments, by May 31.
Action item: Corbetta-Noyes and Kempe to follow-up on chapter bylaws amendments passed by email after Tucson mid-year. Adrean to follow-up on Ohio Valley amendments. Follow-up consists of making sure they are posted on AWS, sent to HQ and regional rep, by mid-year.
Action item: Kempe to ask VRD for specifics on fundraising needs, at the conference meeting.
Action item: Regional reps (Berger, Kempe, Adrean, Lynagh, Corbetta-Noyes) to encourage chapters to make an effort to generate student membership from library schools, art history programs, etc, as possible.
Action item: Prather to complete hotel negotiations to increase room block for Pittsburgh meeting with the Pittsburgh Hilton and Towers by May 1 at the latest.
Action item: Prather will investigate copying costs outside of hotel to print out copy of Policy manual and distribute to past-president, the Secretary, and the archives by end of conference.
Action item: Prather to clarify what publishers’ liability insurance coverage includes, and obtain a copy of Traveler’s insurance policy by April 15.
Action item: Prather to inquire whether adding on chapters to liability coverage is possible and what costs would be, by April 15.
Action item: Prather will get information on suspended members and non-renewals to membership committee for follow-up, during conference.
Action item: Prather will get results from membership form re acceptance of Update in electronic format, by end of day.
Action item: Prather to complete hotel negotiation for LA conference by May 1 at the latest.
Action item: Sorensen to take the issue of how to update the Strategic Plan to the web advisory committee, to investigate the web's potential role in updating, by April 15.
Action item: Sorensen to add Jan. 1999 amendment date to recently approved bylaws amendments on AWS by April 15.
Action item: Wayne will direct the Awards Task Force to consider how to handle an award for electronic publications.
Action item: Chibnik/Wayne to let Development Committee know that Board suggests that they identify a contact (subject) person to work with Haddad on Lambert fund, at committee's conference meeting. Chibnik to fill in the Architecture Section on what is underway, at Architecture Section meeting.
[REVISED VERSION 4/28/99]