ILA/ACRL
Business Meeting
October 22, 2009
Des Moines Conference and Convention Center
Des Moines, Iowa

AGENDA

I.     Welcome: In lieu of President Cloyd, Vice President Iber called the meeting to order at 4:33pm.

II.    Approval of Executive Board minutes from April 17, 2009: Susan Moore MOVED “that the minutes be approved as distributed.”  The motion was seconded and CARRIED.

III.     Treasurer’s Report

As of Sept. 30:
Balance 1/1/09               $ 3,616.56
Income:
Dues                                       825.00
Spring Meeting/other           5,647.00
Total available funds          10,088.56
Less expenses to date        6,168.59

Balance 9/30/09:             $3,919.97

Balance with national ACRL:      $   155.00

 IV.       Committee and Chapter ACRL Representative Reports

Awards:  Mary Heinzman reported that the Committee had awarded a scholarship to Amy Roberson from Grinnell College to attend the conference. She announced that the Committee would begin taking applications for the biennial Research Award. Heinzman listed and thanked the members of the Committee.

Directory: Deb Seiffert reported on updates to the directory, and thanked the members of the Committee. She announced that the Committee was conducting a survey to determine how chapter members used the directory and what changes might be valuable.

Electronic Communications: Gjerde thanked committee members and reported on the status of both the listserv and the ACRL website.

Fall Program: Paulus thanked committee members and reported that the co-sponsored session on Friday would be canceled because of the speaker’s illness.

Membership: Gooden thanked his Committee members, and reported that chapter membership stood at 165.

Mentoring: Ericka Raber reported that the Committee had surveyed participants in the 2008-09 program and was using the results to strengthen the program for the current year’s participants. Raber noted that there was now a committee description, and she thanked the members of her Committee.

Newsletter: Judy Mitchell reported that the Committee had produced five newsletters, and that the year’s final issue would come out after the conference, and she asked chapter members for news and other submissions. Mitchell thanked the members of the Committee.

Nominating: Iber asked for nominations from the floor, and there were none.  Nominees are: Ryan Gjerde and Mary Anne Knefel for Vice President/President-elect;  Natalie Hutchinson and Lorrie Pellack for At-large Representative, and Ericka Raber for Secretary/Treasurer. Iber thanked committee members. Were this meeting to pass the proposal for electronic balloting, Iber reported that the system was ready to go. Anyone wishing to see a list of the committees and membership can contact Iber.

 Spring Conference: Beth McMahon reported that the Spring Conference would be on April 23, 2010, at Kirkwood Community College, with the theme and keynote speaker to be announced soon. She thanked members of the Committee, whose work was just beginning.

ACRL Government Relations Representative: James O’Gorman reported on two messages forwarded since the last meeting, and gave a brief legislative update.     

ACRL Chapters Council Representative:  Kathy Parsons noted the demise of the Midwinter breakfast with the candidates for ACRL president, noting that because of time and budget constraints, there really was no free lunch any more.

 V.        Other Business

Electronic Balloting:  Iber read the proposed amendment to the chapter bylaws, noting that the change would save approximately $75 per year. There being no discussion, the proposal was voted on and PASSED.

Kim Babcock-Mashek MOVED to adjourn.  The motion was immediately seconded and CARRIED.

The meeting adjourned at 5:10pm.

Respectfully submitted,
Daniel Boice
ILA-ACRL Secretary/Treasurer, 2009
Divine Word College