Connecticut Library Association

Executive Board Meeting

June 3, 2004

H.C. Hull Library, Clinton

I. The meeting was called to order at 10:00 am.

II. Board Introductions: New board members were introduced.

III. Public Comment: P. Perll thanked the board for their recent donation in memory of her mother.

Notes from the Office: K. Zoller asked for the boards’ input as to whether or not an email check-off box should be added to the membership renewal form. This box would indicate permission to make available email addresses to outside solicitors. A motion was made to make email addresses available but did not pass. See motion below. K. Wiggin suggested that CLA look at other library association policies.

IV. Additions to the Agenda and/or Action Items:

CLA contract renewal with the Connecticut Library Consortium

Appointment of CLA envoy to the Public Library Association

V. Votes Taken:

S. Smayda moved that CLA include information on the membership renewal form that states that members email address, and home address/business address, may be sold. MOTION DID NOT PASS.

K. Jacobi moved that the minutes of April 1, 2004 be approved. C. Getchell seconded.

MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

B. Baldino made a motion to donate $100 to the scholarship fund being created at the Woodbury Library in memory of Jill Smith. P. Ciparelli seconded. This motion was amended to have this donation increased to $250, to be paid after July 1, 2004. MOTION PASSED WITH ONE ABSTENTION.

P. Ciparelli moved that the Connecticut Library Association-Connecticut Library Consortium Annual Contract beginning July 1, 2004 through June 30, 2005, be renewed at an annual rate of $22,502. B. Bailey seconded. MOTION PASSED with the following abstentions: C. Bradley, P. Holloway, B. Baldino and M. Wigley.

C. Bradley moved that Betsy Bray be appointed as the CLA special liaison to the 2006 PLA Annual Conference in Boston, MA. F. Gagliardi seconded. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

B. Baldino moved that the two positions vacated by Tony Bernardo, Vice-President/President Elect and Region 2 Representative, be filled by Alice Knapp and Betsy Bray respectively. H. Dutcher seconded. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

P. Ciparelli moved that the President’s slate of board appointments be accepted as presented. S. Smayda seconded. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

B. Baldino moved that all officers authorized, be empowered to sign all documents and checks for the Connecticut Library Association. P. Ciparelli seconded. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

VI. President’s Report: 1/ L. Kozerowitz thanked all of the conference planners including D. Bryant, J. Johnston, B. Baldino, C. Lahey, M. Rupert and K. Zoller for their efforts in making the annual conference a success. 2/ During the past month Les attended the ALA Legislative Day in Washington, DC, and an award ceremony at the Lyme Public Library with T. Conley. 3/ M. Engels asked the board for a donation to the Delaware Valley Golden Retriever Rescue in honor of Lisa Scottoline, the keynote speaker at the conference. Ms. Scottoline spoke at the annual conference without accepting an honorarium or travel expenses. L. Kozerowitz authorized a $125 donation from CLA. 4/ Wally Lamb mentioned CLA briefly on a recent 60 Minutes segment, part of which was taped at the annual conference. 5/ A letter was sent to Rep. Betty Bokus requesting increased bond funding. Her reply stated that 3.5 million in bond money has been allocated for public libraries. 6/ The CLA board was asked to contribute to the Scholarship Fund at the Woodbury Library in memory of Jill Smith. A motion was made to donate $100 and amended to be increased to $250, paid after July 1, 2004. See motion above. .

VII. Treasurer’s Report: As of April 30, 2004, the checking account had a balance of $79,904 and the investment account a balance of $101,844.

VIII. Vice-President’s Report: The October 7^th Board meeting is the same day at the ACLB Leadership Conference, therefore the CLA meeting has been changed to October 14^th.

IX. Past President: No Report.

X. Committee/Section/Roundtable Reports:

ACLB: ACLB will meet next week in Wallingford. The Leadership Conference being is being held on October 7^th, as well as the Awards dinner that evening. Awards nominations can still be made and three scholarship applications have been received.

ALA: 1/ ALA Legislative Day was held in Washington May 3-4, and attending from Connecticut were M. Golrick, C. Bradley, M. Engels, M. Etter, Joseph Etter, S. Herzog, Stephen Herzog, L. Kozerowitz and K. Wiggin. 2/ K. McNulty submitted a report on the ALA Forum concerning ALA’s direction for the future. Three key areas were noted: What is ALA doing right and should continue? What should ALA improve? What should ALA focus on the in near future. A copy of this report is available in the CLA office. .

Children’s: Both Co-Chairs attended the Nutmeg Book Awards. Dan Gutman was this year’s winner. Judy Rabin and Martha Simpson are the incoming children’s co-chairs and they have started working on the fall program.

College and University: The committee met last week and finalized this sections By Laws revision and started plans for their fall program.

Connecticut State Library: K. Wiggin circulated a written report provided by S. Brettschneider. Highlights include: 1/ $150,000 has been added back to the budget for the Connecticut Library Consortium. All other budget lines were level funded. 2/ Thirty-two LSTA grant applications requesting a total of $362,302 were reviewed by the State Library staff. Seventeen program grants and nine Adaptive Technology grants were approved by the State Library Board at their May 24^th meeting. 3/ The Division of Library Development received 31 proposals for a public relations campaign on the role of the public library for emergent literacy. This campaign emphasizes the importance of reading to young children. 4/ WebJunction CT will premier at ALA the end of June. Also included in this report were updates on the Governor’s Summer Reading Challenge, CT Education Network and the Connecticard Task Force.

Business Economic Development: The committee met on April 27^th and continues to work on setting goals. They will meet again on June 16^th at the New Haven Free Public Library.

Friends: M. Storrs reported that the Friend’s Board is totally full. Anita Wilson is the President and liaison to the CLA Board. The Friends Annual Meeting will be held on Saturday, June 5^th at the Russell Library and at that time awards will be given to the Saxton B. Little, Ridgefield and Russell Library Friends groups. Outstanding individual awards will be given at this time also. C. Bradley took this time to thank Marge for all of her work past work.

Legislative: 1/ The Legislative Committee met on April 6 and May 18^th. 2/ Another successful potluck supper was held on April 7^th, co-chaired by Sue Phillips and Tony Bernardo. Over 120 attended including 18 legislators. 3/ This committee sponsored two events at the annual conference. 4/ A delegation of seven people attended ALA’s National Legislative Days in Washington, DC. 5/ Three legislators were selected to join the ranks of CLA’s “library champions”: Senator Mary Ann Handley, Senator Donald DeFronzo and Rep. Betty Bokus. Four more legislators were selected for their continued support: Rep. Shawn Johnston, Rep. Peter Metz, Rep. Sandy Nafis and Rep. Andrea Stillman. 6/ The next committee meeting will be held on June 16th at the MLSC.

NELA: Highlights from the written report include: 1/ The NELA Education Assistance Committee announced the winners of this year’s NELA scholarships. Students from Simmons, SCSU, and URI received awards. 2/ The NELA Annual Conference will have a “better together” registration meaning if three persons are registering together, the fourth registration is free. 3/ The slate of candidates for the 2004 election is complete. Janice Wilbur, Assumption College, Worcester, MA and Joanne Lamothe, Weymouth PL, Weymouth, MA are the nominees for VP/President elect. A full copy of the report is available in the CLA office or from Kris Jacobi..

Technical Services: This section held three programs during the past year and will be meeting next Tuesday at the MLSC. Pryia Rai will be vice-chair next year.

ADA: A. Richetelle would like to have a program for libraries on developing ADA plans. On a board poll, only a few libraries have such a plan. This committee is trying to put together a statewide list of acceptable meeting rooms.

Awards: Please encourage nominations. This committee may take over the CLASS award and this will be discussed at the September meeting.

CEMA: The Annual Conference, “Making Connections at Your Library”, will be held Nov. 7-8^th

CLASS: This section held a Personal Safety program last week with 20 attendees. If you have any ideas for programs for your staff, please contact Pam or Kris.

Conference: A complete financial report will be given at the end of the fiscal year. After all the bills are paid this year’s conference should meet their earning goal of $23,000. There were approximately 125 fewer attendees than last year. This year’s conference included publicity in the New London Day, which featured an article on Wally Lamb’s visit. H. Dutcher reviewed the evaluations – the most comments concerned timing of the sessions.

Development: A draft of the CLA Strategic Plan 2004-2007 was handed out. Briefly outlined were the Core Values, Our Vision, Our Mission, Goals and Objectives. (A copy of this plan will be distributed to members not at this meeting). Please review the plan, and send questions to Pat Holloway or Karen Roesler. A discussion will be held at the August meeting.

Intellectual Freedom: Jan reported there is still a lot of activity on the Patriot ACT. The attorney at the CLA annual conference objected to the session’s title: “Unpatriot ACTS”.

Jan was presented with a plaque and flowers in appreciation of her service to CLA beginning in 1989.

Membership: The membership totals 1,044.

Procedures: A reminder from S. Brooks – all sections need to have By Laws and a copy should be sent to the CLA office and Sandy.

Reference and Adult: This section’s fall program, “The Lost Art of Readers Advisory”, will be held on October 28^th at the Wallingford Public Library 9:00-12:00.

YA: A program is being planned for November.

Public Library: This section’s recent program, “Bookselling on the Internet” was very successful and the committee would like to do it again at the annual conference.

Other: 1/ CLA/CLC Annual Contract. C. Bradley presented the renewal contract which is essentially the same as last year except for a 3% raise for the secretary. In addition, the liaison for the 2004/2005 annual contract is Jan Fisher, Secretary/Treasurer of the Association. In previous years the liaison has been the CLA President but because C. Bradley is Executive Director of CLC and CLA President, J. Fisher will assume this role. CLA President, L. Kozerowitz ,following the board vote, approved the appointment. The contract, effective July 1^st, is for $22,502/year. See motion above.

2/ Special Appointment to CLA Board: C. Bradley requested that B. Bray be appointed to the board as special liaison to the March 2006 PLA Conference in Boston, MA. See motion above. Betsy will be looking into getting host state library association status for Connecticut, New Hampshire and Massachusetts and possible a booth or counter at the conference. Concerns were voiced at this time about holding the CLA annual conference in April 2006. Possibilities such as a modified conference are being looked into.

3/ Vice President/President Elect: VP/President Elect and Region 2 representative Tony Bernardo has resigned. Alice Knapp has been asked to fill the President Elect position and Betsy Bray, the Region 2 Rep position. Both have agreed – see motion above.

XI. Old Business: None.

XII. New Business:

a) Changeover: Les thanked the board for their work over the past year and welcomed incoming President Chris Bradley.

b) Presentation of Board: The new board was presented.

c) Action Items:

Approval of Presidential appointments: A motion was made to accept the new board as presented. See motion above.

Approval of Authorization for check signing: A motion was made for the authorization of check signing for President Chris Bradley and Treasurer Jan Fisher. See motion above.

At the end of the meeting the board was polled about continuing the raffle. Also, if anyone is interested in a Thimble Island cruise following the August board meeting, please email the CLA office.

J. Day made a motion to adjourn at 12:15. H. Dutcher seconded.

Attendees: B. Baldino, B. Bray, M. Rupert, F. Nadeau, J. Rabin, J. Day, P. Cook, H. Dutcher, N. Gillies, T. Ralston, M. Moran, F. Aloisa, C. Getchell, F. Gagliardi, S. Maryeski, K. Roesler, P. Holloway, B. Reiter, K. Lyons, A. Richetelle, S. Brettschneider, S. Lee, T. Conley, H. Keeler, P. Perll, S. Brooks, B. Bailey, S. Smayda, K. Wiggin, P. Ciparelli, M. Foyt, A. Burgan, A. Wang, R. Zaharek, M. Storrs, M. Wigley, A. Wilson, G. Seagrave, K. Jacobi, M. Hasskarl, D. Higginson, S. Ruoff, J. Fisher, C. Bradley, L. Kozerowitz

Respectfully submitted,

Karen Zoller

Recording Secretary

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