Connecticut Library Association

Executive Board Meeting

January 13, 2005

Cora Belden Library, Rocky Hill

 

I.          The meeting was called to order at 10:10 am.  B. Bray welcomed the board to Rocky Hill.

 

II.         Board Introductions.  None.

 

III.       Public Comment: None.

 

IV.       Additions to the Agenda and/or Actions Items.

                        Approval of contracts: D. Kapp, J. Smith, B. Williams

                        Site Selection for the ’06 and ’07 Annual Conferences

 

V.        Votes Taken:

 

P. Ciparelli moved to accept the minutes from the December 2, 2004 board meeting. K. Jacobi seconded.  MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

 

B. Bray moved that the CLA 2006 Annual Conference be held at the Mountainside Event Facility in Wallingford, May 8-10, 2006.  M. Etter seconded.  MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

 

P.Ciparelli moved that CLA request a contract from the Connecticut Convention Center for our annual conference to be held April 16-18, 2007.  B. Bailey seconded.  MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

 

B. Bailey moved that the CLA Board accept the contract for David Kapp, Editor of CT Libraries, as presented for 2004-05, at an annual rate of $6,000.  M. Etter seconded.  MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

 

B. Bailed moved that the CLA Board accept the contract for Judy Smith, Web Master, as presented for 2004-05 at the rate of $1,560.  M. Etter seconded. MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY. 

 

P. Ciparelli moved that the CLA Board approve the contract for CLA Consultant, Barry Williams at an annual rate of $8,666.46, from July 1, 2004-June 30, 2005.  M. Hasskarl seconded.  MOTION PASSED UNANIMOUSLY.

 

VI.       President’s Report:  No report.

 

VII.      Treasurer’s Report: J. Fisher noted that there has been no need to transfer funds from the investment account to balance the budget.  The checking account balance is $31,577 and investment account balance $109, 074.

 

XIII.     Past President: No Report.

 

IX.       Vice President: The Membership Committee met to discuss ways to increase the membership. The committee has asked K. Zoller for a breakdown of the current membership and will be meeting again shortly.

 

X.        Committee/Section/Roundtable Reports:

 

Conference: H. Dutcher/N. Wood: 1/ The parking issue has been resolved.  Two New Haven garages will honor vouchers handed out to conference attendees when they register.  Also, an overnight voucher for parking at the Omni Hotel has been arranged. Directions to the hotel and garages will be provided. 2/ Luncheons: The author luncheons are limited and refunds will be provided if these are oversubscribed.  Speakers will be given tickets to the luncheon only if requested.  A bag lunch will be available and these can be prepaid at the time of registration.  A list of area restaurants is being compiled and a dine-around is being planned for Tuesday night. 3/ The conference flyers will be going out shortly and the programs will be in the February issue of CT Libraries.  4/ Please contact H. Dutcher if you know someone who can offer a conservative viewpoint for the professional ethics panel discussion.

 

M. Rupert/B. Bray: Mary Ann reported that the 2006 conference will be pared down, more casual, and held at the Mountainside Event Facility in Wallingford.  See motion above. The conference committee proposes that the 2007 conference be held April 16-18th, in Hartford, at the new Connecticut Convention Center. A fact sheet was circulated on both these facilities.  The committee will be requesting a contract from the Convention Center. See motion above.

 

Connecticut State Library: No Report: C. Bradley brought to the board an issue from M. Golrick, Bridgeport Public Library, regarding the fact that their construction grant money from the State is not going to the library board, but to the municipality. Bridgeport has requested a written opinion from the Attorney General.  Chris asked if anyone else has had heard of this happening in other libraries.  CLA may address this in the future.

 

Development: A Development Committee Survey was handed out and will be mailed out to board members that were not at this meeting.  Please fill this out and return it to Mary Etter at your earliest convenience. 

 

Editorial: Contracts for David Kapp and Judy Smith were voted on.  See motion above.            D. Kapp noted that the conference program will be in the February issue of CT Libraries.  B. Uricchio, Carol Abatelli, V. Juliano, I. Danforth, and Earl Roy serve on the Editorial Committee and are contributors to the newsletter.

 

Legislative: 1/ A motion was made to approve the contract of CLA Lobbyist, Barry Williams with a 3% increase. See motion above. 2/ The legislative committee met yesterday and Barry will provide M. Moran and P. Ciparelli with the names of the newly appointed committee chairs so that meetings can be arranged.  3/ Connecticard will be the primary target of this year’s legislative agenda. 4/ There have been some language changes in Confidentiality of Records Statute, and Representative Lawler (sp) will introduce this a bill for CLA.  A copy of the current and proposed statute is available in the CLA office and from the legislative committee chairs. 5/ The next meeting will be held at the Middletown Library Service Center on February 6th at 9:30 am.

 

NELA: K. Jacobi discussed NELLS and reminded board members that PEG grants are available for funding for this symposium.  Kris has joined the NELA Conference Committee and is looking for someone to do a program on how to run the perfect meeting. She is also working on finding someone to serve as NELA membership chair.

 

Procedures: A Bylaws change has been requested by the Publicity and Public Awareness Committee.  No action is required by the board since this will be voted on by the membership at the annual meeting in April.  This change will be printed in CT Libraries.

 

Other: Regional Representatives: 1/ Region 2:  Pat Holloway will be the new Director at the West Hartford Public Library.  “Our Town” by Tracy Kidder has been selected as a four-town read by Wethersfield, Berlin, Newington and Rocky Hill. 2/ Region 6: The Lyme Public Library will be having a cooking contest in February using recipes selected from a recently donated cookbook collection. Celebrity judges will present the the awards.  3/ Region 3: Rep. F. Aloisa, noted that  Rockville Public Library is looking for a new Director.  There has been a lot activity in Somers as the date of the Ross execution nears.

 

XI.       Old Business: none 

 

XII.      New Business: none.

 

XIII.     M. Etter made a motion was made to adjourn at 11:30 am.

 

Attendees: M. Hasskarl, D. Higginson, K.Jacobi, G. Hurley, A. Wang, P. Cook, M. Rupert, B. Bray, M. Etter, B. Bailey, N. Wood, H. Dutcher, P. Ciparelli, M. Simpson, D. Kapp, J. Smith, S. Brooks, F. Aloisa, T. Conley, A. Knapp, J. Fisher, C. Bradley, and guest P. Najarian,

 

Respectfully submitted,

Karen Zoller

 

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