NCLA RASS Executive Board Meeting Minutes

11:00 a.m. on Monday, November 6^th, 2006

Ted Labosky’s house, Winston-Salem, NC                                   

Attendees:

Joline Ezzell, Jonathan Farlow, Ted Labosky, Janie Neely, Mark Schumacher, and Jeanie Welch.

IN MEMORIAM: The RASS Board members expressed their deep sympathy to the friends and family of our President Paula Pearce Hinton.

Minutes and Treasurer’s Report:

·        The minutes of August 28^th, 2006, were approved as posted.

·        Janie gave the treasurer’s report. The Greensboro, Oct. 16^th Reference Workshop registrations totaled $1,559.70. Workshop expenses as of Nov. 6^th were $1,027.93. The tentative net income from the Workshop is $531.77.

Meeting notes:

v      Jonathan reported on the NCLA Executive Board meeting.  RASS is one of 4 sections whose membership went up. As of 10-13-06 there are 196 members. The next Executive Board meeting will be January 26^th, 2007.

Old Business:

v      Board members discussed the Fall workshop and Ted presented the summaries of the evaluations.

New Business:

v      Jonathan announced the procedure to cover the Chair position. He will serve the rest of Paula’s term. The Board needs to appoint a Vice-Chair to serve the rest of Jonathan’s term until Board elections.

v      Mark nominated Ted Labosky to be Vice-Chair, the Board concurred and Ted accepted.

v      The Board agreed to donate $500 to the NCLA Endowment in memory of Paula Pearce Hinton.

v      Janie asked that the Board consider amending RASS Policy and Procedure to designate a Board Member as Treasurer, separate from the office of Secretary.

v       Board members discussed ideas for the NCLA Conference.

v      Workshop participants listed a few ideas on the evaluation forms.

v      Jeanie mentioned that she mentors new reference librarians, and a workshop idea could be about training and mentoring new reference librarians. Jeanie, Joline, and possibly Mark Sanders will work on this idea. Some suggested titles for the program were: “Here’s the Desk,” “Here’s My Desk; What’s My Job?”

v      Board members will research possible “known personalities” for a luncheon program.

v      A program about marketing Reference and Adult Services could be “Round Tables” or a “Poster Session”—maybe called “Steal an Idea.” Janie will ask Pam Jascot, State Library Consultant, if she will moderate the program.

v      The next meeting will be February 5^th, 2007, at 11:00 a.m. at the Davie County Public Library in Mocksville.

Respectfully submitted, 

Janie Neely