NCLA RASS Executive Board Meeting Minutes

Monday, May 7, 2007, 11:00 a.m., Davie County Public Library, Mocksville, NC       

Attendees:  Jonathan Farlow, Carol Keck, Ted Labosky, Janie Neely, Rhonda Pinkney, Mark Sanders,

Mark Schumacher, Lisa Sheffield, Jeanie Welch.

Minutes and Treasurer’s Report:

v      The minutes of February 5th, 2007, were approved as posted.

v      There was no updated Treasurer’s Report posted at nclaonline.org.

Meeting notes:  Jonathan reported on the NCLA Executive Board meeting. The minutes will be posted at nclaonline.org.

v      Old Business:  

        Board members discussed NCLA Conference plans: 

• Jeanie announced that BLINC will offer a pre-conference workshop “Business 101.”
• Frannie Ashburn has all the completed forms for the three RASS programs.
• For the RASS Luncheon program, Random House Audio is paying for George Guidall’s fee, transportation, and room. RASS will have no expenses beyond some printing costs; therefore, the Board agreed to subsidize the luncheon at NCLA and to give especially nice door prizes such as MP3 player, audiobooks and/or gift certificates, flash drive - to go with the presentation by Golden Voice Award winner George Guidall. After luncheon costs are decided, the board will decide on what to spend for door prizes.

• To encourage RASS memberships, a door prize will be given at the Luncheon to a person whose name is drawn from the new members of RASS.

• RASS will sponsor a Consumer Health Portal Roundtable Discussion program organized by Jason Sokolove. Jason said it concerns a consumer health portal that should go up in June and has been sponsored by a grant from LSTA. It is being overseen by a steering committee of mostly academic but with some public librarians. He wants this to be a panel discussion concerning this portal. RASS will have no duties except to be a presence at the program.
• Jeanie will contact Joline and Kathleen Wheeless from Forsyth Public Library to plan the panel discussion workshop. Tentative plans are to use an outline that Jeanie adapted from another workshop and to include role-playing or skits. Many handouts will be available. Jeanie hopes to bring a former trainee to participate in the panel discussion.                    

 Nominations are needed for upcoming openings on the RASS Board.

The Board made several nominations; however, two more are needed. Jonathan and Janie will send an email to NCLA members asking for volunteers and/or nominations. Officers serve for 2 years and Directors serve for 4 years. The following offices will be on the 2007 ballot:  

v      New Business: 

• New email addresses for Jeanie,  jmwelch@uncc.edu and for Mark Sanders, SANDERSM@ecu.edu .
• The next meeting will be on Monday, July 30^th, at 11:00 a.m. at Transylvania Public Library in Brevard.

Respectfully submitted, 

Janie Neely