November 16, 2012 Board Meeting

Association for Rural and Small Libraries

Board of Directors Meeting

Friday, November 16, 2012
11:30 a.m. Eastern

I. Welcome and Call to Order Andrea Berstler, President

II. Approve Minutes of Sept 29/30, 2012*/** Louise Greene, Secretary

III. Treasurer’s Report Lesley Boughton, Treasurer

• Current Financial Statements**
• Conference Financial Report**
• 2013 Budget Discussion

IV. President’s Report Andrea

• Schedule a January Committee Chairs Meeting
• Priority list of policies for Governance Committee
  • Policy Development Procedure
• Volunteer Coordinator Position

V. Executive Committee Report Andrea

• Review/Approval of Revised 2013 Committee Workplans*/**

VI. Steering Committee Report Becky Heil, Immediate Past President

• Update on Board Retreat
• Update on Focus Groups and Online Survey

VII. Conference

• Raleigh Wrap-Up Andrea
• Iowa/Nebraska Update Tena

VIII. Governance Committee Paul Healey, Chair

• Policies for board review will be placed in DropBox prior to the meeting

IX. Partnerships Committee Steve Seale, Chair

• Update on UNT PEARL Program Louise Greene
• Other

X. Member Services Committee Jennifer Peterson & Tameca Beckett, Chairs

• Programming:
  • December 6 webinar – Outreach Programs in Rural Communities: Simple Steps for Surprising Results (PEARL Project) http://www.webjunction.org/events/webjunction/Outreach_Programs_in_Rural_Communities.html
  • ALA-MW Rural Native and Tribal Libraries of All Kinds (RNTLOAK) meeting and planning for ALA annual.

• Website:
  • Photo project – Thank you to Julie Elmore!
  • Features – Committee members and board members volunteered to take lead on recruiting or creating features

• Newsletter:
  • Will update Constant Contact so charged non-profit pricing.
  • Winter newsletter – copy deadline November 12

XI. Membership Development Committee Carolyn Petersen, Chair

•  Update

XII. New Business

XIII. PUBLIC COMMENT

Next Board Meeting – Friday, January 18, 2013, 11:30 am Eastern Time

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See also Board Minutes Archive

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