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Executive Board meeting November 20, 2019 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM MLS Offices, 33 Boston Post Rd., Marlborough, MA Virtual (V) Attending: Allison Barker, Co-Director Southeast Region Michael Caligiuri, Co-Director Central Region Jennifer Dimmick, Secretary Patsy Divver, Co-Director Metrowest Region Maria D’Orsi, Co-Director Metrowest Region Deeth Ellis, Advocacy Co-Chair Pat Fontes, Awards Christi Farrar, MLS Wendy Garland, Awards Laura Harrington, Co-Director Northeast Area Emily Kristofek, Office Manager Laura Luker, President Ingrid Mayyasi, Awards April Mazza, MLS Greg Pronevitz, Director of Outreach Claudia Palframan, Co-Director West Region (V) Reba Tierney, Forum Co-Editor Carrie Tucker, Past President Pamela Vallee, Co-Director Central Region (V) Morgan Van Clief, Co-Director Boston Region Jen Varney, Treasurer (V) Reports and minutes of October meeting were approved. Housekeeping items --- Laura Luker
Greg organized the MSLA Advocacy Summit on October 30 with attendees from MSLA, MTA, MBLC, MLA, and MLS focused on identifying means of reaching our advocacy goals. The brainstorming was followed by a meeting of Advocacy Cochairs to define an action plan. Priorities include reaching out to MA education collaboratives, the DESE (to get a copy of the School Library Study in board members’ hands), the Joint Committee on Education, and the broader parent community; participating in legislative events; forging connections with partners like MTA, MLA, MLS, MassCue and nurses; tailoring presentations for administrators and educators based on their hot button issues. Legislative Day is April 2. Morgan Van Clief will be hosting a legislative breakfast at her school library in Dorchester. Greg Pronevitz requests any member to reach out to him if they have contacts/connections to DESE. DESE Commissioner Riley visited Reba Tierney’s Waltham High School Library on October 30 Oct. 31 -- many administrators attended. They seemed engaged and asked questions about how to replicate this successful library program elsewhere. After discussing a request from Girls Who Code about partnership with MSLA, the board determined that it would be less confusing to continue the partnership with MLS alone rather than introducing an additional partnership with MSLA. Greg Pronevitz wanted the board to know that a PR representative for authors and publishers of children’s books, Deborah Sloane, reached out to him to spread the word that she can help to get publishers and authors for speakers. Conference update - Laura Luker and Emily Kristofek Kathy Carroll president of AASL by then will be coming to present. Closing speaker will be Renee Hobbs, a professor from URI presenting on the topic of information literacy. Will be using SCHED again. AASL Update --- Laura Luker
Awards updates --- Pat Fontes
Other news from board members
Deeth Ellis motioned to adjourn, Allison Barker seconded, all approved. Upcoming events
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Executive Board meeting October 16, 2019 4:00 PM - 6:00 PM Virtual Meeting Attending: Allison Barker, Co-Director Southeast Region Michael Caligiuri Jennifer Dimmick, Secretary Patsy Divver, Co-Director Metrowest Region Maria D’Orsi, Co-Director Metrowest Region Deeth Ellis, Advocacy Co-Chair Pamela Foley Sarah Forfa Laura Harrington, Co-Director Northeast Area Emily Kristofek, Office Manager Laura Luker, President Ingrid Mayyasi, Awards Greg Pronevitz, Director of Outreach Claudia Palframan, Co-Director West Region Katherine Steiger, Forum Co-Editor Carrie Tucker, Past President Pamela Vallee, Co-Director Central Region Morgan Van Clief, Co-Director Boston Region Jen Varney, Treasurer Wendy Garland Minutes of September meeting were approved. Advocacy report --- Greg Pronevitz, Deeth Ellis
Professional learning
Awards updates --- Wendy Garland, Pat Fontes, and Ingrid Mayyasi
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Executive Board meeting September 14, 2019 9:00 AM - 2:00 PM Audubon Broad Meadow Brook Conservation Area Attending: Allison Barker, Co-Director Southeast Region Jennifer Dimmick, Secretary Patsy Divver, Co-Director Metrowest Region Maria D’Orsi, Co-Director Metrowest Region Deeth Ellis, Advocacy Co-Chair Pat Fontes, retired, Awards Alida Hanson, Professional Learning Co-chair Laura Harrington, Co-Director Northeast Area Emily Kristofek, Office Manager Laura Luker, President Ingrid Mayyasi, Awards Claudia Palframan, Co-Director West Region Katherine Steiger, Forum Co-Editor Reba Tierney, Forum Co-Editor Carrie Tucker, Past President Pamela Vallee, Co-Director Central Region Morgan Van Clief, Co-Director Boston Region Jen Varney, Treasurer Call to order and approve minutes of June meeting Minutes of the June board meeting and the slate of new board members were approved. Welcome to Emily Kristofek, new Office Manager/Event Planner - Laura Luker Reminder that MSLA has a new address and phone number: (also displayed in the website footer) Emily Kristofek, Office Manager/Event Planner P.O Box 336. Wayland, MA 01778 ekristofek@maschoolibraries.org 508-276-1697 Budget - Jen Varney Voted to approve budget updates. Professional Learning - Alida Hanson Theme for this year’s conference: School Libraries Build Strong Communities Keynote speaker will be Jarrett Krosoczka. Better Together MassCue conference is coming up at the end of the month. Director of Outreach Highlights (Laura Luker) Carrie Tucker attended the MASS (Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents) 2019 Executive Institute on July 9 in Mashpee, and presented a lockbox activity attended by four administrators from three districts. Waltham HS will be visited by DESE committee including the commissioner as a representative of a good library program. Updates on statewide budget are positive. There as been some movement on setting up a meeting October 3 at the State House with Rep. Alice Peisch, House Chair of the Joint Committee on Education, to discuss the Recommendations of the Special Commission on School Library Services. Discussed the differences between advocacy and lobbying. Judi Paradis Fund (Laura Luker and Awards Committee) Contributions are continuing to come in. Board agreed to continue to solicit contributions with a goal of reaching $5,000. Group discussed the goal, intent, and name of fund/award; permitted amounts and uses for funds awarded; and ways to sustain the program. The awards committee will use the ideas in this discussion to formalize details of the fund. Membership and advocacy issues: (Laura Luker)
Strategic Planning: ● Worked in small groups to complete action plan templates. Upcoming events
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Executive Board meeting June 12, 2019 4:00 - 6:00 Bolton Public Library Virtual (V) Attending: Allison Barker, Co-Director Southeast Region Michael Caligiuri, Co-Director Central Region Karen Davidson-Heller, Co-Director Boston Region Jennifer Dimmick, Secretary Patsy Divver, Co-Director Metrowest Region Deeth Ellis, Co-Director Boston Region Maria D’Orsi, Co-Director Metrowest Region Barb Fecteau, Co-Director Northeast Region Sarah Forfa, Co-Director West Region (V) Alida Hanson, Professional Learning Co-chair Kathy Lowe, Executive Director Laura Luker, President Elect Claudia Palframan, Co-Director West Region (V) Greg Pronevitz, MSLA Communications Specialist Paige Rowse, Awards (V) Reba Tierney, Forum Co-Editor Carrie Tucker, President Pamela Vallee, Co-Director Central Region (V) Jen Varney, Cambridge, Treasurer Call to order Minutes & reports from the May meeting approved. Professional learning - Kathy Lowe and Laura Luker
Departing board members Thank you for your service! - Carrie Tucker Anita Cellucci Robin Cicchetti Karen Davidson-Heller Kathy Lowe Ann Perham Linda Redding Amy Short Carrie Tucker presented Kathy Lowe with a framed copy of her final conference report and a professional development certificate acknowledging her 13,500 hours of service as our Executive Director. Kathy shared her gratitude for the opportunity to work with such talented and committed group of librarians and her exposure to such people at the local and national level through this board. She thanked the board leadership for working hard this year to ease the transition and ensure that MSLA is poised to stay strong and grow to the next level. She graciously volunteered to be available for any questions we have as we complete the transition. All things transition - Carrie Tucker
Budget 2019-2020 - Jen Varney The budget we voted on last month was before the final bills came in from the conference, so the budget was revised accordingly. The revised budget was approved. Policy manual A second vote on revised policy language was taken and approved. Awards - Paige Rowse Invited Pat Sanchez to join as a third member of the awards committee. Judi Paradis memorial: we will accept contributions now and earmark them for whatever fund or program that we ultimately establish in cooperation with Judy’s family and possibly her colleagues in Waltham. We will also acknowledge contributions appropriately. Advocacy - Carrie Tucker Deeth Ellis has agreed to be the chair of this committee for 2019-20. There are some people who are not on the board who will join her. NEASC has asked Carrie Tucker to be on a committee for Scituate High. Carrie can’t do it but feels strongly that librarians should be on these committees (there are fewer and fewer). Alida Hanson volunteered to be on the committee. Reba Tierney announced 3 open positions in Waltham: 2 elementary and 1 middle. Amy Short noted the large number of open positions available on School Spring. The board agreed that we need to advertise ways to add a second license for teachers, which is the fastest path to certification (vs. librarians obtaining teacher certification). Jen Varney reminded everyone about existing documents about paths to certification on the MSLA website. Membership - Carrie Tucker Carrie asked Area Directors to look at the list and reach out to lapsed members as warranted. AASL Anita Cellucci, our Region 1 director, asked New England states for info for her AASL report, due Friday. NESLA Update of June 8, 2019, board meeting Carrie Tucker and Laura Luker participated virtually. Carol Gordon is stepping down and new president has been elected. Meeting adjourned at 6:15 Upcoming events
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Executive Board meeting May 15, 2019 4:00 - 6:00 Massachusetts Library System 225 Cedar Hill Street, Suite 229, Marlborough, MA 01752 Virtual (V) Attending: Allison Barker, Co-Director Southeast Region Anita Cellucci, Advocacy (V) Karen Davidson-Heller, Co-Director Boston Region (V) Patsy Divver, Co-Director Metrowest Region Jennifer Dimmick, Secretary Deeth Ellis, Co-Director Boston Region Maria D’Orsi, Co-Director Metrowest Region Barb Fecteau, Co-Director Northeast Region Sarah Forfa, Co-Director West Region Alida Hanson, Professional Learning Co-chair Kathy Lowe, Executive Director Laura Luker, President Elect (V) Claudia Palframan, Co-Director West Region (V) Ann Perham, Awards Greg Pronevitz, MSLA Communications Specialist (V) Paige Rowse, Awards (V) Katherine Steiger, Co-editor Forum Newsletter (V) Carrie Tucker, President Pamela Vallee, Co-Director Central Region Jen Varney, Cambridge, Treasurer Call to order The Board dedicated a moment of silence to mourn the passing of our long time advocate and friend, Judi Paradis. Committee reports and the minutes from the April meeting were approved. Carrie Tucker recognized Ann Perham as a member of the board for decades, serving in possibly all positions. This is her last board meeting, though she has agreed to stay on as webmaster. Budget 2019-2020 Discussion and vote proposed budget -- Jen Varney The draft 2019-2020 budget was accepted with proposed changes. Policy manual Minor language changes to the policy manual were approved. Office manager transition Update by Carrie Tucker Discretionary spending was approved for up to 20 hours of time to pay activities required to smooth Dianne Regnier’s transition into the office manager position/event planner. Awards 2020
Thank you shout out to Laura Gardner for a fantastic bookmark event Advocacy Discussed the pros and cons of continuing to use the Salem State LibGuide for the MA Study and related research as sole location for advocacy materials, including ease of finding and accessing advocacy materials on the one hand and preserving appearance of independence and scholarly legitimacy on the other. Decided to discuss this once new advocacy chairs join the Board. Professional Learning -- Alida Hanson
Membership Discussion of Lapsed members was tabled for the next meeting due to time constraints. Meeting adjourned at 6 PM. Upcoming events
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Executive Board meeting April 10, 2018 4:00 - 6:00 Virtual View full board meeting minutes here Attending: Allison Barker, Co-Director Southeast Region Anita Cellucci, Advocacy Jennifer Dimmick, Secretary Maria D’Orsi, Co-Director Metrowest Region Wendy Garland, Awards (V) Alida Hanson, Professional Learning Co-chair Laura Harrington, Co-Director Northeast Region Karen Davidson-Heller, Co-Director Boston Region Kathy Lowe, Executive Director (V) Laura Luker, President Elect (V) Claudia Palframan, Co-Director West Region (V) Greg Pronevitz, MSLA Communications Specialist (V) Linda Redding, liaison to Digital Commonwealth Katherine Steiger, Co-editor Forum Newsletter Carrie Tucker, President Jen Varney, Cambridge, Treasurer (V) Call to order Minutes from the March meeting were approved and the meeting was called to order. MSLA positions for 2019-2020 Office manager/event planner update - Carrie Tucker and Laura Luker Carrie Tucker, Laura Luker, Melissa Lynch, Kathy Lowe, Alida Hanson and Jen Varney interviewed two candidates, both with strong letters of recommendation. It was a difficult choice, ultimately decided to offer the position to Dianne Regnier Carrie requested feedback from the board about the candidate, following which she informed the board of her intent to offer the position to Dianne. Board members are excited and relieved to have found good candidates for this important position. Greg Pronovitz’s Title Greg Pronevitz will be expanding his role as a consultant to MSLA next year, assuming appropriate responsibilities from the former Executive Director position from which Kathy Lowe is retiring. Because Greg will continue to act as an external consultant to the association, and because some of the original Executive Director responsibilities are being rolled into the Office Manager/Event Planner position, a different title for this role is warranted. After considering various titles, the board settled on Director of Programming and Communications. Open (appointed) board positions
MTA task force / Salem libguide reciprocal linking Claudia Palframan
2019 annual conference update Laura Liker, Alida Hanson, Kathy Lowe We had a very successful conference, receiving overwhelmingly positive feedback on elements including location, sessions, food, accommodations, etc. There are areas for improvement, especially wifi. We must strengthen that next time. As our our biggest professional learning event of the year, and our biggest source of income, the conference was a financial success. 2020 annual conference location and dates - Board vote The board approved a motion to make a deposit with the Sheraton Framingham for the 2020 conference, March 29-30. Digital Commonwealth Carrie Tucker Carrie Tucker attended the Digital Commonwealth annual conference in Worcester yesterday (Linda Redding is our liaison to DC). They are the ones who have done things like digitizing yearbooks and making them available online. Greg Pronevitz suggests that we continue our membership as a show of good faith and suggests that we might want to pursue a stipend support to work on the lesson plans or some other way to use their resources to showcase school libraries. MSLA Archival Records - Carrie Tucker Deeth Ellis, Jen Varney, Alida Hanson, Barb Fecteau, Laura Harrington and Carrie Tucker spent a day with Kathy Lowe looking through MSLA records dating back to the 1960s. Reviewing old minutes reminded us of our long, illustrious history. People have been working very hard for this association for a long time. It’s clear that our forebears were talking about information literacy before that term was coined. Jen Varney and Deeth Ellis are coordinating storage of archival records at Simmons University. Awards - Wendy Garland Happy with the banquet. Saw comments about wanting award winners to speak about their work, but that’s the point of the Idea Lab. Pictures are posted on the MSLA website. Will make recommendations about 2020 awards at our next meeting. Carrie closed with a heartfelt thanks for all involved in the conference, especially Kathy Lowe, who as worked so hard for so many conferences and this is her last. The meeting was adjourned at 6:00. Upcoming events
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Executive Board meeting March 20, 2018 4:00 - 6:00 Massachusetts Library System 225 Cedar Hill Street, Suite 229, Marlborough, MA 01752 Virtual (V) Attending: Allison Barker, Co-Director Southeast Region Michael Caligiuri, Co-Director, Central Region Robin Cicchetti, Advocacy Ariel Dagan, Representative Vocational Technical Schools Karen Davidson-Heller, Co-Director Boston Region Patsy Divver, Co-Director Metrowest Region Jennifer Dimmick, Secretary Maria D’Orsi, Co-Director Metrowest Region Deeth Ellis, Co-Director Boston Region Barb Fecteau, Co-Director Northeast Region Sarah Forfa, Co-Director West Region (V) Wendy Garland, Awards (V) Alida Hanson, Professional Learning Co-chair Laura Harrington, Co-Director Northeast Region Kathy Lowe, Executive Director (V) Laura Luker, President Elect (V) Ann Perham, Awards (V) Greg Pronevitz, MSLA Communications Specialist (V) Reba Tierney, Co-editor Forum Newsletter Carrie Tucker, President Pamela Vallee, Co-Director, Central Region Jen Varney, Cambridge, Treasurer (V) Call to order Reports and minutes of February meeting were approved. Kathy Lowe updated the conference report numbers. Attendance and exhibitors will surpass last year. The new location might be contributing to this uptick. Advocacy - Greg Pronevitz and Robin Cicchetti A 45-minute meeting with DESE Commissioner Riley has been rescheduled for March 21, 2019. Attendees for MSLA will be Robin Cicchetti,James Lonergan, MBLC, and Greg Pronevitz. We shared our priorities with DESE see LINK. Attendees met in advance to plan our agenda and focus on our most important messages which are the need to appoint a school library curriculum specialist at DESE and the need for a complete census/audit of school libraries/staffing/services in public schools. Robin Cicchetti will do a survey findings recap and plug ESSA. Library Legislative Day: MSLA/MLA Library Legislative Day was March 5 at the State House. MSLA shared a display table with MLS near the entrance to the Great Hall. Only 12 attendees registered from the school library community. Greg Pronevitz participated in the two legislative briefings and the first-time attendee orientation to share MSLA’s priorities. The packet for the day included a one-pager on MSLA priorities. MASS Conference (Mass. Association of School Superintendents), July 10: This year’s theme, Foundation to Transformation-Building on 25 Years of Success, celebrates the successes of public education in Massachusetts over the last 25 years with a vision of transforming public education in the future. MSLA submitted a joint proposal with MassCUE and MASCD (at the invitation by MassCUE) and the proposal was accepted. Here is a LINK to the event. Branding Advocacy Subcommittee - Robin Cicchetti Amy Short and Anita Cellucci have been working with branding advocacy subcommittee. They’ve come up with a new design which has been incorporated into the Salem State site, and created a PowerPoint for the advocacy group to clean up and have prepared in time for the conference. There are 50 volunteers for Advocacy for the study and now the group is ready to start using them. Talbot Middle School, Fall River: On Friday, March 15 - Robin Cicchetti held a Skype conference with students working on a civics project - advocating for a school library. It was a rewarding and uplifting experience to help them pursue this important civics project. IMLS Research grant: Researchers Keith Curry Lance and Debra Kachel have invited state school library associations to partner with them on their research proposal, “The Evolving Role of the School Librarian: How School Decision-Makers are Driving Change” - a country-wide school library impact study. Their proposal for the Laura Bush 21st Century Librarian Grant is offered by the Institute of Museum and Library Services IMLS. Debbie Froggett from Boston has agreed to be our representative on this initiative. Upcoming events/presentations:
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Election - Carrie Tucker In consideration of the good news that no one up for re-election at this time (area directors, treasurer, secretary) nor has anyone has expressed intention of stepping down, the board approved the following slate of members for next year. Thanks go to our nomination committee: Laura Luker, Reba Tierney, Katherine Steiger, Ann Perham, and Anita Cellucci. Secretary Jennifer Dimmick Treasurer Jennifer Varney Area directors Karen Davidson-Heller, Deeth Ellis: Boston Michael Caligiuri, Pamela Vallee: Central Patsy Divver, Maria D’Orsi: Metrowest Barbara Fecteau, Laura Harrington: Northeast Allison Barker, Rachel Barrett: Southeast Lani Blechman, Sarah Forfa, Claudia Palframan: West MSLA positions for 2019-2020 Job description and the finances for positions of Office Manager/Event Planner and Executive Consultant (working title -- not yet finalized) were approved. Policy handbook review Updates to the MSLA policy manual were approved. Cvent contract - Kathy Lowe The board approval for 1 year Cvent contract. Cvent is used to manage the entire membership list and payments including dues and conference registration. Awards - Wendy Garland We depend on the collective efforts of the board members to get maximum advocacy benefit of awards! Award winners are listed here. Board members were encouraged to sign up to present awards in each school district. NESLA - Carrie Tucker Carol Gordon has asked us to share a letter from New England School Library Association with MSLA members. It is here. Robin Cicchetti motioned to adjourn the meeting at 6:00 PM, Deeth Ellis seconded, all approved. Upcoming events
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Executive Board meeting February 13, 2018 4:00 - 6:00 Massachusetts Library System 225 Cedar Hill Street, Suite 229, Marlborough, MA 01752 Virtual: Attending: Allison Barker, Co-Director Southeast Region Anita Cellucci, Director-Elect AASL Region 1 Karen Davidson-Heller, Co-Director Boston Region Jennifer Dimmick, Secretary Maria D’Orsi, Co-Director Metrowest Region Deeth Ellis, Co-Director Boston Region Sarah Forfa, Co-Director West Region Alida Hanson, Professional Learning Co-chair Kathy Lowe, Executive Director Laura Luker, President Elect Claudia Palframan, Co-Director West Region Ann Perham, Awards Greg Pronevitz, MSLA Communications Specialist Reba Tierney, Co-editor Forum Newsletter Carrie Tucker, President Pamela Vallee, Co-Director, Central Region Jen Varney, Cambridge, Treasurer Call to order Ann Perham moved to approve reports and minutes of January meeting, Anita Cellucci seconded, unanimously approved. Nominating committee Ann Perham, Reba Tierney, Anita Cellucci and Katherine Steiger volunteered for the nominating committee for positions up for re-election/election: Treasurer, secretary, and area directors. Slate must be voted on by mid-May. Professional learning - Laura Luker
Policy handbook review --- Kathy Lowe Board members reviewed and finalized proposed updates to the policy handbook. A second vote will occur once new wording has been integrated. Awards - Ann Perham The committee sent out 29 press releases and 100+ letters. Award winners are listed here. Quick items
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Executive Board meeting January 1, 2018 4:00 - 6:00 Massachusetts Library System 225 Cedar Hill Street, Suite 229, Marlborough, MA 01752 View full meeting minutes here. Attending (V=Virtual): Allison Barker, Co-Director Southeast Region Robin Cicchetti, Advocacy Jennifer Dimmick, SecretaryPatsy Divver, Co-Director Metrowest Region Maria D’Orsi, Co-Director Metrowest Region Ariel Dugan, Vocational Technical School Liaison Deeth Ellis, Co-Director Boston Region Barb Fecteau, Co-Director, Northeast Region Alida Hanson, Professional Learning Co-chair Kathy Lowe, Executive Director (V) Laura Luker, President Elect Claudia Palframan, Co-Director West Region (V) Greg Pronevitz, MSLA Communications Specialist Paige Rowse, Awards Reba Tierney, Co-editor Forum Newsletter Carrie Tucker, President Pamela Vallee, Co-Director, Central Region Jen Varney, Cambridge, Treasurer (V)Wendy Garland, Awards Call to order Minutes of November meeting were accepted. Carrie Tucker expressed MSLA’s continued gratitude to Laura Bogart, Sarah Sogigian, and Steve Spohn for again providing meeting space. Professional learning Laura Luker and Kathy Lowe provided an update on the annual conference: we have 135 registrees (38 people registered for the dinner) so far which is strong for this stage. The early bird deadline is Feb 8. We have 5 sponsors this year. 4 are Silver Sponsors: Follett, Renaissance, Starbright Books and School Furnishings. Permabound signed up as Platinum Sponsor, which is exciting as it’s their first time sponsoring. 26 exhibitors are registered so far which is good for this stage. If you want to add to your registration (e.g., dinner) you can pay separately for that. Contact Kathy Lowe or just add it to your registration and send a separate check. Big thanks to the whole conference committee for the tremendous amount of work they’ve been doing on this important MSLA initiative Ariel Dugan suggested that we add PD courses for librarians to the MSLA website. Laura Luker indicated that she does keep the Professional Learning page on the site as up to date as possible, but she invited people to alert her about any courses they’re aware of. Awards --- Paige Rowse and Wendy Garland Slate of award winners as proposed by the committee was approved. Advocacy --- Greg Pronevitz & Robin Cicchetti
Policy handbook review --- Kathy Lowe The Board began reviewing and approving proposed changes to the handbook, but ran out of time to finish. Team Drive for MSLA - Laura Luker Laura Luker proposed creating a Team Drive with Google as a shared space to store, search, and access files easily. This would require an MSLA Nonprofit account with Google (it’s free), but then would allow us to protect ourselves from the dangers of individual document ownership in addition to organizational advantages. Embarking on this initiative does not require a board vote, but all agreed that it would be a worthwhile plan. MLS Executive Director search - Reba Tierney The search committee is reposting and extending application deadline and making the deadline “until filled” with a prefered deadline. The search committee has formed an advisory committee with diverse backgrounds to help with screening applicants. Quick items
Other news Kathy Lowe: news from James Lonergan -- MTA has expressed widespread support for more nurses and librarians in the schools Adjourn Deeth Ellis motioned to adjourn the meeting at 6:00, Laura Liker seconded and all approved. Upcoming events
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