LITA Board Meetings Summary Minutes
ALA Annual Conference, July 2000
Chicago, IL

At its two meetings in Chicago, the LITA Board of Directors:

• Approved the Consent Agenda, including approval of the Midwinter 2000 Board meeting minutes and confirmation of e-mail votes to accept the reports of awards committees, to endorse the proposed ALA Core Values Statement, to approve the TER job description, to approve a new regional institute and budget (Database Driven Web Sites), and to approve the LITA/Endeavor Student Writing Award. Moved by Michael Gorman, seconded by Susan Harrison.

• Approved the FY 2001 budget. Moved by Barbra Higginbotham, seconded by Susan Harrison.

• Accepted the slate for 2001 presented by the Nominating Committee, including candidates for Vice-President/President-Elect Pat Ensor and Phyllis Spies. Candidates for Director-at-Large are Karen Cook, Joseph Ford, John Forys, Cheryl MacLennan, Harry Samuels, and Jim Kennedy. LITA candidates for ALA Councilor are Barbra Higginbotham and Tom Leonhardt.

• Reviewed report by LITA Executive Director that included statistics for LITA Web site, publication sales and membership update. Also included was a report on the status of the ALA Web-based continuing education project.

• Accepted the report of Program Planning Committee that included 20 programs for 2001 approved by them. Moved by Colby Riggs.

• Approved the appointment of Martin Kalfatovic as Web manager and chair of the Web Coordinating Committee for a 2-year renewable term. Randall reported on the interview process. Moved by Sara Randall.

• Reviewed the report and recommendations from the Committee Review Task Force. Approved that Scholarship Committees be established as independent committees, rather than subcommittees of the Education Committee. Moved by Susan Jacobson, seconded by Tam Miller. Approved that new scholarship committee chairs be appointed from the previous committee membership when possible to assure continuity. Moved by Pat Ensor, seconded by Joan Kuklinski. Agreed that Bylaws Committee work with LITA staff to ensure that scholarship and awards committees have all the information they need to do their jobs. The issue of procedural documentation on the Web site was referred to the Web Coordinating Committee. All other items in the report were referred to Bylaws Committee for study and a report back to the Board by Midwinter 2001.

• Accepted the recommendation of Publications Committee chair Tom Wilson that Adriene Lim be appointed editor of Telecommunications Electronic Reviews (TER) for a three year term. Moved by Susan Harrison, seconded by Joan Kuklinski. Wilson reported that the Publications Committee accepts responsibility for the Best Practices initiative. He also mentioned that several proposals had been received for new LITA Guides.

• Reviewed a report from Pat Ensor outlining information needs of committee and IG chairs. Ensor will work with Randall on a detailed list and recommendations.

• Heard a report from Pat Ensor on the National Forum and Top Technology Trends. Ensor reported that the 2001 Forum will be held Oct. 11-14 in Milwaukee.

• Received a memorandum from the Membership Committee supporting recruitment initiatives for both non ALA and ALA non-LITA members.

• Heard a report from LITA Councilor Tam Miller on the activities of Council I and II. Miller will provide a detailed report after Conference.

• Welcomed ALA Washington Office Director Emily Sheketoff who discussed with the Board several issues of concern, including UCITA.

• Voted to provide the ITAL Editor with $600 to hire student help to key results of the ITAL Reader Survey. Moved by Tam Miller, seconded by George Machovec.

• Heard a report from Bylaws Committee chair Mary Ann Van Cura. The Committee received renewal petitions from several IGs. A request to disband the LITA/ALCTS Retrospective Conversion IG was approved on LITA’s part. ALCTS will have to determine what they want to do.

• Certificates were given to outgoing Board members, and resolutions read honoring them. They include Pat Ensor, Karen Starr, and Lawrence Wood. Retiring Past President Barbra Higginbotham was given a gift by Sara Randall as well as a certificate and resolution.

  LITA Board Meetings Summary Minutes
  ALA Annual Conference, July 2000
  Chicago, IL

  At its two meetings in Chicago, the LITA Board of Directors:

  • Approved the Consent Agenda, including approval of the Midwinter 2000 Board meeting minutes and confirmation of e-mail votes to accept the reports of awards committees, to endorse the proposed ALA Core Values Statement, to approve the TER job description, to approve a new regional institute and budget (Database Driven Web Sites), and to approve the LITA/Endeavor Student Writing Award. Moved by Michael Gorman, seconded by Susan Harrison.
  • Approved the FY 2001 budget. Moved by Barbra Higginbotham, seconded by Susan Harrison.
  • Accepted the slate for 2001 presented by the Nominating Committee, including candidates for Vice-President/President-Elect Pat Ensor and Phyllis Spies. Candidates for Director-at-Large are Karen Cook, Joseph Ford, John Forys, Cheryl MacLennan, Harry Samuels, and Jim Kennedy. LITA candidates for ALA Councilor are Barbra Higginbotham and Tom Leonhardt.
  • Reviewed report by LITA Executive Director that included statistics for LITA Web site, publication sales and membership update. Also included was a report on the status of the ALA Web-based continuing education project.
  • Accepted the report of Program Planning Committee that included 20 programs for 2001 approved by them. Moved by Colby Riggs.
  • Approved the appointment of Martin Kalfatovic as Web manager and chair of the Web Coordinating Committee for a 2-year renewable term. Randall reported on the interview process. Moved by Sara Randall.
  • Reviewed the report and recommendations from the Committee Review Task Force. Approved that Scholarship Committees be established as independent committees, rather than subcommittees of the Education Committee. Moved by Susan Jacobson, seconded by Tam Miller. Approved that new scholarship committee chairs be appointed from the previous committee membership when possible to assure continuity. Moved by Pat Ensor, seconded by Joan Kuklinski. Agreed that Bylaws Committee work with LITA staff to ensure that scholarship and awards committees have all the information they need to do their jobs. The issue of procedural documentation on the Web site was referred to the Web Coordinating Committee. All other items in the report were referred to Bylaws Committee for study and a report back to the Board by Midwinter 2001.
  • Accepted the recommendation of Publications Committee chair Tom Wilson that Adriene Lim be appointed editor of Telecommunications Electronic Reviews (TER) for a three year term. Moved by Susan Harrison, seconded by Joan Kuklinski. Wilson reported that the Publications Committee accepts responsibility for the Best Practices initiative. He also mentioned that several proposals had been received for new LITA Guides.
  • Reviewed a report from Pat Ensor outlining information needs of committee and IG chairs. Ensor will work with Randall on a detailed list and recommendations.
  • Heard a report from Pat Ensor on the National Forum and Top Technology Trends. Ensor reported that the 2001 Forum will be held Oct. 11-14 in Milwaukee.
  • Received a memorandum from the Membership Committee supporting recruitment initiatives for both non ALA and ALA non-LITA members.
  • Heard a report from LITA Councilor Tam Miller on the activities of Council I and II. Miller will provide a detailed report after Conference.
  • Welcomed ALA Washington Office Director Emily Sheketoff who discussed with the Board several issues of concern, including UCITA.
  • Voted to provide the ITAL Editor with $600 to hire student help to key results of the ITAL Reader Survey. Moved by Tam Miller, seconded by George Machovec.
  • Heard a report from Bylaws Committee chair Mary Ann Van Cura. The Committee received renewal petitions from several IGs. A request to disband the LITA/ALCTS Retrospective Conversion IG was approved on LITA’s part. ALCTS will have to determine what they want to do.
  • Certificates were given to outgoing Board members, and resolutions read honoring them. They include Pat Ensor, Karen Starr, and Lawrence Wood. Retiring Past President Barbra Higginbotham was given a gift by Sara Randall as well as a certificate and resolution.