Executive/Budget Review Committee

2006 Midwinter Meeting, Boston

Friday, January 20, 2006, 10:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m.
Henry B. Gonzales Convention Center (HCB) Room 008A

Draft Minutes

Present: Patrick Mullin, President, Bonnie Postlethwaite, President-Elect, Colby Riggs, Past-President, Mark Beatty, Director-at-Large, Karen Schneider, Councilor.

Pat Mullin called the meeting to order and invited changes to the agenda.

Reviewed the Fall 2005 Executive Committee Minutes (2006MWEC-1) and confirmed the email vote to approve them by unanimous consent.

Heard report from Mary Taylor (2006MWEC-2) on staff goals for the year.

Heard National Forum 2006 update from Pat Mullin. Two of the three keynote speakers have agreed to present. As the Forum is in Nashville, the third speaker will come from the Country Music Hall of Fame. The Planning Committee is meeting twice during this Midwinter; 75 program proposals have been received.

Heard National Forum 2007 update from Bonnie Postlethwaite. The 2007 Forum will be in Denver. Mary LaMarca is chair of the Planning Committee. The Committee includes enthusiastic experienced local members; one half of the Committee has served on other Forums' committees and one half are new. Their first meeting will be an Annual Conference in New Orleans.

Colby Riggs, Budget Review Committee chair, reviewed the FY05 final report (2006-MWEC-3), the FY06 report to date (2006MWEC-4), and the draft FY07 budget request (2006MWEC-5).

Heard plans for Town Meeting from Bonnie Postlethwaite. The program begins with a presentation of a framed resolution honoring Patricia Harris for her twenty years of serving the profession at NISO. To acknowledge LITA's 40 th Anniversary year, as the attendees gather, photos from over the years will be projected on screen and Bonnie will present a brief history of LITA. Majority of time spent with volunteer facilitators focused on education strategies.

Reviewed plans for Web Manager and Standards Coordinator candidates' interviews. All Board members were invited to join the Executive Committee. Rob Carlson and Michelle Frisque plan to participate in the Web Manager interviews and Yan Han, Standards IG chair, plans to participate in the Standards Coordinator interviews. Developed standard questions for all candidates and specific questions based on applications..

Leader: Pat Mullin

Reviewed draft Conflict of Interest Statement (2006MWEC-7).

Discussed RFID Guidelines (2006MWEC-6) and Technology and Access Committee Report on RFID (2006MWEC-9).

Discussed the Publications Committee motion “to put ITAL up on the Web for members and subscribers only simultaneously with publication of the print; and open to all six months after publication (e.g., issue no. 1 would become freely available when issue no. 3 is published).” Noted that the editor, managing editor, and Publications Committee chair will be meeting with the Board.