Executive Board Meeting Minutes
Wednesday, October 4, 2000
Microsoft Campus

Present:  Frances DeMarco, Dawn Duddleson, Sue Eipert, Toni Emerson, Peter Harrington, Chris Mulready, Corey Murata, Tracy Oklander Anderson, Stephanie Rawlins, Jean Sansobrino, Sophia Smith, Nola Sterling, Dan Trefethen, Ruth Van Dyke, Mary Whittaker

The meeting was called to order at 5:30 PM.

The March 23, 2000 Board Meeting minutes were approved.  The email Board vote allowing a $500 stipend for the president-elect (Chris Mulready) to attend the annual conference in Philadelphia passed unanimously and was confirmed.  The email Board vote providing a student stipend of $387.50 for Barbara Wetzel to attend the SLA Annual Conference passed unanimously and was confirmed.

Barbara Wetzel has not yet submitted a trip report from the SLA Annual Conference for the Interface, as was requested in her grant notification letter.  Stephanie Rawlins will follow-up on this with her.

The Chapter website is not yet live, but it will be soon, with additional material expected in the future.  Beginning in October, the Interface will only be available online. A print announcement concerning this, with information on how to subscribe to the listserv, etc., will be mailed to members.  Procedures are already in place for archiving the website.  Since the UW keeps a copy of the Interface, it will need to be informed of the publication change. . . 

Nola moved that we eliminate the Business Manager chair and move those duties to the Vendor Relations chair.  The motion passed unanimously.  Frances DeMarco will continue as chair of Vendor Relations.  There was a question concerning how to charge vendors for advertisements in online newsletters.  How do we charge for the quarterly Interface versus the website and meeting sponsorships?  SLA Headquarters provides no guidelines on this matter, but we hope to get information from other Chapters, especially Oregon and Western Canada.  Frances will gather information and work with the Communications Group to implement a policy.

Toni Emerson has offered to serve as the Grants and Awards chair for this year.

LLOPS requested that we make a joint purchase of a $700 video series on legal research.  The consensus was that this material was too specialized for us to contribute, and the Board voted unanimously to not approve this expenditure.  It was proposed that we approve the purchases recommended by Mary Whittaker in her email dated October 3, 2000, with the addition of the SLA Salary Survey, and the motion passed unanimously.  A question arose concerning circulation statistics for the Chapter Lending Library.  It was agreed that in order to increase usage of the Lending Library we need fresh material, listed on the website.

Nola outlined her announcements for the evening's Chapter meeting.

Dan Trefethen discussed the SLA Task Force on Simplification focus group.  He feels that the Task Force has a unique opportunity to radically change the structure of SLA.  We should start from scratch in considering how we would like to change the structure and operations of SLA at both the Chapter and Headquarters levels.  What can we do to make it easier to recruit volunteers?  This process may generate a minimum list of requirements for Chapters, providing a loose template for organization.  There will be a brainstorming session concerning Simplification at the Chapter's Holiday Meeting.  Dan will also use the listserv to solicit input.

The meeting was adjourned at 6:00 PM.  Minutes submitted by Dawn Duddleson.