Oregon Library Association – Support Staff Division

Executive Committee Meeting Minutes

May 6, 2008

Multnomah County Library

 

In attendance:  Jey Wann, Cathy Zgraggen, Ellen Mueller, Rea Andrew, Diane Bolen, Susan Gilmont

 

Scholarship Application

Diane received one application for a scholarship.  The person is requesting funds to cover all expenses for the SSD Conference.

 

After some discussion, we agreed to pay for registration from the Susan Mincks Scholarship Fund.  In addition, we will offer $45 for meals and $60 for an Amtrak ticket from the General Scholarship Fund.  We will investigate the possibility of the applicant sharing the hospitality suite with conference committee members.

 

OLA/WLA Conference

We have not received any evaluation results or a financial report.

 

Conference Committee - Cathy

Cathy has received enough commitments of laptops/projectors.

 

Cathy reviewed sessions and layout for conference activities.

 

Visioning Timelines – Jey

Jey asked if we should have something on our web page. 

 

We also discussed having a place to recognize support staff success stories (Jan’s Library Service award, Steve Roskoski’s Paraprofessional of the Year award, etc.)

 

We need a catchy name and a link to it.  We may not want it to be a blog, but something along those lines.

 

Final Thought

It was suggested we consider a scholarship to send someone to a conference other than our own.  For example, there is an ALA post-conference for support staff.  This would be a great way to network with support staff from other parts of the country.

 

 

ACTION ITEM REVIEW LIST

ACTION

WHO

STATUS/DEADLINE

SSD Visioning

All

On-going

Draft letter for new members

Jey/All

On-going

2010 Conference Site

Suzanne/Rea

On-going

 

 

Submitted by

Ellen Mueller