Fox Valley Library Council
Executive Board Meeting
December 14, 2001

Present: Cheryl Gage, Craig Lahm, Rick Krumwiede, Pete Gilbert, Karen Probst, Terri Richards, Greta Thompson, Ken Hall, Edie Phillips, Meg Shriver

  1. The meeting was called to order at 9:34 a.m.

  2. Karen moved that the minutes of the October 12, 2001 Executive Board meeting be approved. Greta seconded the motion. Ayes approved. Motion was carried.

  3. Treasurer's Report - Pete Gilbert
    1. There was not much change in the budget.
    2. Winnefox and OWLS are no longer funding the Business Video Collection.

  4. Standing Committees

    1. Constitution and Bylaws - Rick Krumwiede
      There were some questions and concerns regarding the work of the Planning Committee and the Committee's mandate to make recommendations, including possible bylaw changes for the future direction of the Fox Valley Library Council. Rick obtained copies from the state of Fox Valley Library Council's articles of incorporation. Nothing in the articles impedes the work of the committee.

    2. Council Advocate - Edie Phillips
      Edie encouraged everyone to attend the Library Legislative Day on January 29th .

    3. Education - Greta Thompson
      Gerri Moeller is working on programming for the January 25th general meeting. Ken Hall will verify that meeting rooms at the new Oshkosh hospital will be available for the May 10th general meeting.

    4. Membership - Terri Richards
      There are approximately 20 organizations and/or individuals that have not renewed their membership to FVLC. In January, 2002, a list of these will be divided among the Executive Board and each of the non-renewals will be called to find out if they would like to continue their membership.

    5. Planning Committee - Ken Hall
      The planning committee has met twice and developed their recommendations. The recommendations and proposed bylaw changes are currently being fine- tuned by members of the committee and will be presented to the Executive Board on February 8, 2002.

    6. Intellectual Freedom - Craig Lahm
      No report

    7. Resource Sharing - Karen Probst
      Karen developed a general pathfinder to help users of the Business Videocassette Catalog find business videos in the Winnefox and OWLS catalogs. This pathfinder will be a link on the page that contains the Business Video Catalog. To encourage purchase suggestions from patrons with a particular interest in using business videos, a link will be created to the suggestion pages of the OWLS and Winnefox catalogs.

  5. Old Business
    None

  6. Terri Richards will arrange the luncheon for the January 25th general meeting at Appleton Public Library. Attendees can RSVP via e-mail or phone. Notices about the meeting will include the agenda and URL for the Board minutes as well as letting members know that lunch is paid for by FVLC.

  7. Motion to adjourn was made by Karen Probst and seconded by Ken Hall. Meeting was adjourned at 10:10.

09 January 2002