Fox Valley Library Council Executive Board
Minutes of the November 7, 2006 meeting held at the Neenah Public Library

Present: Desiree Bongers, Pete Gilbert, Laurie Magee, Judy Owens, Karen Probst, Gretchen Raab and Elizabeth Timmins.

1. Call to order.
   Gretchen Raab called the meeting to order at 2:10. High tea was provided-thanks to Gretchen for her hospitality!
2. Additions to the agenda.
   None.
3. Approve minutes of the September 6, 2006 Board Meeting.
   Karen made a motion to accept the minutes. Desiree seconded. The motion carried.
4. Treasurer's Report
   Not much activity since the last report. Account Balances as of 30 September 2006. M & I Checking: $11,779.33; M & I Prime $2,266. 47; LGIP: $7,163.36 or so. Thanks Pedro! Judy made a motion to accept the Treasurer's Report. Karen seconded. The motion carried.
5. Programming Update
   Friday, October 6. Topic: Identity Theft. Speaker: Steve Sagmeister of the Oshkosh PD. Place: OPL Type: Morning Meeting This program was excellent! We had low attendance but the program was great! (Fridays are tough for people to get away.) Upcoming program is: Friday, December 1. Topic: Creating a Culture of Readers: Don't Forget the FUNdamentals of Reading. Speaker: Michael Ford from UWO. Place: FVTC Type: Breakfast Meeting Judy mentioned that school employees will be attending this program! Gretchen brought up the topic of sign-up sheets. Elizabeth will provide one at the next educational opportunity. Again, we spoke about the problems that both school librarians and public librarians have in being able to get away.

   We took a moment to plan the Business Meeting for December.

6. Membership information
   Let's give a BIG THANK YOU to Evan Bend and Terri Larkin for getting our invoices and letters in the mail!
7. General Meeting
   Already discussed.
8. Directors-at-Large Reports
   
   • Karen-Resource Sharing
     Karen encouraged everyone, in the FVLC sharing tradition, to keep their holdings in WISCAT. Currently, Nicolet and OWLS are moving toward WorldCat/OCLC and away from WISCAT.
   • Judy-Legislation (nothing to report)
   • Laurie-Intellectual Freedom
     Laurie is wondering about status of federal legislation to require My Space to be off public library servers. Also, legislation about controlling chat. (Today was election day-we were wondering about how the results would effect libraries.) Further, Banned Book Week was discussed-different libraries approach this differently.

   Much discussion was generated about possible programming. 1-Taking credit-raising visibility-Judy had a contact who could speak on this topic. 2-Doing more with less. Something like the San Jose program at WLA. 3-How to design a library card campaign. Judy is chomping at the bit to see this happen at her high school!

9. Next Meeting.
   Gretchen will poll us via e.mail for scheduling the next 2 meetings. We must meet prior to the spring program. Tuesday afternoons work well for the group.
10. Adjournment
    Karen made a motion to adjourn and Judy seconded. The motion carried. The meeting ended at 3:30.

Respectfully Submitted By,
Elizabeth ("Didn't I come to lift your fiery vision bright?") Timmins