Fox Valley Library Council Executive Board
Minutes of the November 13, 2007 meeting held at the Menasha Public Library

Present: Desiree Bongers, Laurie Magee, Judy Owen, Tasha Saecker, Elizabeth Timmins, Pete Gilbert. Guest: Elizabeth Eisen, Education Committee Chair.

1. Call to order.
   Desiree Bongers called the meeting to order at 2:35.
2. Additions to the agenda.
   COLAND strategies visioning summit; FVLC membership meeting in December, 2007.
3. Approve minutes of the Executive Board Meeting, August 27, 2007.
   Tasha made a motion to accept the minutes. Pete seconded. The motion carried.
4. Treasurer's Report
   Desiree reported that she was in contact with Evan Bend of OWLS and that invoices for FVLC dues were being sent out this week. Treasurer's Report looks good. Thanks Pete!
5. Education Committee Report
   Welcome, Elizabeth E., here to report today. She handed out the Program Schedule and noted that the only thing missing, at this time, is a description of the May 9, 2008 program. Thanks, Elizabeth and team.
6. Receive update on the membership directory.
   Desiree has been working on this. Winnefox looks good. We will check with Karen Probst about her status of looking at the OWLS' libraries entries.
7. Receive update on the Fox Cities Book Fest.
   This is falling during National Library Week. It is very exciting. Both Pete and Judy shared about the authors that will be participating. It is wonderful how public libraries and school libraries are collaborating on this literary project. If we can help libraries pay attention to this upcoming event, it may assist them in collection development.
8. Discuss WLA program sponsorship.
   FVLC decided to gift $250 for sponsorship of a program at the WLA Conference held in Green Bay this past October. Desiree asked the group what our plan will be for the future since we have now set a precedent. It was agreed that we would be willing to sponsor the conference when it meets in Green Bay or Appleton.
9. COLAND Strategic Visioning Summit & Year of the Library's Future
   Pete gave us a handout about this fabulous upcoming summit. There was listed a mission statement for the summit as well as discussion questions. The questions got people in our group thinking and talking for about a half hour. The summit will be held May 5 & 6, 2008; place to be determined and participation is by invitation only. Pete gave us the link to the applicable website. He encouraged us to go there and explore the Survey Monkey survey (same questions that were listed on handout) and an online nomination form for anyone we felt would be a good representative (including ourselves).
10. Membership Meeting at the December, 2008 program.
    Desiree has prepared her remarks for the meeting. The only thing we can think to add is to remind people about the educational scholarships that are available.
11. Directors-At-Large Reports
    Laurie-Intellectual Freedom-encouraged us to read Paul Nelson's email about youtube.com. http://www.news.com/Should-YouTube-play-the-censor-and-sentinel/2100-1025-6217712.html?part=dht Also, Laurie will send us a written defense of the movie based on the The Golden Compass by Philip Pullman.

    Karen-Resource Sharing-absent.

    Judy-Legislation-no report. Desiree reported that county payments to public libraries are no longer subject to levy limits in WI. We are hopeful that public libraries will receive closer to their fair share because of this change in the law.

12. Confirm date for next board meeting.
    Yes! Same time, same station. February 12, 2008.
13. Adjourn
    Elizabeth E. made a motion to adjourn and Tasha seconded. The motion carried. The meeting ended at 3:30.

Respectfully Submitted By,
Elizabeth ("Let your clarity define you") Timmins