FVLC General Meeting Minutes
December 10, 2004
Neenah Public Library

After a well-attended and well-received program entitled Blogging @ Your Library: Finding, Reading & Creating Library Blogs, given by Bonnie Shucha of the UW-Madison Law Library, the meeting was called to order at 11:55 a.m. by our President, Joy Schwarz.

Executive Board members in attendance introduced themselves. Absent Board members were noted by President Schwarz.

Treasurer Pete Gilbert gave his report: "We're doing fine". He indicated that detailed reports are available at the FVLC Web site: http://www.focol.org/fvlc/.

Evan Bend mentioned that checks for dues are beginning to come in, and Joy Schwarz noted that Education Grants received extra funding this year.

Announcements by President Joy Schwarz:

Terra Mobley, elected Vice-President/President-Elect in May, resigned due to a move to Pennsylvania. Erin Czech agreed to assume that position on the Board.

All are encouraged to visit the online FVLC Directory, check it out, and update it if necessary.

There will be an online survey conducted by FVLC in February, specifically targeting school and special libraries.

The next Library Legislative Day will be held in February 2005 in Madison.

The next two FVLC programs will be on Friday, April 1, 2005 at the Oshkosh Public Museum, and on Friday, May 27, 2005 at the Fond du Lac Public Library.

There will be a bus trip to the ALA Exhibits in Chicago on Monday, June 27, 2005. More information will follow on the FVLC web site and listserv.

Gretchen Raab will conduct a brief tour of the Neenah Public Library facility right after lunch.

The meeting was adjourned at 12:01 p.m.

Submitted respectfully,
Erin Czech, acting secretary