NCCCLRA Executive Board Minutes

December 7, 2004

Attendees:

Ruth Bryan Don Forbes Mary Jackson

Harry Cooke Deborah Foster Sylvia Judd

Calvin Craig Lynn Gambon Linda Ramsey

Sharon Faulkner Dave Goble Tammy Stewart

Harry Cooke opened the meeting by approving the minutes from the August 26, 2004 meeting.

Deborah Foster gave the Treasurer’s Report (see attached documentation). Harry suggested we set up separate saving’s account for each scholarship. That way the Scholarship Committee can market them individually. A motion to break out each scholarship figure to a separate fund in December or January 2005 was passed. Deborah stated the auditor has completed the audit. When the report arrives, we will be billed $300.00.

New Business:

Don Forbes has determined the Executive Board is charged with the task of raising dues. A motion to raise dues to $20 for professionals and $10 for paraprofessionals effective July 2005 was passed. These changes will need to be reflected in the Policies and Procedures manual.

Calvin Craig gave the group an update on his development of the website, nccclra.org. The “What’s New” section can have any news item of interest to the LRA community posted. The District V meeting and Gaston changes have just been posted. Calvin requested that everyone check to make sure the information under the “Minutes” tab is current and accurate. Minutes from other library associations/groups will also be posted. The “LRA Directory” tab is a work in progress. After some discussion on how to keep this information current, it was decided that Calvin would create a directory template for people to use to submit directory information. Once this information has been posted, an email link will be available to submit corrections, etc. to Calvin directly. Ideas for the website to be explored in the future include a “sharing ideas” section, listservs and blogs.

Don sent a list of topics to everyone for the July 2005 conference. Any suggestions for topics or presenters are welcomed. We need at least 25 sessions and have 4 already. Vendors will do 15-minute presentations on the first day of the conference. We may want to consider having interest groups, such as SELA, paraprofessionals, and catalogers, get together at the conference too. All arrangements should be in place by June 1, 2005. The CPCC campus in Matthews was visited and is a great place to hold the conference. Dave Goble has made arrangements with the Holiday Inn Express to set aside a block of rooms for $59 plus tax per night.

District Reports:

District 1; Linda Ramsey – no report

District 2; Sylvia Judd – the meeting in September included a trip to the Maritime

Museum, where they held the meeting and discussed topics including

e-procurement. They also toured the Cartaret library.

District 3; Mary Jackson – a meeting is scheduled for Spring 2005

District 4; Tammy Stewart - a meeting is scheduled for Spring 2005

District 5; Sharon Faulkner – meeting minutes are posted on the website

District 6; Susan Williams – no report

Committee Reports:

Myra Blue could not attend but reported she sent a poll to colleges asking what satellite broadcasts would be of interest. Of the nine schools which responded, the preferences were as follows:

1. Information Literacy

2. Making Copyright Work for your Library

Library Hot Topics for Today and Tomorrow

3 & 4. topics under Soaring for Excellence series

no other committee reports

Respectfully submitted,

Lynn Gambon

Secretary