KCALL Executive Board Minutes
February 24, 2000
The Board met at the Jackson County Law Library. Present were:
Janet McKinney-President
Greg McNown-Past President
Linda Roser-Treasurer
Susan Duede-Programs Chair
Barbara Fullerton-Technology/Union List Chair
John Pickett-Member
Glenn Higley-Secretary
President McKinney brought the meeting to order with the approval of the minutes.
Programs: Chair Susan Duede listed all of the programs for this year. They are as follows:
Speakers will be reimbursed $50 for travel if required . The KCALL secretary is responsible for mailing out invitations 2-3 weeks prior to KCALL meetings and e-mail reminders approximately 1 week prior to the meeting.. It was proposed that the meetings be called at 11:30 a.m. with KCALL business meetings beginning promptly at 11:45 a.m. and programs beginning at 12:15 p.m. Meeting information will be available on KCALL.org. Tentative co-sponsorship with SLA of "Books & Bytes" video conference was discussed. The cost for this program would be $300 which could be split between the two sponsoring organizations.
Technology/Union List: The KCALL website has been turned over to Nancy Stancel and John Pickett who have already begun maintenance of the site. They are involved in updating content, placing the membership list and vendor/publisher links on the site. Barbara Fullerton volunteered to collect website link information. Discussion followed about the "What’s New" portion of the website listing member job changes, job postings, new library service announcements and the possible renaming and/or division of this section of the website. Greg McNown volunteered to be the contact person for this part of the website. The "Bulletin Board" section may be changed to "Research Links". The possibility of adding links to member/library websites to the membership list section was raised. The need to ascertain that the most recent version of the bylaws are on the website was discussed.
Tranne Pearce will be polling members who have previously worked on the Union List for status information to pass on to our current committee members.
Susan Sanders, an MLS student at Emporia State University has expressed interest in our offer for an internship assisting with the transfer and maintenance of the Union List into web-based software and its placement on the web. It was decided that we would respond to the applicant stating our interest and the terms of our proposal. It was determined that there still needs to be a decision as to the nature of the internship such as whether there would be monetary compensation in addition to course credit. Travel expenses might be reimbursed. It was suggested that a gift be given at the end of the project.
We have received a grant application, "Library Cooperation Competitive Grant" from the State Library of Missouri. Grant periods are in 6, 11, or 18-month increments. If approved these funds would be used to facilitate the move of the Union List into a web-based format. We would be applying for the cost of the software, training and mounting of the Union List on the web. It was agreed to proceed with the grant application.
Treasurer’s Report: Treasurer Linda Roser presented the Treasurer’s Report (attached to original). It was noted that Nancy Stancel has been reimbursed for her software training expense while John Pickett needs to be reimbursed. There was discussion of current associate membership and those who have yet to renew.
New Business: Activities for Library Week and Law Day were discussed. It was suggested we recommend that profiles of librarians be highlighted in the Kansas City Star and Kansas City Business Journal during Library Week. Discussion followed concerning a contest among law library staff such as a trivia game that would be conducted via e-mail or the internet. Activities for next year that were suggested are a reception, a raffle and other fund raising events. A beneficiary of these events might be the Technology Center project of the KCMBA.
Meeting adjourned.
The April meeting of the Executive Board will be on the 20th at 12:00 p.m. at Bryan Cave, One Kansas City Place, 1200 Main Street, 36th Floor Conference room, Kansas City, MO 64105.