KCALL Member Minutes

May 22, 2001

The May 22, 2001 meeting was held at Armstrong, Teasdale.

Members present were:  

Tranne Pearce  
Deborah Showalter-Johnson  
Larry Jurgensmeyer  
John Pickett  
Janet McKinney  
Mike McReynolds  
Deanna Long  
Joan Thomas  
Marcia Grier  
Sharon Hom  
Leanna Indall  
Janice Jones  
Beth Cohen  
Janet Peters  
Susan Duede  
Ruth Gervais  
Cindy Crary

Tranne Pearce, President, called the meeting to order at 11:50 a.m.  The minutes of the March 15^th meeting were approved.  It was announced that in the future, the minutes would be approved from the webpage and hardcopies would not be distributed.

The Treasurer’s Report - The treasurer being absent, Tranne Pearce presented the treasurer’s report showing a current balance of $1,874.39, as of 5/22/2001.

Old Business-

Camille’s resignation from Board: Tranne announced that due to Camille Reynolds’ resignation from the board, a new board member is needed to replace her.  As it now stands, there is nothing in the bylaws on how to replace a board member that resigns.  Deborah Showalter-Johnson moved that the President be allowed to appoint a new board member.  The motion was seconded and approved.

Union List: Mike McReynolds reported on the Union List.  He reported that the size of the document prohibits posting it on the webpage.  He will get a copy of the list in Word Perfect from Linda Roser and begin work on updating it.  Members should be sending Mike updates to their holdings on the list.  They are to make any updates on the paper copy of the list and send them to Mike. He will be setting deadlines for receipt of updates.

Location of August 16, 2001 meeting: Two locations were proposed for the meeting.  The Hereford House or Shook Hardy & Bacon.  Deborah-Showalter Johnson moved that the August 16, 2001 meeting be held at Shook Hardy & Bacon.  It was seconded and approved.

KCYLA Children’s Book Drive:  Ruth Gervais reported that all the collected books should have been picked up.  Any firm whose books have not been picked up, please let Ruth know and she will contact KCYLA about getting them picked up.  There were a total of 29 boxes of books collected (between 1,800-2,200 books) and donations of $100.00.

New Business

Bylaws Committee:  Tranne Pearce reported there will be a notice of bylaw changes sent to members via e-mail before the August meeting.  Mike McReynolds and Susan Duede are working on the proposed changes.

SWALL: Tranne Peace was contacted by SWALL about holding their Spring 2003 Meeting in Kansas City.  They would like KCALL to be the hosting association.  A person from KU is working on the hotel arrangements and KCALL would be responsible for local arrangements (sights, entertainment, transportation).  Sharon Hom reported that she attended the SWALL Meeting last year and it was discussed then about holding the meeting in Kansas City.  Sharon brought up the question that if KCALL hosts the 2003 SWALL Meeting, would KCALL members be allowed to attend meetings at no cost. SWALL member Janet McKinney moved that KCALL serve as local hosts for the 2003 SWALL Annual Meeting.  Tranne Pearce moved it be conditional that KCALL members be allowed to attend some meetings for free.  She will first find out about the cost and meeting concessions and a motion will be put out for vote, on-line, after she finds out more information.

New Members: Two new members were introduced – Marcia Grier, Librarian at Spencer Fane and Leanna Indall, Library Technician at the U.S. 10^th Circuit Court of Appeals.

The business meeting was adjourned at 12:15.

Janet Peters introduced speaker, Jennifer Mahnken, Business Services Manager Johnson County Library, who spoke on the business services provided by the Johnson County Library.

Tranne Pearce thanked Deanna Long and Armstrong Teasdale for hosting the meeting and for providing the delicious cheesecake.

Meeting adjourned.