MichALL Board Meeting
Meeting Minutes
April 13, 2012
Present: Amy Ash, Kineret
Gable, Janet Ann Hedin, Mark Heinrich,
Frances Krempasky, Yolanda Jones, Virginia Thomas
I. Call to Order
The meeting was called to order by
II. Consideration and
Approval of Minutes
The minutes from the March 9, 2012 meeting were approved. Fran will send the minutes to Jessica to post to the MichALL website.
III. President’s Report : Virginia Thomas
A.
Tax-Exempt Status
currently in the hands of the Determination
Officer.
for an update report. She will follow up with any information she receives.
She also filled out forms to get retrospective reinstatement to be an
association.
B.
Ann Baker at LARA was helpful to
MichALL’s
be
reinstated and has sent all forms in.
resolved
by the May meeting, and that the
C. Chair, AALL Council of Chapter Presidents
Election
Holly Riccio was elected as Chair of the AALL Council of Chapter
Presidents.
D.
Other
MichALL is a corporation or "nonprofit domestic corporation."
She checked off "association" on the IRS form. She offered to
discuss this in more detail with the Determination Officer.
IV. Vice President’s Report
Annual Meeting Update
Yolanda said that all speakers have been contacted regarding the Spring
Education Meeting. She will send out an email reminder about the meeting
because there is a deadline of April 16th for the hotel. Yolanda sent the Board
a draft of the email to look at. Janet noted that she also sent the flyer to CALL
members in case they wanted to attend our program. Yolanda is organizing a tour
for AALL Executive
Board member Susan Lewis for her stay in
V. Treasurer’s Report
Kineret reported that she will update the statement balance after she checks the mail
in the MichALL mailbox.
VI. Secretary’s
Report
No report.
The Publicity Committee has no report.
VII.Past President’s
Report
Janet stated that the newsletter was sent out to members. The next one will be
coming out after our May meeting. Janet reminded the Board to bring cameras to
the Spring meeting so that pictures can be taken for the website and the newsletter.
Janet also noted that it will be her last Board meeting. Jessica has agreed to write a
column about the MichALL website for the next newsletter. If anyone has any
articles for the next newsletter send them to Janet. Also, the receipt book is almost
done. Janet will be convening the Grants Committee shortly.
VIII. Other
Discussion on material for the May Education meeting
She will compile the packets for the meeting, evaluations, and membership renewal
forms. She'll also need the minutes from the 2011 Board meeting.
IX. Members At Large : Amy Ash and Mark Heinrich
A. Mark had no report.
B. Amy reported that the Pro Bono Committee is in a holding pattern until
after the official presentation of the Solutions on Self Help Task Force is
completed. [Amy’s report on The Bylaws Committee was put off to the end of the
meeting--see "D" below].
C. [Added agenda item: Discussion with Helen Levenson of the Membership
Committee]
Helen joined the Board meeting via phone conference to discuss the MichALL
membership form. Helen said she had a number of ideas for the membership
form:
-Misleading information regarding who to send form to, whenever there was a
new Treasurer, renewals were sent to incorrect address; that has been taken
care of with MichALL's adoption of the UPS P.O. Box address
-Eliminating snail mail newsletter option on the form
-Listerv sign up will increase if we can add info to opt in to it on the
membership form. It would be an opportunity to subscribe more people
The Board discussed the listserv option. Helen currently maintains the
membership list and Jessica approves people for the listserv. Right now the
discussion
list is for members only.
listserv list every year since it is a closed list and weed off those that are not
members. It was suggested that we review the website language about the
listserv. And also, for those on it that are not MichALL members, give
them a chance
to join MichALL versus kicking them off the list.
write a column about this for the next newsletter.
The Board agreed that on the membership form:
-the "mail" newsletter line could be removed
-To let members select (with a "yes" or "no" box) if they wanted to be
added to the MichALL listserv.
-To add the dates of MichALL membership
For the membership dates, Kineret will check the IRS tax form dates and give
them to Helen. Helen will make changes to the membership form and send a
revised draft to the Board.
The Board and Helen discussed creating a dues database so we can know when
members’ dues were paid. Instead of kicking off members from the listserv if
they don't pay dues we can give them an 18 month grace period. Janet
suggested that if they haven't paid by January 1st of the current membership
cycle, then they can be taken off the list. Helen suggested that the listserv be sent reminders that there's "still time to renew” as renewals near.
members were sent the changes in draft form to read before the meeting. The
Board went over each change made, Article by Article. Amy updated the
document as the Board agreed to changes in wording and content. One major change was to change the word "Constitution" to "Bylaws."
The Board will include a draft of the Bylaw changes at the May meeting and
discuss the changes at the Business meeting. Then the Board will ask for an email
vote of the membership to adopt the changes during the summer.
X. Other
Amy Ash noted that the Board needs to vote on making Kathy Vance a Lifetime
MichALL member as she is retiring. "Old business" and "New business" items on
the agenda were skipped due to time constraints.
XI. Meeting adjourned at 6:00
Minutes respectfully submitted by: Fran Krempasky
May 1, 2012