Annual Board Meeting Minutes

June 17, 2005

LOCATION: Sheppard Mullin
TIME: 12:00 Noon

The meeting was called to order at 12:10 p.m. by Valerie A. Railey.

Treasurer's Report (Ruth Levor)

• Treasurer read her report and provided copies for the membership.
• The report will be posted on the SANDALL website.
• Treasurer acknowledges vendor contributions as important to the chapter; those funds support the membership directory, brochure etc.
• The newsletter makes a profit due to advertising.
• Treasurer encourages new board to review budget for programs next year.

Committee and Liaison Reports

• Archives report (Valerie A. Railey for Margaret McDonald)

• Bylaw's Committee Report (Leigh Inman)
  Bylaws committee recommends SANDALL evolve into two membership categories (General & Student). Recommendation has the support of the SANDALL board. President requests a vote, by a show of hands, for membership approval to instantly review the bylaws committee recommendation & ballot. Liz Carroll poses question about bylaws rule for notice to the membership. Statement made by President Railey that notice was posted to the website via minutes. The show of hands vote was affirmative thus providing authority to proceed to review the ballot. Ballots handed out & collected by Leigh Inman.

• Employment Committee Report (Ellie Slade)
  Not many jobs in the SD area. Many are retiring. Marketing strategies for law librarians are offered: ALA , Lawyer's Club, How to Hire a Law Librarian pamphlet, post jobs from all of Southern Ca. No local salary survey recently. AALL salary survey in progress. SCCLL are not represented in the AALL report. SANDALL has 100 members - 66 of whom are non academics. Best practices for conducting the salary survey is questioned. Option may include in person, web, mail etc.

• Government Relations Committee Report (Joan Allen Hart)
  Report read by Valerie. The Committee evolved into full committee this year and drafted a mission statement. It sponsored SB1161.

• Grants Committee (Sushila Selness)
  Grants Committee report read by Sushila. Full committee report on the website.
• Web Committee (Carol Hyne)
  Report read by Valerie for Carol Hyne. Website was redesigned this year. A highlight of the new site is that there is now a 3 click maximum to access the deepest level. Full report on the website.
• Membership Committee (Ruth Levor)
  Total membership = 100
• Newsletter (Brian Williams)
  Amy Moberly is doing a great job on the newsletter.
• Programs Committee (Judith Lihosit)
  Report highlighted certain programs and monies raised. A full report is to be posted to the website.
• Public Relations Committee (Shelia Corman)
  Report read by Valerie for Shelia. The PR Committee produced a tri-fold brochure.

Issues

Electronic Voting Issue: A show of hands vote is requested by the president to get an indication of interest if the membership would like to consider a migration to electronic voting for officers. The show of hands vote is affirmative.

Recognition Certificates for SANDALL Service

Distinguished Service Awards issued to Charlie Dyer and Liz Carroll.
Certificates of Appreciation distributed to committee chairs & board.
Special Recognition for excellence in service is mentioned for Bob Richards.

Announcements

Mary Garcia announced that Jim Dobb, Head of Cataloging at Cal Western is retiring and a vacancy will be forthcoming.

Installation of Officers

Ellie Slade - President
Margarita Bull - Vice President
Ruth Levor - Treasurer
Pat Rusheen - Secretary (ABSENT)

The business meeting adjourned at 12:50 PM.

A networking social commenced after the formal business was concluded. Cake was generously provided by West and refreshments were provided by GSI.

Respectfully submitted, (from notes by Amy Hale - ad hoc secretary)

Pat Rusheen
Secretary
August 2, 2005