Board Meeting Minutes
May 22, 2007

PRESENT: Joshua Jones, Tiffany O'Neil, Pat Rusheen, Ellie Slade, Sheila Corman, Gina Catalano, Leigh Inman and Carmen Brigandi.
LOCATION: Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek; 750 B Street Suite 2100, San Diego, CA 92101
TIME: 12:00 pm

The meeting was called to order at 12:01 pm.

Treasurer's Report
.  Bank mistake caused two CDs to be opened instead of one. Each holds $5,000 and earns 4.9% interest. These CDs mature on November 23, 2007. The plan is to roll one CD back into savings and the other will go into another six month CD.
.  Two checks has been written since last meeting. One check was for postage for the newsletter and the second was for a book of stamps. In April there were three new members and in May there were two more. For the months on April and May, $100.00 in revenue for new members dues. There are currently 113 SANDALL members-the highest membership in SANDALL history.
.  Discussion regarding grant expenditures to still come up this year, however, the Spring Social should help to offset these costs.
.  Checking account balance=$7,120.00. Savings=$14.00 due to bank opening two CDs instead of one.
.  Suggestion that we use online banking such as ING Direct. Discussion that Board decided to keep local because it is easier to make changes to account as well as the need to visit the branches on a regular basis.
.  Pat gave reminder that an annual report is needed for Secretary and Treasurer for business meeting. Josh will not attend annual meeting so report will need to be submitted ahead of time.
.  A big thanks to Josh for all his work this year.

Programs Committee
.  Upcoming Brown Bags & functions.

--June 2, 2007. Spring Social. Twenty attendees confirmed to date. Carmen Brigandi is in charge of tickets. Pat Rusheen is handling the silent auction. Pat has already been reimbursed for the beverages and paper goods-only $66.00 has been spent. Remaining expenditures are chicken and ice. Joan Allen-Hart to be recognized for her retirement. Pat to purchase cake for Joan's retirement.

--June 20, 2007. Annual Business Meeting. Meeting needs to be held by June 30th. Meeting will be held on Wednesday, June 20th from 12:00-1:30 pm. Location: Sheppard Mullin; 501 West Broadway, Suite 1900 ; San Diego , CA 92101 . CEB to sponsor lunch for the meeting. New board members to say oath for office. If new board member cannot attend then proxy needs to be sent in their place. President's wheel to passed to incoming president. Annual reports to be read by all committee chairs.

.  Next Year's Programs

--Topic for discussion-declining attendance at brown bag events. Poll membership for possible themes/topics. Past attendance at brown bags-12 to 15 people was the highest attendance. Tech Topics workshop had 30 people and the Fall Institute had 30 to 35 people.

--Fall Institute 2007. Submit grant application to AALL. Possible topics: "Things They Didn't Teach You in Library School " including stress management, fatigue, negotiation techniques and conflict resolution. Other ideas: Black Belt Librarians; Social Security; Long-Term Care; Estate Planning. Prefer to keep topics in line with the principles and goals of SANDALL. Venue: Possibly Courtyard by Marriott near Thomas Jefferson Law School .

--2008: SANDALL's 10th year anniversary for being a AALL chapter. Rotation for AALL President or Vice President to make chapter visit-Pat will check on this matter.

Nominations Committee

.  Election results:

Past President: Carmen Brigandi; President: Sheila Corman; Vice President: Pat Rusheen; Secretary: Gina Catalano; and Treasurer: Leigh Inman.

Carmen Brigandi gave a background report on herself. She is very involved in AALL. She was past Vice President of SANDALL and has held many committee chair positions.

There was a write-in vote this year. Poor voter turnout: only 41 members voted. Question posed: What percentage of members are on the listserv? Suggestion to add to membership form as to whether the member is currently on the listserv or something to that effect. This way more people may receive ballot and vote.

Grants
.  Better response this year for grant applications than in the past.
.  Grant recipients: $490.00 AALL/SANDALL chapter grant for meeting registration to Pat Rusheen. $600.00 SANDALL grant to Marianne Sterna. $600.00 SANDALL grant to Cheryl Weeks-Frey.
.  Question was asked why checks were not given to recipients prior to conference. Grants committee decided that receipts are to be given to SANDALL after event then reimbursement check will be given to grant recipient.

Public Relations Committee
.  SANDALL now has an active PR committee. Victoria Williamson is the chair. Pat Rusheen and Ellie Slade are on the committee.
.  In the future, this committee may have a table set up at AALL. It is too rushed to have a table for this year's conference.

New Business

.  Oath of Office for Annual Business Meeting. Sheila Corman to look for this oath.
.  Gail Lawrence contacted Ellie regarding party for Joan Allen-Hart. Party to be held at the County Law Library on May 24th from 12 to 2.

The next regular Board Meeting to be announced by Sheila Corman.

The meeting adjourned at 12:56 pm.

Respectfully submitted,