SANDALL
Annual Board Meeting Minutes
June 20, 2007

Location: Sheppard Mullin, 501 W. Broadway, 19 th Floor, San Diego CA 92101

Time: 12:00pm

Board Members in attendance:
Patricia Rusheen, Vice President/Acting President
Ellie Slade, Past President

The meeting was called to order at 12:15pm by Patricia Rusheen.

Opening
by Patricia Rusheen

Board members approved of the May 22 nd Board Meeting Minutes via email, the Minutes will be posted to the webpage.

Treasurer's Report & Membership Committee Report
Read by Patricia Rusheen on behalf of Treasurer, Joshua Jones.

6/15/07 Report:
Checking balance: $7776.72
Savings balance: $11.29

This year two $5,000 CDs were opened at the Bank of America with an interest rate of 4.9%. One CD will roll over into the savings account in November.

We had a full year of programming and we were able to support ourselves as a non-profit organization.

As of 6/15/07 , there are 114 members of SANDALL, 23 new members this year. This marks the highest membership rate in SANDALL's history.

Constitution & Bylaws Committee Report
By John Adkins

There were no requests for changes to the Constitution or Bylaws this year.

Employment Committee Report
By Ellie Slade

Ellie noted many retirements this year, including several SANDALL members. She also noticed a trend in the job postings this year, most of the postings were for Public and Academic positions, very few with Law Firms. Also, a majority of the postings were outside of the San Diego area and not law related.

The goal next year is to increase our positions as Law Librarians with the help of the Public Relations Committee.

Government Relations Committee Report
There was no formal report issued by Committee Chair, Joan Allen-Hart.

It was noted by Patricia Rusheen and Ellie Slade that there was a letter written to Congress about the EPA Library closure.

Grants Committee Report
By Arnold Josafat

Two grants in the amount of $40 each were awarded to attend the Fall workshop in September of 2006. The grants were awarded to Mary Lynn Hyde and Arnold Josafat.

Two grants in the amount of $600 each were awarded to attend the Annual AALL meeting. The grants were awarded to Marianne Sterna and Cheryl Weeks-Frey.

One grant from AALL for the cost of the Annual Meeting registration ($490) was awarded to Patricia Rusheen.

Grant monies awarded this year by SANDALL was $1280, grant monies awarded by AALL was $490, for a total of $1770 in grants awarded.

Newsletter Committee Report
There was no formal report issued by Committee Chair, Tiffany O'Neil.

It was noted by Patricia Rusheen that the newsletter is going electronic and will be distributed via the listserve. Because the newsletter is going electronic, there is no need to solicit advertisers to cover the cost of postage and photocopies. Amy Moberly will continue as the newsletter editor.

Programs Committee Report
By Patricia Rusheen

This was a full year of programs, 12 events in all.

The Spring Social raised $807.07 for grants.

The program committee volunteers were recognized for all their efforts. The many vendors were also recognized for their support of our programs.

Public Relations Committee Report
There was no formal report issued by Committee Chair, Victoria Williamson.

It was noted by Patricia Rusheen that the Public Relations Committee is preparing to host a table in the exhibit area for the AALL Annual Meeting (2008) in Portland . The committee is working on new brochures and deciding on promotional materials.

Web Committee Report
There was no formal report issued by Committee Chair, Carol Hyne.

It was noted by Patricia Rusheen that the membership directory will soon be password protected.

Archives Committee Report
By Margaret McDonald

Margaret continues to gather information for the archives.

Service Recognition
All Board members and Committee Chairs were recognized for their service this year.

Installation of 2007/2008 Officers
The following new SANDALL Board Members were sworn in by John Adkins.

Sheila Corman - President
(Absent) Luz Villalobos was sworn in on her behalf.
Patricia Rusheen - Vice President
Leigh Inman - Treasurer
Gina Catalano - Secretary
Carmen Brigandi - Past President

The new oath of office is to be placed in the SANDALL archives.

Fall Institute
September 14, 2007 has been designated as the date for the Fall Institute. The overall theme for the fall institute is professional development.

Meeting adjourned at 1:15pm .

Respectfully submitted,

Gina S. Catalano
Secretary
June 21, 2007