Sympathy cards passed for Jason Sowards – everyone encouraged to sign
RIPS All committee meeting – scheduled Monday, 7/23 at 5:45 – everyone encouraged to attend
Thanks to Melissa for arranging the giveaways for the RIPS table and Uwe for the candy
2. Board Projects
Penguin donation – adopted three penguins at the New England Aquarium [$105.00]
Donation to the SR-SIS Book Drive [$100.00]
History Project – Hein will be digitizing the old RIPS Newsletters and adding them to the AALL materials in the Spinelli’s Law Library Reference Shelf collection
3. RIPS-SIS Sponsored Programs Medical Marijuana – highly successful
Connect with Patrons by Creating Strong Research Guides – 7/23 at 10:45am
Diversify Your Teaching Portfolio with Tutorials! – 7/23 at 1:15pm
Riding Solo: Legal Research Competencies for the Solo Practitioner – 7/24 at 8:30am
What Were They Thinking and Where Do I Find It?: Strategies for Starting Legislative History Research – 7/24 at 10:15am
Thanks to the Program Committee for their hard work in selecting the programs
4. Treasurer’s Report
Current balance (as of 6/30/2012) – $24,537.65
Expenditures – $11,012.35 (prior to AALL annual meeting expenses
Revenue – $9,626.00
5. Grants
Six grants were given
Committee noticed that applications for the law firm grant were low and they want to look for ways to encourage applications
Recommendations
Assign grant winners to a committee to get them involved
Drop the requirement of a letter of recommendation for grant applications
Have the grants cover all expenses, not just the conference registration fee
6. Blog
Out-going blog editor, Jenny, thanked the bloggers from the past year
New Blog editor – Jennifer Prilliman
New Bloggers – Meg Butler, Michele Thomas, Shawn Friend
Everyone is encouraged to blog
There were 21,650 visits to the Blog
7. Nominations
Thanks to all the nominees who ran for Vice Chair/Chair Elect and Board member
Thanks to the Committee for their hard work
If anyone is interested in being on the Committee, please contact the committee chair, Beth Given
8. Patron Services
Chair, Jessica Randall, is trying to get the committee more active
9. Public Relations
RIPS table at CONELL and in the Exhibit Hall
Present at the CONELL Marketplace and there are four CONELL attendees at the Breakfast
New RIPS brochure
10. Research Instruction
Reviews of Legal Research texts
Marc Silverman is working on a list of newly published texts for new reviews
If interested in writing a review, contact Marc
11. Webpage
AALL still working on the migration to AALL-NET
Maribel will keep the Board updated as to the progress of migration
12. Distance Education
New distance education committee created
Specific charge of the group is being finalized
Jennifer Wondracek is chair of this group
13. Incoming Vice-Chair
Uwe Beltz spoke (since Jason, incoming Chair, was not able to attend)
Plans for coming year – Strategic Plan and Distance Education
Thanked Kris for his work over the past year
14. Passing of Puron
Kris ceremonially passed Puron to Jason (via a colleague of Jason’s)
Board Meeting (held immediately after Breakfast)
Since Jason was not present, short meeting to touch base
Jason’s two projects – Strategic Plan and Distance Education
Karin asked that any receipts for annual meeting expenditures be emailed to her
