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First Session, Saturday, June 16, 2001, 9:30-12:00

• President Sara Randall called the meeting to order at 9:30am.
• Van Cura asked to add to the Consent Agenda, confirmation of an e-mail vote to approve the renewal of the Library Consortia/Automated Systems Interest Group, and an e-mail vote to approve the creation of the new Head of Systems Interest Group.

  By CONSENT, the Board approved the Consent Agenda to confirm: e-mail votes that approve of the January 2001 Minutes from the LITA Board meeting at the 2001 ALA Midwinter Conference; e-mail votes to endorse COE proposal to create an ALA Institute of Professional Practice; e-mail votes to approve renewal of the Library Consortia/Automated Systems Interest Group (IG); e-mail votes to approve the creation of the new Head of Systems IG.  

• Received a report from Board liaison to the Membership Committee, Susan Jacobson.  LITA Board members all asked to wear "Ask Me About LITA" stickers at the President's Program.  
• Heard Budget Review Committee report from Michael Gorman.  Reviewed the Fiscal Year 2001 budget and the Fiscal Year 2002 budget request. 

  It was VOTED to accept the Fiscal Year 2002 budget request.

• Heard LITA President's report from Sara Randall.
• Heard LITA President-elect's report from Flo Wilson. Wilson reported that ALA is requesting a donation towards the cost of fighting legislation to enact the Children's Internet Protection Act (CIPA), it is a one time donation.  

  MOVED by Flo Wilson and seconded by Susan Harrison, it was VOTED that LITA contribute $2,500 to the ALA CIPA legal effort. 

• Joan Kuklinski left the Board meeting to attend the 10:00am CIPA Hearing.  
• Heard Camila Alire, liaison to LITA from the ALA Executive Board, report on the following: 
  • The proposal to shorten the ALA Midwinter.  Members may contribute thoughts on the subject to the web page, www.ala.org/alaorg/committees/conference/mwchangeprop1.html, by September 1, 2001
  • The ALA Technology Plan 
  • External Accreditation Task Force Report, www.ala.org/alaorg/congress/accredtf/proposal.html
  • >The Core Values Task Force report
  • The Privatization and Outsourcing Task Force recommendation
  • Congress on Support Staff
  • Certification proposal.   (For information about issues surrounding the Certification proposal see http://www.ala.org/hrdr/.)
  • Electronically conducting Council and committee meetings and the ALA bylaws
• >Reviewed Nominating Committee Report from Barbra Higginbotham

  Candidates for Vice-President, President elect are Thomas Wilson and Russell Bailey.   Candidates for Director at Large are Patrick Mullin, Martin Kalfatovic, Bonnie Postlethwaite, and Vandana Ranjan.  

  It was VOTED to accept the slate of candidates.  

• Heard preview of ALA Council issues  from Tamara Miller. Reviewed the MW Schedule Proposal from the ALA Conference Committee to shorten the ALA Midwinter Conference and discussed the External Accreditation Task Force Report.  
• Heard Michele Newberry, Committee Chairs Coordinator, report on the joint Committee and Interest Group Chairs' meeting.  

  MOVED by Tamara Miller and seconded by Scott Muir, it was VOTED that LITA-hosted listserves have the 'review' command available to committee chairs and if possible to all list members. 

  Meeting adjourned until Tuesday, June 19, 2001 at 1:00p.m.

Second Session, Tuesday, June 19, 2001, 1:00pm - 4:30pm

• President Sara Randall called the meeting to order at 1:00pm
• Heard the Publications Committee report from Tom Wilson. 
• Heard Executive Committee Meeting report from Sara Randall.  
• Heard the  Membership Committee report from Susan Jacobson. 
• Heard a report from Kuklinski about the ALA Office for Information Technology Policy (OITP) sponsored workshop, Library Principles for the Networked World, on developing an agenda for libraries and information policy issues.  Related information available: http://www.ala.org/oitp/prinintro.html.
• Heard report from Emily Sheketoff, Executive Director of the ALA Washington Office, regarding key ALA legislative messages and issues; National Library Legislative Day, is one way to keep librarians informed of the legislative issues that are currently most important to the library community; the Children’s Internet Protection Act (CIPA), see ALA’s CIPA Web page at http://www.ala.org/cipa/; and the fight against UCITA (see http://www.ala.org/washoff/ucita/index.html). 
• Heard Tamara Miller's report on the following ALA Council issues: external accreditation, the privatization and outsourcing task force, certification, ALA hotel contracts, and, ALA Midwinter and ALA Annual Conference scheduling
• MOVED by Michael Gorman and seconded by Susan Harrison, it was VOTED that the LITA Board thank Tamara Miller for her sterling work as the LITA Councilor and for her always informative and occasionally entertaining reports of ALA Council activity.
• Heard report about LITA Regional Institutes from Committee chair Lynne Lysiak. 
• Reviewed report from LITA Program Planning Committee.
• Heard Bylaws and Organization Committee report from Mary Ann Van Cura.  

  All Board members VOTED to approve the Imagineering and MARC Formats Interest Groups' renewals.

  All Board members VOTED to accept all recommendations from the Bylaws Committee. 

• Heard Executive Director's report from Mary Taylor that lists the current Publications sales report and membership statistics.
• MOVED by Flo Wilson and seconded by Susan Harrison, it was VOTED that LITA wholeheartedly and enthusiastically thank Michael Gorman for his dynamic and substantial leadership of LITA as Vice-President, President, and Past President over the last three years.  We would especially like to recognize his inspiration which led us to a revitalized strategic plan.  
• Susan Harrison and Susan Jacobson were presented with certificates commending them for their three years of service to the LITA Board of Directors.  
• MOVED by Scott Muir and seconded by Thomas Dowling, it was VOTED that Colby Riggs be elected to the LITA Executive Committee.  
• President Randall passed the gavel to incoming LITA president Flo Wilson.

The meeting was adjourned at 4:15pm.