ACTION SUMMARY
ALA Executive Board
During the ALA 2007 Fall Meeting in Chicago, IL, the ALA Executive Board took the following actions:
By consent, approved the agenda for the 2007 Fall ALA Executive Board Meeting (2007-2008 EBD #9.2). Consent agenda
By consent, accepted the following reports: President’s Report, 2007-2008 EBD #7.0; President-elect’s Report, 2007-2008 EBD #7.4; Advocacy Report, 2007-2008 EBD #12.9; Campaign for America’s Libraries Report, 2007-2008 EBD #12.13; Media Relations Report, 2007-2008 EBD #12.17; Development Office Report, 2007-2008 EBD #6.0.1; Office of Research & Statistics Report, 2007-2008 EBD #12.21.Consent Agenda
By consent, approved the 2007 ALA Annual Conference Executive Board Meeting minutes (2006-2007 EBD #2.4 and 2007-2008 EBD #2.0) as amended. Consent
By consent, confirmed the Executive Board conference call votes from the September 17, 2007 call (2007-2008 EBD #1.4). Consent
Voted to, on the recommendation of the Finance & Audit Committee (F&A), approve the FY 2007 Organizational Incentive Plan as recommended in 2007-2008 EBD #4.13 at a cost of approximately $150,000. Organizational Incentive
Voted to, on the recommendation of the Finance & Audit Committee (F&A), approve $150,000 from FY2007 Net Revenues to be used for funding 2010 Initiatives in FY2008. Funding 2010
Voted to, on the recommendation of the Finance and Audit Committee (F&A), approve the Final FY 2008 total ALA Budget and a budgetary ceiling of $63,934,587 and motions contained in EBD #3.4:
• Final FY 2008 General Fund budgetary Ceiling of $29,277,381 including a $1,711,450 net asset transfer to offset the Plant Fund net operating expenses
• Final FY 2008 Divisions Budgetary Ceiling of $24,745,761
• Final FY 2008 Round Tables Budgetary Ceiling of $950,626
• Final FY 2008 Grants and Awards (Restricted Fund) Budgetary Ceiling of $7,636.857
• Final FY 2008 Long Term Investment Fund (Endowment Fund) budgetary Ceiling of $1,324,025 including $152,723 capital gain to be allocated for funding the ALA Spectrum Initiative and a transfer of $191,363 interest and dividends from Endowment Fund to the General Fund in accordance with Policy 8.5.1
• Transfers from Division operating fund balances to Long Term Investments of $448,999; PLA $250,000, AASL $50,000, RUSA $50,000, LITA $49,999 and ALSC $49,000
• Final FY 2008 total ALA Capital Budget of $2,569,275
• Final FY 2008 General Fund Small Division allocation of $140,453
• A 3% compensation adjustment to base salary and a .5% individual incentive with a fiscal year impact of $500,000 in FY 2008
• The addition of 3.968 FTEs to the General Fund Table of Authorized Positions
• The Addition of 2.0 FTEs to the Division Fund Table of Authorized Positions
• Final FY 2008 Total ALA Budgetary Ceiling as follows:
| General Fund |
$29,277,318 |
| Division Fund |
24,745,761 |
Round Tables
|
950,626 |
| Grants & Awards |
7,636,857 |
Long Term Investment
|
1,324,025 |
|
$63,934,587 |
FY08 Budget
Voted to, on the recommendation of the Finance and Audit Committee (F&A), authorize ALA management to enter into negotiations with Harding Development Group, d/b/a MACKY, LLC for the purchase of an office condominium unit of approximately 7,000 square feet comprising the complete third floor of a new building known as Liberty Square, to be erected on the Southwest corner of Liberty and Main Streets in Middletown, CT, and, if successful, to bring to the Board for its review and approval a draft Purchase & Sale agreement for said property. CHOICE Property
Voted to recommend to ALA Council at the 2008 ALA Midwinter Meeting the following programmatic priorities in line with the ALA Ahead to 2010 strategic plan:
• Advocacy for Libraries and the Profession
• Diversity
• Education and Lifelong Learning
• Equitable Access to Information and Library Services
• Intellectual Freedom
• Literacy
• Organizational Excellence
Programmatic Priorities
Voted that:
1. The Executive Board has received the Report of the Graduated Dues Task Force and thanks the Task Force for its work.
2. The Association proceed with the Membership study, with implementation and financing to be determined by the Executive Director.
3. The Association continue working with Jose Marie Griffiths, project director of the IMLS-funded study on the Future of Librarians in the Workforce.
Graduated Dues Study
Voted to approve the change in the 2008 Annual Conference Skeleton Schedule to reflect the shift in Tuesday exhibit hours (8 a.m. – noon).
Voted to adopt EBD #12.31(rev.) - Guidelines for Campaigning by Candidates for ALA Office. 12.31 Revised
Voted to approve and forward the Applications for ALA Affiliate Status of the Seminar on the Acquisition of Latin American Library Materials (SALALM) and On-Line Audiovisual Catalogers (OLAC) to the ALA Constitution & Bylaws Committee for review at the 2008 Midwinter Meeting. Affiliate Status
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