Board Action Items
Annual Conference 2012, Anaheim, California
- The agenda was adopted as presented.
- Consent agenda was accepted with editorial corrections to the minutes (see below for agenda).
- Accepted the report of the Advocacy Task Force, thanked them for their work and discharged the task force.
- Continuance of the Board meeting until Monday, June 25 at 1:30 p.m.
- Approved the final Fiscal Year 2013 budget.
- Adjourned the Board Meeting at 5 p.m., Monday, June 25.
Consent Agenda
The following actions will be taken by a single vote, unless there is a request to extract a specific item for separate discussion and vote.
- To confirm the vote taken via e-mail during February 2012, the ALCTS Board approved the conditional creation of the joint ALCTS/LITA Library Code Year Interest Group
- To confirm the vote taken via e-mail during March 2012, the ALCTS Board approved the creation of the ALCTS Standards Task Force.
- To confirm the vote taken via e-mail during April 2012, the ALCTS Board approved the motion thanking the Task Force to Convene a Meeting with Library Educators for their good work, congratulating them on their successful meeting at Midwinter 2012, accepting their final report as submitted March 20, 2012, and officially discharging the Task Force.
- To confirm the vote taken via e-mail during April 2012, the ALCTS board approved the draft ALCTS Endowment Policy and referred it to the Budget and Finance Committee for study.
- To confirm the vote taken via e-mail during April 2012, the ALCTS board approved revisions to the criteria for the Ross Atkinson Lifetime Achievement Award.
- To confirm the vote taken via e-mail during April 2012, the ALCTS board approved changes to the Board liaisons to division committees.
- To confirm the vote taken via e-mail during May 2012, the ALCTS board approved the appointment of Mary Beth Weber to a four-year term as Editor of the Library Resources and Technical Services beginning January 1, 2013 through December 31, 2016
- To confirm the vote taken via e-mail during May 2012, the ALCTS board approved the creation of a joint ALCTS-LITA Metadata Standards Committee with liaison from RUSA and the following charge:
“The ALCTS/LITA Metadata Standards Committee will play a leadership role in the creation and development of metadata standards for bibliographic information. The Committee will review and evaluate proposed standards; recommend approval of standards in conformity with ALA policy; establish a mechanism for the continuing review of standards (including the monitoring of further development); provide commentary on the content of various implementations of standards to concerned agencies; and maintain liaison with concerned units within ALA and relevant outside agencies.” - To confirm the vote taken via e-mail during May 2012, the ALCTS board approved the dissolution of MARBI at the end of the ALA Annual Conference in 2013.
- To confirm the vote taken via e-mail during May 2012, the ALCTS board approved award jury guidelines for considering candidates for the Ross Atkinson Lifetime Achievement Award.
- Adopt the minutes for the meeting, in two sessions, of the ALCTS Board of Directors at the 2012 Midwinter Conference. (Doc. 12.03)
- To accept the Fiscal Year 2012 April budget report in two parts, narrative and financials. (Docs. 12.04 and 12.05)
- To accept the Administrative Report of the Executive Director dated June 14, 2012. (Doc. 12.06)
- To accept the 2012 Elections results as verified and issued by ALA Election Committee. (Doc. 12.07)
- To accept the report of the Editor of LRTS dated June 2012 (Doc. 12.08)