LAUC-LA Executive Board Meeting 07-06
Tuesday, March 20, 2007, 1:00-3:00 p.m.
Schoenberg Music Building “Green Room” (Rm. 1230)

Present: Debe Costa, Miki Goral, Andrea Lynch (Substitute Secretary), Michael Oppenheim, Maureen Russell (Chair), Libbie Stephenson, Deborah Whiteman, Dora Loh, Ken Wade

Absent: Keri Botello, Kristen Wilson, Heidi Sandstrom

1. Call to Order

The meeting was called to order at 1:13 p.m.

2. Agenda Review and Announcements

The agenda remained unchanged. By way of announcements, Maureen reminded everyone that the LAUC-LA Spring Membership Meeting will take place Monday, May 14, 2007, from 1 pm to 4 pm in the Faculty Center Sequoia Room, and the LAUC Spring Assembly will be at UC San Diego on Wednesday, May 30, 2007.

3. Secretary’s Report (on behalf of Wilson)

The minutes of the February 20, 2007 meeting were approved with a date change of the Spring Assembly.

4. Report on the LAUC-LA Task Force on Diversity (Loh)

The members of the Task Force are: Jane Fletcher (Statewide rep to Statewide Committee), Norma Coral, Ruby Gutierrez, Chamya Kincy, and Socrates Silva. They met with Stephanie Brasley (previous Chair of Task Force) before she left UCLA.

There are a wide range of issues that the Task Force is working on. They would like to invite Jennifer Abramson (LHR) to their next meeting. Other LAUC divisions are in the information gathering phase, such as putting together a survey, and they would like to support this effort. The Task Force would like to discuss with the Vice Chancellor what LAUC-LA is doing in terms of recruiting and retention as well as to offer assistance with related efforts on campus.

There was a discussion of what diversity means. As a follow-up, Russell will send Loh the charge for the Statewide Diversity Committee.

5. LAUC Committee on Committees, Rules and Jurisdiction (Wade)

Lise charged the Committee to revisit the last bylaw revision in an attempt to move procedures into standing rules and to look at the LAUC committee structure. They met on March 19 th via telephone. Linda Kennedy, Chair, is going through the last bylaw revision. Their goal is to send recommendations to LAUC President by April 15 th. If this timeframe is met, this issue will be raised at the LAUC-LA Spring Membership Meeting as well as the Spring Assembly. Wade will facilitate the discussion at our Spring Membership Meeting. Russell will add this to the meeting’s agenda.

6. Chair’s Report (Russell)

Russell is looking forward to the next meeting of the UCLA Academic Senate Committee on Library and Scholarly Communications. For the Statewide Committee on the Library’s next meeting, March 27 th in Oakland, Claudia Rapp may attend. Russell is not sure she will attend this meeting.

Russell discussed highlights from the most recent meeting (by telephone) of the LAUC Executive Board (March 19 th):

Heidi Sandstrom may go to the Executive Board meeting on May 31 st. If not, Debe Costa can do it.

Russell will check on the bylaws governing the replacement of a Statewide Representative. She thinks that the LAUC-LA Executive Board can decide on a replacement.

Russell will attend UCLA Library’s Management Council’s meeting next week.

5. Vice-Chair’s Report (Sandstrom)

Sandstrom, who was unable to attend this meeting, had no report to submit.

6. Committee Reports

• Committee on Library Plans and Policies (Oppenheim)
  
  Nothing to report.
  
• Committee on Professional Governance (Botello)
  
  Chair Keri Botello, who was unable to attend this meeting, had no report to submit.
  
• Committee on Research and Professional Development (Stephenson)
  
  Chair Libbie Stephenson submitted a report prior to today’s meeting. Gary raised the Library Development Fund to $705. Next year, it will be at least $705. The Committee will receive a report on the funds twice a year (December and April). One of the reports contains the following data: library unit, where/what the funds were used for, and how much was used. The other contains other funding sources, such as administration funds, etc.

Two grants were received and one went forward to statewide. Committee would like to schedule an event to discuss people’s research projects and work, either completed or in-process. This would be an informal way to encourage people to apply for this funding. In terms of timing, the Committee is looking at summer or fall.

• CAPA (Goral)
  
  Chair Miki Goral reported that most reviews are in (30 or 31); one person has withdrawn because they are resigning. The paperwork deadline is the end of April.

7. Other Business

 Nothing to report.

8. Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 2:58 p.m.