Minutes Meeting No. 12 LAUC-B Executive Committee Meeting August 31, 2006 10:00 am 12:00 noon 303 Doe Present: Lily Castillo-Speed (Chair), Lucia Diamond (Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect), Chris Tarr (Past Chair), Brian Quigley (Secretary), Harrison Dekker (Treasurer), Manuel Erviti (Library Representative), Teresa Mora (Library Representative), Rita Evans (Affiliated Representative), Armanda Barone (Incoming Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect), Jenny Nelson (Incoming Secretary), Jean Dickinson (Incoming Library Representative), Susana Hinojosa (Incoming Library Representative), Susan Garbarino (Incoming Affiliated Representative) Guests: Kathryn Klar, Lee Leighton, Michelle Squitieri, Shannon Supple I. Announcements L. Diamond: Lily and Lucia attended the statewide turnover meeting, at which Lise Snyder (UCLA) became President. The LAUC Fall Assembly will be held at UCD in November. Delegates will be Lucia, Armanda, Jenny, and Susan. L. Castillo-Speed: Norma Kobzina and Corliss Lee were appointed co-chairs of the Task Force on The Library-iSchool Relationship. The charge will be discussed at the next ExComm meeting. L. Diamond: Three systemwide advisory groups have vacancies for LAUC representatives: SOPAG, LTAG, and SLF. Applications are due by Friday, September 15. II. Reports A. Treasurer's Report (H. Dekker) Balance as of August 31 is $53,546. B. Meeting with the University Librarian (L. Castillo-Speed/L. Diamond) Lily and Lucia met with UL Tom Leonard on August 29. They discussed several diversity issues. Susan Wong has been working on the diversity fellowship proposal for the Berkeley Initiative for Leadership on Diversity (BILD), and she will also investigate the ARL Leadership & Career Development Program for mid career librarians from underrepresented racial and ethnic groups (http://www.arl.org/diversity/lcdp/). LAUC-B will sponsor Judy Bolstad, incoming chair of the Committee on Diversity, to attend the Joint Conference on Librarians of Color in October. III. Continuing Business A. Re-cap of LAUC-B Business for 2005-2006 Lily reviewed the ongoing projects and goals accomplished from 2005-2006, highlighting progress made on our issues and goals for this year. The Recap of LAUC-B 2005-2006 Business is appended to the end of these minutes. Lily thanked the outgoing members of ExComm for their service and Randy Brandt for his continuing role as LAUC-B web manager. IV. New Business A. Discussion with UC-AFT Kathryn Klar (Local President) and Michelle Squitieri (Field Representative) attended the meeting on behalf of UC-AFT Local 1474. The discussion served to clarify the roles and goals of LAUC-B and UC-AFT, to see where they converge and where they diverge. Common interests include equity issues and improved communication on what librarians need. LAUC-B members can visit the UC-AFT Local 1474 website (http://berkeleyaft.org/) for more information on collective bargaining. B. Turnover of Officers The new LAUC-B Executive Committee took office: Lucia Diamond Chair Armanda Barone Vice Chair/Chair-Elect Lily Castillo-Speed Past Chair Jenny Nelson Secretary Harrison Dekker Treasurer Jean Dickinson Library Representative Susana Hinojosa Library Representative Susan Garbarino Affiliated Representative Lucia reviewed officer duties and upcoming issues for ExComm. The committee decided that LAUC-B committee turnover dates should match statewide turnover: ExComm (September 1), LAUC-B Committees & Statewide Representatives (October 1), and CAPA (November 1). ***** Next LAUC-B ExComm meeting will be held on Thursday, September 21, 10:30am 12:00pm, 303 Doe Library. RECAP of LAUC-B 2005-2006 BUSINESS Issues and Goals for 2005-2006 issuesandgoals0506.pdf Unfinished/Ongoing Internship Task Force SIMS/Library Task Force Emeritus Info. on LAUC-B Web Site Regularization of the Budget Process Diversity Fellow Diversity Report LAUC Consultation with Tom Leonard on Librarian Succession LAUC-B Conference LAUC-B Committee Organization (web sites, calendars, etc.) Communication between ExComm and other LAUC-B Committees Improvement of DLA Committee Procedures Improvement of LAUC-B Research Committee Procedures--comments need to be forwarded to Berkeleys Statewide Rep to Professional Development and Research Committee. SDC/LAUC Collaboration to Increase Staff Development Funding (awaiting proposal) Goals Accomplished UC-AFT/Union Cooperation Link to UC-AFT Web Site on LAUC-B Web Site Meeting with CAPA Chancellor Speaking on Diversity at Spring Assembly Increase in Professional Development Funding by $75 Naming of Conference Committee DLA Award/Ceremony New Librarian Reception, March 15 Daniel Greenstein at Fall Assembly Affiliated Libraries Assemblies (focus on digital librarianship) Bibliographic Services Task Force Response Statement on Librarian Retention The LAUC-B Committee Service History page has been posted to the Nominations and Elections Committee website (../nec/). This page is password-protected. Librarian Attendance at Chancellors Diversity in Action Forum Sponsorship of National Library Workers Day Event Pay Equity Early Bird Sponsorship Sponsorship of Deirdre Mulligan presentation on Google Book Search