LAUC-D General Membership Meeting

Tuesday, May 2, 2006

2:00 – 3:00 Second Floor Instruction Room

Attendees: Phoebe Ayers, Melissa Browne, Jared Campbell, Sheila Cunningham, Cory Craig, Karleen Darr, Peg Durkin, Laurel Espell, Ken Firestein, Elaine Franco, Sarah Gardner, Barbara Hegenbart, Bob Heyer-Gray, Linda Kennedy, Karl Kocher, Carolyn Kopper, Carol La Russa, Xiaoli Li, Marcia Meister, Daryl Morrison, Erin Murphy, Marilyn Sharrow, John Sherlock, Lisa Spagnolo, Bernadette Swanson, John Tanno, Jerry Thompson

1. Call to order

The meeting was called to order at 2:07.

2. Announcements

The Spring Assembly will be at UCLA on June 1-2. If you want anything on the agenda or you would like to put forth a resolution, let Karleen know ASAP. No new charge has been issued to the Committee on Committees, Rules and Jurisdiction regarding changes to the bylaws.

3. Minutes of the last general membership meeting

Approved pending possible correction to the report from the Research Committee.

4. Bibliographic Services Task Force Report Update

John Tanno as Davis rep to SOPAG reported that the group has prepared a summary of the input that was received from all the campuses. This will be discussed at the UL meeting later this week.

5. LAUC-D Scholarship Award

Peg Durkin, as chair of the Professional Issues Committee, reported that George Bynon was not aware of any specific prohibition or permission to create such an award. He did provide names of two people who might have more information so Peg will contact them.

6. Statewide and Local Election Slates

Bernadette Swanson, chair of the Nominations and Elections committee read out the list of candidates. They are:

Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Barbara Hegenbart

Secretary: Bernadette Swanson

CAPA Vice Chair/Chair-Elect: Myra Appel & Marcia Meister

Nominations & Elections: Jared Campbell, Katherine Chambers, Rebecca Davis, Carol LaRussa, Elisabeth McKechnie

Professional Activies Vice Chair/Chair-Elect: Deanna Johnson

Professional Activities elected member: Diana King

Professional Issues Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Cory Craig

Program Committee Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Sheila Cunningham, Phoebe Ayers

LAUC Statewide candidates:

Vice President/President-Elect: Bob Heyer-Gray

Secretary: John Sisson, LAUC-I

There were no nominations from the floor so the slate is now closed.

7. Committee Reports

Professional Activities: Daryl reported that due to the delay in the implementation of the new travel system software, the Committee is unable to make recommendations. Debbie Ojakangas is on the study group which will be reviewing the software.

CAPA: There have been a couple of temporary appointments.

Program: The April program had good attendance and discussion. There will be one more program on June 9 where Phoebe Ayers will show us how to create a wikipedia.

Research: Statewide there was one more conference call about proposals that would be funded. Three will definitely be funded. Locally there was one more request for a mini-grant for attendance at a conference

8. Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 2:36.