Present: Pauline Aranas; William Beintema; Timothy Coggins; Deborah Mayo Jefferies; Marguerite Most; Rosalie Sanderson; Herb Cihak; Mary Mahoney.

I. Call to Order: The COSELL Board meeting was called to order at 1:45 p.m. by Chair Rosalie Sanderson.

II. As this was an informal meeting, no minutes were read or approved, and no treasurer's report was given.

III. Business: Rosalie Sanderson thanked everyone for all the work they have done. She indicated that she has relocated and will be unavailable for some time. She will begin working again in late August.

A.	Yankee Book Peddler: report regarding the Yankee Book Peddler proposal by Pauline Aranas. YBP has agreed to an extra half percent discount. Rosalie, as chair, will send a letter to COSELL directors regarding the proposal and encouraging all to p articipate.

B.

Stationery: A question arose regarding official stationery. It was decided that there would be no official stationery and any board member sending COSELL related information could place the address of their home library on the stationery. Tim Co ggins will send to each board member the information concerning the template he has used in the past.

C.	CIS Compass: Rosalie will speak with CIS again regarding the possible consortium discount. It seems that the pricing structure is complicated. She will keep the board informed of any progress.

D.

COSELL Web Page: Marguerite Most has gotten no feedback on the web page. The board discussed how to get information to the membership concerning the web page as well as other COSELL information. It was decided to send items to Law-Lib and also B ill Beintema will forward to his list of COSELL directors. Place the word COSELL in the subject line which will indicate to non-COSELL readers that they do not need to read the message.

E.	State Reports: Rosalie asked about a survey of which libraries will continue to carry official state reports. It was determined that one should be able to go to a library within the state being researched. No survey will be conducted at this tim e.

F.	Foreign/International: Pauline Aranas and Mark Bernstein will be a subcommittee looking into foreign and international collection information within COSELL libraries. They will meet again at AALS in January. Stay tuned for details.

G.	Communications: Beginning immediately it will be the responsibility of the Vice Chair to set up times, locations and communications for COSELL meetings.

H.	Strategic Plan: Pauline Aranas and Marguerite Most will continue to work on the strategic plan. There will soon be an official announcement regarding the grant award to the University of North Carolina. The announcement will be placed in the SEA ALL Newsletter, the AALL Spectrum and on Law-Lib.

I.	Membership: Bill Beintema reported that there are currently 42 COSELL libraries.

IV. Adjournment: The COSELL Board Meeting adjourned at 2:45 p.m.

Minutes by Mahoney