Conference Call

January 31, 2003

I. Called to order at 3:35 PM.

Present: Mark Bernstein, Chair; Anne Klinefelter, Vice-Chair; Bill Beintema, Treasurer; Chris Gilliland, Member-at-Large (2001-2003); Sally Wise, Member-at-Large (2001-2003); Pam Deemer, Member-At-Large(2002-2004); Karen Douglas, Secretary.

II. Announcements

None

III. Old and Continuing Business

A. Yankee Proposal

After examining a copy of the proposal submitted by Yankee Book Peddler, the Board unanimously agreed to renew our contract with them. The discount has been increased to 16% , as requested. Mark will notify Yankee of our approval and make arrangements to sign the agreement. Chis will e-mail a copy of the signed agreement containing the effective date to all COSELL library directors.

IV. New Business

A. Nominations Committee

A nominations committee is to be formed to select candidates to run for 2 member-at-large positions and vice-chair/chair elect . Members of the Nominations Committee can’t be considered for these offices. It was suggested that a past member of the COSELL board serve on the committee. Ed Schroeder has agreed to chair the Nominations Committee. Additional members are Linda Davis and Linda Tesar. The committee should provide the board with names of nominees by February 28, so that ballots could be sent out and returned by the end of March.

B. COSELL Roundtables at SEALL

Two roundtables will be presented at SEALL: “ The Patriot Act and Other Security Issues in Libraries” and “Shifting Information Formats: Issues and Answers.” Proposed facilitators will be contacted shortly by board members. It was suggested that we provide the facilitators with questions or outlines to encourage discussion. It was also suggested that we get roundtable participants to introduce themselves. We are going to ask Nancy Johnson for flip charts or dry erase boards and markers to make notes during the discussions to make preparing reports easier.

C. Meetings in Lexington

We are going to request that the start time of the board meeting be moved up from 3:00 PM to 2:30 PM. The board meeting would run from 2:30-3:00 PM. The 2 roundtables would run concurrently from 3:00-3:45 PM. The COSELL Business meeting would run from 4:00-5:00 PM.

Possible agenda items for the Business meeting are:

Announcement of renewal of agreement with Yankee Book Peddler

NELLCO associate membership

BNA Electronic Subscriptions

Roundtable Reports

Treasurer’s Report

Announcement and introduction of new directors and board members

We will follow the format of last year’s agenda.

V. Other Business

The board approved contributions to SEAALL in the following amounts: $500.00 for program support and $100.00 for newsletter support.

VI. Adjournment

The meeting was adjourned at 4:30 PM.