Committee Final Report

NOTE: ** = Required Field

 

 

**Type of report being submitted: Committee Final Report

 

**Date: July 17, 2003

 

 

**Committee Name: Diversity

 

 

 

**Supervising Board Member:  Nadine Flores

 

 

 

**Chair, Co-Chairs, Assistant Chairs:  Amy Gonzalez Ferguson

 

 

 

**Committee members:  Taliah Abdullah, Kristin Brand, Elisia Johnson, Nanako Kodaira, Deirdre Rawls and Courtney Young

 

 

 

**Goals, Objectives, Projects completed (including, but not limited to, any procedures, tip sheets, checklists, etc. created during the reporting year):

 

1.      Sent e-mail to Spectrum Scholars and other diversity-related lists and organizations encouraging members to join the American Library Association, New Members Round Table, and volunteer for an NMRT committee.       

 

2.      Developed recruitment/retention strategies.

 

3.      Created brochure included in the NMRT ALA Annual Conference Orientation packet.

 

 

 

**Action Items/Issues To Be Resolved – What plans/projects remain which will be carried over or postponed until next year? Have there been any substantial changes in plans requiring a reconsideration or cancellation of projects? Information regarding such will be helpful for future chairs and planners.

 

1.      Draft survey to access diversity of NMRT membership

 

2.      Access speakers representation

 

3.      Partner with Strategic Planning Task force to facilitate a focused discussion on NMRT's plan on diversity.

 

 

 

 

 

Financial Report Section:

Your budget appropriation (see budget)

a. $50.00

Amount which you have spent this year

b. 0.00

Difference between budgeted amount and amount spent (a-b)

c. $50.00

 

 

**Report submitted by:  Amy Gonzalez Ferguson

 

**Email address:  Amy_Gonzalez@baylor.edu