American Library Association

JUNIOR MEMBERS ROUND TABLE

Executive Board

Minutes of Meeting

June 24, 1978

8:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

The meeting was called to order by David Warren, President of JMRT, at 8:10 a.m.

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE MEMBERS PRESENT

Jan Beck, Pamela Bonnell, Ann Scott, Bob Halcums, Kristen Dahlen, Jon Scheer, Jim Progar, E. Paulette Smith, Sue Stroyan, Richard Roginski, Carolyn Jeffries, Marilyn L. Hinshaw, Susan Broomall, Sharon Lee Stewart, Jacquelyn McGirt, Joyce A. Wyngaarden, Stan Bustetter, Anne Hollingsworth, Beth Bingham, Nancy Bettencourt, Margaret Stewart, Joe Edelen, and Jonathan Lindsey.

NEW OFFICERS

Joyce Wyngaarden reported on the election results. They were:

Beth Bingham, Vice-President/President-Elect

Sharon Stewart, Treasurer

Margaret Stewart, Secretary

Ann Scott, Director (2 years)

Kris Dahlen, Director (1 year)

JMRT LIAISON

David reported on the appointment of Robert Wedgeworth as JMRT's new liaison with ALA. He indicated that Mr. Wedgeworth gave two reasons why he thought this change was good for JMRT: 1) He wanted to be in a position to encourage JMRT members to become more active in ALA, and 2) He indicated that the Executive Office of ALA had the capability of absorbing the work of an additional Round Table and giving it the appropriate staff report.

PRESIDENT'S REPORT

David announced that Cary Frederick will chair the Mid-winter Activities Committee and that Bill Backer will also work on the committee.

A resolution from Stuart Miller requesting endorsement by JMRT of a resolution on the placement service location at the regularly schedule ALA conferences was brought forth. The resolution was tabled until Monday's board meeting.

PNLA AFFILIATE

David asked Joe Edelen to hand out an excerpt Joe had come across from the minutes of the PNLA Executive Board concerning their rejection of the developing JMRT affiliate in PNLA. David encouraged the Affiliates Council to look into its ramifications and for them to take action as they deem appropriate.

EXHIBITORS

David announced that several exhibitors had contributed to JMRT this past year in special ways. He thanked all of them and mentioned the following: Baker & Taylor for the orientation packets and the Grassroots Grant Project; Jostens for the Handbooks; Bro Dart for the buses and promotional materials for the social; 3M for the Professional Development Grants; and Quality Books for funding the development affiliates and for the JMRT stickers.

REPORTS

Written reports were submitted by the following officers/committee chairs and are attached to the official copy of the minutes:

Vice-President (by Joyce Wyngaarden). Joyce gave her report and highlighted the following:

1) The FTRF Liaison challenge which was presented as Mid-winter. She indicated that letters have been sent out to the Division and Round Table heads; of the 21 contacted only 1 responded and met, and in fact exceeded, our challenge;

2) PIO program for graduate library school students who came to the conference had been paid for by ALA in return for four hours of work per day at the conference;

3) JMRT Grassroots Grants funded by Baker and Taylor and the history of the Alabama and Mississippi Library Association joint conference which was a predecessor to the nationwide grants program. This program provides for expense money of $100.00 for each of two library science students per state and the District of Columbia to attend the in-state or regional Library Association meeting.

Treasurer (by Joe Edelen).

Conference Activities – Director's Reports (by Carolyn Jeffries). Carolyn reported on the upcoming conference activities, including orientation, the social, booth, boothsitters, Friendly Booth Award, Students to ALA, and the suite.

ERT Liaison (by Beth Bingham). Beth presented her report and announced that notebooks for the Executive Board were being furnished through the courtesy of Jostens, and that the boothsitters project was being conducted on a “grand” scale. She also mentioned the Friendly Booth Award and the 3M Grants.

Constitution and By-laws (by Stan Bustetter). Stan presented the text of the proposed by-laws amendment to be presented to the membership.

COG (by Doyal Nelms). Doyal was unable to attend and a written report was submitted for him by David Warren.

Archives (by Jacki McGirt). Jacki gave her report which included four specific recommendations for implementation during the coming year.

Freedom to Read (by Pam Bonnell). Pam went over the cases that FTRF had undertaken during the past year.

Cognotes (by Sharon Stewart). Sharon noted that she had a total commitment from 59 people who are going to work on Cognotes during this conference.

Footnotes (by Ann Scott). Ann moved and Margaret Stewart seconded that the editorial policy of Footnotes as distributed by her be accepted and endorsed by the Executive Board of JMRT. In order to give Ann time to check on ALA's policy on advertisement, Joe Edelen moved and Stan Bustetter seconded that the motion be tabled until the Monday board meeting. Motion passed.

Publicity (by Bob Halcums). Bob reported on the problem with JMRT press releases not getting sent out from the ALA offices. It appears that it has been taken care of.

Membership, Continuing Education, and Awards – Director's Report (by Jan Beck). Jan gave her report indicating that all committees were very active in their individual areas and doing a very good job.

Clearinghouse (by Jonathan Lindsey). Jonathan gave two reports. Jan Beck moved that the new committee preference form be adopted and forwarded to the membership committee for their use in the coming years. Stan Bustetter seconded it. Motion passed.

ISAD (LITA) (by Jim Progar). Jim reported on the program “Application of Library Automation: Introduction” that LITA and JMRT will be putting on Monday morning.

Membership (by Susan Broomall). Susan reported on the actions of the committee during the past year, including the “Notepads” project, the JMRT slide program, and the JMRT mailing which is being planned for the fall.

Olofson Awards (by Jon Scheer). Jon announced the names of the six recipients for this year. They were Jeri Cusak, Pamela Martin, Judy Sessions, Susan Stillwater, Ann Vidor and David Vidor.

3M Professional Development Grant (by Kris Dahlen). Kris gave her report for this committee again thanking 3M for their generous and continued support of the project.

The motion was made and seconded that the meeting be adjourned.

Respectfully submitted,

Joe Edelen

Secretary/Treasurer