Vol. 28 No. 3 Nov/Dec 2000

Arroyo Seco Library Network Update

The Arroyo Seco Library Network held its first Council meeting on December 4th.

Since the Arroyo Seco Library Network is operating under public meeting rules and is required to comply with the Ralph M. Brown Act, one of the first agenda items was a brief explanation open public meeting requirements. This Act requires posting of time, place, and agendas of meetings and, while items not appearing on the agenda may be discussed, no action may be taken on non-agenda items unless there is an emergency situation.

Most of the meeting focused upon startup organizational matters. Members elected Maryruth Storer as the Chair of the Arroyo Seco Library Network and to The Board of Directors:

Angela Yang and John McGinnis as Academic Library Representatives
Valerie Meyer and Michael Steinfeld as Public Library Representatives
Judy Hughes and Marilyn N. Robertson as School Library Representatives
Adaire J. Klein and Alice Espey as Special Libraries Representative
Janice Koyama as Academic Statewide Resource Library Representative
Wendy Romano as Public Statewide Resource Library Representative
Steve Mueller from Concordia University as the Academic Library User Representative
Lesley Farmer as School Library User Representative
Margo Reeg as Public Library User Representative

The Council formally adopted the Bylaws. And, since funding will be coming from the State of California, the Council adopted a fiscal year of July1 - June 30 to match the State’s fiscal year.

Regional Library Networks are required to have a Conflict of Interest Code because they are a public funded entity. The Library of California Board has not yet decided whether it will adopt a Conflict of Interest Code that will apply to all the Regional Library Networks or whether each Regional Library Network will need to adopt its own. The Council approved a resolution to authorize Board of Directors to adopt a Conflict of Interest Code which will start this process if ASLN is required to have its own Code. Other organizational actions included adopting the Plan of Service, as submitted with the Network application, from January 1, 2001 through June 30, 2001 and delegating to the Board of Directors to amend it as necessary during this period. Amendment is necessary for at least the January 1 - June 30, 2001, period since funding provided by the State is less than planned expenditures.

Minutes are available at http://www.asln.net/past_00_december_04.html. Council meetings are anticipated to be held twice a year.

The Council Meeting was followed in the afternoon by the first Board of Directors meeting. The Board of Directors meeting is also an open meeting to the public subject to the Ralph M. Brown Act. The Board formally approved a number of organizational issues. John McGinnis was selected as ASLN President; Valerie Meyer was selected as ASLN Chief Financial Officer; and Ellie Ramseyer was appointed as ASLN Secretary.

The next Board of Directors meeting will be January 11th. The Board anticipates meeting monthly on the second Thursday of the month.

Ann Coppin

South State Cooperative Library System,