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CLA Executive Committee Meeting Minutes, 12/04/08
President Barbara Roberts called the meeting to order at 2:14pm. Barbara announced that the committee was considering only one agenda item today, i.e. to hire a part-time Meeting Planning Manager to coordinate all meeting planning activities for CLA over the next 12 months with the major assignment being the 2009 Conference. For expediency the Finance Committee was asked to join the discussion and provide input to the decision.
Introductions:
Present: Barbara Roberts, President; Ken Haycock, VP/President Elect; Monique le Conge, Past President; Annette Milliron, Treasurer (joined the meeting at 2:20pm), Les Kong, ALA Chapter Councilor; Ellen Fusco; Lisa Rosenbloom (joined at 2:10pm), Claudia Foutz, Interim Executive Director, Laura Fisher, Administrative Director. Gail McPartland, Finance. (Lynn Price joined after the meeting was officially adjourned.)
Absent: Barbara Quarton, Finance Committee, Donna Corbiel, Finance Committee, Karen Burnett (Finance), Mark Smith (Finance)
Discussion:
Claudia Foutz reviewed the issue memo dated December 2 and reiterated her recommendation to hire a Meeting Planning Manager through Association Resource Center (ARC) on a 1/3 to 1/2 time basis in the amount of $21,000 to $41,000 for a 12 month period. There was some committee discussion about the proposal and comment was made that the Issue memo was clear. Annette advised that the Fiscal policy did not require a quorum of the Finance Committee for decisions and advised that the fiscal impact was within the $150,000 transition costs identified previously.
MSC: (Ken Haycock/Monique) To approve the recommendation contained in the Issue Memo. A roll call was made: (Les, yes, Ellen, Yes, Monique, yes, Ken, yes, Lisa yes, Annette yes)
There being no further business, the meeting was adjourned at 2:30pm.
Minutes prepared by Claudia Foutz, December 4, 2008.
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