ALIA Board Meetings 16 - 17 May 2006

Summary

The meeting on 16 May was the final meeting for three board members - Gillian Hallam, President and Carol Newton-Smith and Meredith Martinelli, Board Directors. All made a very valuable contribution in 2005/06.

New Directors commencing their term from the 17 May meeting are Roxanne Missingham, Vice President (President-elect) and Michelle Brennand, Philip Keane and Helen Partridge.

ALIA Planning: The Board continued the lively and active discussion regarding strategic priorities. Five standing committees to be chaired by directors were established.

Finance, Audit and Risk Management:
Chair: Dagmar Schmidmaier

Membership and Awards:
Chair: Rachael Browning

Education, Research and Workforce Planning:
Chair: Dagmar Schmidmaier

Governance:
Chair: Roxanne Missingham

Conferences and Professional Development:
Chair: Ann Ritchie

Existing advisory groups have been extended to 31 December 2006 and will be reviewed by the 2 December 2006 Board meeting.

Planning for 2006/2007: The Board agreed to develop a planning consultation document for discussion at the 2006 NAC and through other consultation mechanisms around the Board's priorities of:

• Membership including services and growth and encouraging membership;
• Empowering groups;
• Education and workforce planning;
• ALIA company health check and
• Budget and finances.

The paper will include a summary of outcomes and achievements against the issues raised at the 2005 NAC.

National Advisory Congress
A series of regional and capital city meetings were approved to support consultation for the NAC, which will be held on 19 September in conjunction with the ALIA biennial conference in Perth.

Advocacy: Discussed submission to DCITA Clever Connect - will continue to advocate on this issue.

Library technicians: Agreed to affiliate with the US based Council on Library/Media Technicians.

Orana Funds: With the cessation of Orana the funds will be distributed to the ALIA Bess Thomas and Marjorie Cotton awards.

Education policy statements: Approved an updated version of the statement Employer responsibilities in educational and professional development.

Information literacy policy statements: Approved revised Information literacy policy statements:

• Statement on information literacy for all Australians
• Statement on libraries and literacies

Communication strategy: Discussed communication with members including greater visibility with visits to states by Executive Director and President.

ALIA Biennial conference 2006 - CLICK 06: program is almost ready to go onto the website.

Budget: Draft budget endorsed. Group budget issues discussed guidelines to be reviewed at July meeting.

ALIA conferences:

• Biennial 2008 Red Centre (Alice Springs) bid approved;
• Rivers of Opportunity IV approved.