ALIA Board meeting 19 September 2006

Summary of key issues

National Advisory Council (NAC)/ALIA Planning: The NAC provided valuable information on ALIA planning for 2006/07 including in relation to membership, groups, education and employment.

ALIA Groups: The Board continued to consider ways in which groups can be well supported and agreed, pending one change, to new guidelines for group budgets.

ALIA Financial management: The Standing Committee is continues to investigate options to ensure best management of the associations financial resources.

ALIA Governance: The Board reviewed the outcomes of the consultations on proposed changes and agreed to the drafting of constitution and by-law changes to propose for the November meeting covering :

1. the President, Vice President and five elected Directors would be elected for two years terms in a single election;
2. the Board be given the ability to co-opt individuals, who may not be members, to fill an additional two Director positions and thus add additional skills, knowledge and experience from outside the library sector;
3. all Director positions be elected by all members; and
4. transition to the new model occur in early 2007.

ALIA Conferences and Professional development: The Standing Committee is working on a discussion paper to engage in discussions on future directions in conferences and professional development.

Institutional members: ALIA will continue to work closely with institutional members to understand their needs and ensure that they are able to engage and benefit from their membership.

RFID: Agreed to contribute to fund Alan Butters from Standards Australia attendance at the RFID conference in Denmark in December 2006.

Peak Bodies: Agreed ALIA will prepare papers on research agenda and strategies and employment and education.

Australian School Library Association: Noted ongoing work with this association including a research proposal on employment.

Roxanne Missingham
26 September 2006