ALIA WA Forum

8 April 2003 meeting minutes

Minutes of the WA Forum meeting held Tuesday 8 April 2003 at 5:30pm in Room 2.9 Alexander Library Building, State Library of WA.

1. Attendance
   1.1 Present: Camille Peters, Judy Allan, Belinda Grayson, Judith Beach, Deanne Barrett, Lisa White, Lisa Billingham.
   1.2 Apologies: Stephen McQuade
   
   
2. Minutes of the previous meeting: Accepted Judy Allan, Seconded Camille Peters
   
   
3. Business arising
   3.1 Sharr Medal nominations have been extended to 30th April. The address to send nominations is a PO Box which is not being renewed. Judy to get Australia Post to redirect mail to Belinda Grayson 99 The Boulevard Floreat 6014. Belinda to change all instances of the PO Box address on http://alia.org.au
   3.2 Judy checked all names on http://alia.org.au are correct.
   3.3 An offer was received from ALIA for a prize of an annual membership to ALIA for the Sharr Medallist. Belinda is to contact LISWA and the WA Library Board regarding funding for the Sharr Medal.
   
   
4. Correspondence
   In:
   

   From	Subject
   Georgina Dale	Acceptance of WA Forum Budget
   Georgina Dale	Regarding of the donation of an annual membership to ALIA as a Sharr Medal Prize

   Out:
   

   To	Subject
   Belinda Grayson	Posted to WAIN the WA Forum Committee Meeting Agenda and a request for comments on the merge of KISWA and WA Forum

   
   
   
5. Reports
   5.1 Treasurer's report
    Current Balance -$7378.26
   5.2 Continuing Professional Development Co-ordinator's Report
   5.2.1 The next Professional Reading Group meeting is to be held on 6th May at Cambridge Library. Belinda to book the room. The papers will be circulated on WAIN.
   5.2.2 A seminar is planned for September or October. The umbrella topic is management skills, with HR issues, supervision and possible subtopics. It will be a half day event with drinks afterwards. A possible venue is the Cottesloe Hotel.
   5.3 Biblia report
   5.3.1 BIBLIA April issue is out. May issue will contain an ad for the LIW event.
   5.4 Sharr Medal
   5.4.1 Belinda contacted lecturers at Curtin and ECU asking them to nominate one graduate each.
   5.4.2 Belinda spoke to the GUMP group and handed out Sharr Medal nomination forms.
   5.4.3 It was suggested in future we could attach a nomination form to Practicum students paperwork, so that supervising librarians can nominate.
   5.4.4 Sponsorship of $450 is needed.
   5.5 Library and Information Week
   5.5.1 Calendar of events is being compiled by Belinda and Steve and will be forwarded to NO and distributed widely (community newspapers, LISWA website).
   5.5.2 Offers of time to set up the LIW evening event came from Belinda, Camille, Deanne, Judith and Lisa. KISWA are to be informed of this offer.
   5.5.3 Deanne has ALIA silver pins to be awarded at the event to members who have who have served on ALIA committees for 5 terms.
   
   
6. Other business
   6.1 Further to the merger of the two groups, KISWA and WA Forum, the letters of our intention to dissolve and create a new group have been sent to National Office. Finances will be wound up and all paperwork sent back. A final report will be needed for each group and submitted no more than 6 weeks after the dissolution. The new group application is to be received before May 1st. Camille created the new groups budget by merging the two existing budgets. Well done Camille.
   6.2 ALIA news from Deanne. Imogen Garner has been elected as Vice-President of ALIA and Ann Ritchie has been elected to the Board of Directors. Well done to both of these outstanding West Australian librarians.
   
   
7. Meeting closed at 7.00pm

Next meeting to be held: Tuesday 13 May 2003 at 5:30pm in Room 2.9 of the Alexander Library Building, State Library of Western Australia.