Business arising
3.1 CPD Plan: Linda has send one brief e-mail to e-list , one to follow.
3.2 End of Year Dinner: 24 RSVPs to date to dinner and presentation, 1 for presentation only.
Barb to select small gift for Lothar, Dianne W to organise door prize. Dianne to organise float and collect money on night. Barb to send e-mail to those coming regarding payment on night. Barb collecting Lothar from airport (Ruth backup).
3.3 National Policy Congress: Ruth indicated that this was a well-organised and useful meeting. Two items for the agenda - ALIA awards and LISEKA. The new membership services database can be updated by members, can join on-line, pay fees etc. Some sections of the web available to Alia members only. Conferences were also discussed - umbrella conference to join biennial conference and specials ao trades only have to set up at one venue/time.The library technicians conference is still being considered.
3.4 Ruth to draft an e-mail about executive positions and call for nominations and expressions of interest for convenor and secretary.
Other business
11.1 Support for group meetings to keep on changing venues. To try and get meeting held in some of the high schools and combine a meeting with ASLA. Meetings to remain at current time of 5:00pm on the third Wednesday of the month. The next meeting on Wednesday 19 February at Karama Public Library with an E-book demonstration (subject to confirmation with Karama). Other suggested venues were Palmerston High School, Palmerston Public and Kormilda College again later in the year.
11.2 CHARTTES: Felicity is the ALIA representation on this committee. She has shown a copy of the Review of the Museum and Library Information Services Industry Training Package. If anyone would like to provide comment, please do so to Felicity. Ruth also has a copy of this report. The annual report was tabled.
11.3 NTLIS Review: Felicity is the current representation for ALIA on the committee and Ruth in the Northern Territory University representative. The review team is yet to meet. There is some confusion about having a draft strategic directions ready prior to the review. Discussion followed with concern expressed that the review team has been asked to comment on the strategic directions as they should be commenting to drive the directions. Letter to be written conveying concern that ALIA has been asked to be part of a review process, however the document that we have been asked to comment on is a 'strategic directions' paper.
Idea about possible lobbying government of concern for library services as a result of the cuts, etc. ALIA Top End initially wrote to the minister in late-2001 or early-2002 receiving a reply from the Acting Director of NTLIS which communicated current status.
Topics for the letter included:
- Decreasing job prospects with possible implications to trainee positions
- Lack of training opportunities provided by employers in the library sector.
Felicity indicated that Anna Govan has provided comments on the strategic directions and that she will circulate these.
11.4 LISEKA: Members can comment if they like on the current core knowledge skills and attitudes paper as posted recently on the e-list.
11.5 Excellence Awards: National Office brought this up with a view to seeking sponsorshop to support the awards.
Nominations to go to ALIA National Office and are judged by state panels including sponsor representative. Presented/awarded at local event. Award would be a framed certificate and article in inCite with promotion on the website (statue for National Excellence award). Purpose is to overcome the inbalance between states and territories.
Award could go to a non-member group or individual. National award only.
Discussion followed with ideas presented but no agreement at this stage. Some members wish to remain with what is currently in place whilst others supported the other model.
11.6 Banner: Judith currently has the banner and will give to Barbara for storage.
