Major Motions from the YALSA Board
of Directors Meeting – Annual 2006
The
YALSA Board passed the following items at their meetings at
Annual:
Supported sending up to two members to the ALA Emerging
Leaders initiative, dependent upon YALSA candidates being accepted and funding
being available.
Changed the charges for Division and Membership
Promotion, Publishers’ Liaison, Outreach to Young Adults with Special Needs, and
Research committees to remove the awards and grants responsibilities given to
them, and established five juries (including one to choose the Great Book
Giveaway winner, formerly the responsibility of the Executive Committee), with
either three or five members each, whose sole purpose is to select the award
winners, one for each award/grant. Jury members will serve a one-year
appointment.
Appointed a Board sub-committee to investigate the pros
and cons of (1) adding an intern to the Board; (2) adding an at-large Board
member; (3) adding a secretary to the Board. This sub-committee should report to the
full Board at Midwinter with their findings.
Accepted the conflict of interest policy (Board Document
#4) as amended.
Voted
that Board Document #5 be approved. This motion would change the number of votes necessary for a title to be
included on the official Quick Picks list from 6 to 7. This change would be in effect as of
Midwinter 2007.
Charged the Professional Development Committee with
providing oversight and direction to YALSA’s e-learning program as detailed in
Board Document #6. The Organization
and Bylaws committee will update this committee’s charge.
Approved the guidelines for the position of Youth
Participation Coordinator as written in Board Document #7 and voted that these
guidelines be reevaluated at Annual 2007.
Changed the Financial Advancement Task Force to a
standing committee of five members, with the Fiscal Officer serving as a
consultant. A virtual member would
be permitted.
Accepted the proposal from membership to form an Anime
Discussion Group to begin at the end of Annual
2006.
Adopted the proposed Business Plan with the removal of
the reference to the marketing plan and the addition of the section on the
Friends of YALSA.
Adopted the FY07 budget as written in Board Document
11.
Accept the current slate of YALSA programs in concept as
presented for Annual 2007, including the “Video Games as a Service”
proposal.
Passed the following resolutions for departing Board
members:
Resolution for Francisca
Goldsmith
Whereas Francisca Goldsmith has served for three years as
a member of the Board of Directors of YALSA with style, grace, humor, and
incisive wit; and<
Whereas Francisca Goldsmith constantly has to explain to
people (even fellow Board members) that her name is Francisca, not Francesca,
but manages to do so without losing her temper;
and
Whereas Francisca Goldsmith has ably and skillfully
balanced a demanding career at the ever-controversial Berkeley Public Library
with YALSA activities, serving as an SUS and InfoPeople trainer, and writing the
book Graphic Novels Now; and
Whereas Francisca Goldsmith can always be relied upon to
come to conference with an interesting story, such as a cross-country train
trip; and
Whereas Francisca Goldsmith has an eye for the jewelry
potential of the ribbons attached to her conference badge;
and
Whereas Francisca Goldsmith has generously educated her
fellow Board members on various subjects, including the value of single malt
Scotch (preferably from Islay, medium peat, never on ice); and
Whereas Francisca Goldsmith can be relied upon to provide
the Board with information on past decisions by pulling out one of the teeny
notebooks from the Francisca archive and finding the pertinent quotation;
and
Whereas Francisca Goldsmith has ably served as liaison
for various YALSA committees, including Audiobook Selection, Graphic Novels, YA
Galley, Research, Printz, and the Morris Task Force;
and
Whereas during her term of office on the YALSA Board,
Francisca Goldsmith was also the chair of the 2006 Pre-conference “Reading with
Your Ears”;
Whereas Francisca served with two other Mothers of One
Son on the Outstanding Achievement Award Board subcommittee;
Therefore be it resolved that the YALSA Board of
Directors express its gratitude and appreciation for her dedication during her
term of office, and wish her well in her future
endeavors.
Resolution for David Mowery
Whereas after many years on the Alex Award Committee,
David was elected to the Board of Directors, and quickly became President of
YALSA coincidentally at the same time that YALSA’s Deputy Director returned to
school to work on her doctorate; YALSA’s increased membership forced the
decision to give up ALA's small division stipend and earn its own way; and ALA
decided that a full-time Executive Director was needed, David had to quickly
help interview candidates for this new slot and then “break in” Beth Yoke to the
YALSA way of doing things, and
Whereas David handled all these transitional matters with
great aplomb and tremendous patience, accompanied by lots of Acid-Ease
medications and stiff martinis; while always dressed in a style worthy of GQ’s
cover, as evidenced by his tasseled loafers and other noteworthy shoes from his
extensive collection; and
Whereas David ably served YALSA as President-Elect,
President and Past President, in those same tasseled loafers, bringing honor to
the Brooklyn Public Library, bestowing Brooklyn Public Library mementoes on all
the Board members and earning the disdain of his cat for his continual absences
from home; and
Whereas during his presidential term David not only
oversaw the launch of the new strategic plan and the increase of YALS from two
to four issues, but also, and most importantly, helped triple the cash donations
for TRW 2005 thanks to his well-placed, and well-heeled, contacts;
and
Whereas his presidential term also saw the fourth SUS
training with the awarding of three scholarships from Highsmith; 125 attendees
at the Best of the Best preconference, with publication of the newest Best of
the Best pamphlet; the launching of YALSA’s mentoring program; the establishment
of the Great Graphic Novels for Teens and the 5th anniversary of the
Printz Award; and
Whereas David kept the most meticulous meeting notes of
any YALSA President, resulting in no Board member ever being able to weasel out
of a task; wielded the gavel with the deftness of an executioner; and tried to
include all Board members in discussions; and
Whereas David continued to serve YALSA even during his
immediate past-Presidential term when he hosted the first National TRW Kick-Off
event with Q’orianka Kilcher and Jacqueline Woodson at Brooklyn Public Library;
and
Whereas David’s sense of humor and fair-play has earned
him respect and friendship from all YALSA
members;
Therefore be it resolved that the YALSA Board of
Directors thank him for the service he gave to the Association and wish him well
in all future endeavors.
Resolution for Jessica Mize
Whereas Jessica Mize has served for three years as a
member of the Board of Directors of YALSA with humor, enthusiasm, diligence and
patience; and
Whereas Jessica Mize has served well on the Morris,
Library School Database, and other Board subcommittees, including Chairing the
Outstanding Achievement Award Group with other Mothers of one Son;
and>
Whereas Jessica Mize has successfully balanced her Board
duties, her 2007 Printz Committee duties, her Serving the Underserved Trainers
duties, her state association duties and her new job duties;
and
Whereas Jessica Mize’s young son has supported her three
years of travel for the YALSA Board; and
Whereas Jessica Mize has been a supportive liaison for
multiple YALSA committees and even agreeable about adding new ones all the time;
and
Whereas Jessica Mize has been a mentor for new YALSA
members from her area especially; and
Whereas Jessica Mize’s attitude knits together her love
of young adults, their literature, and their
librarians;
Therefore be it resolved that the YALSA Board of
Directors express their gratitude and appreciation for her dedication during her
term of office, and wish her well in her future
endeavors.
Accepted the Communications Plan in concept and thanked the
Communications Task Force for their hard work.
Returned the proposed procedures concerning the Great
Graphic Novel Committee with the instruction that the procedures be reconciled
with the approved task force guidelines, and that they work with Pam Spencer
Holley and Nick Buron and return amended procedures to the Executive Committee
by September 30.
Directed the Publishers’ Liaison Committee to work on the
Support YA Lit Day Initiative with the YALSA office, beginning immediately, with
results to be reviewed at Annual 2007.
Voted
to add an international representative to the Virtual Regional Advisory
Board.
Directed the Website Advisory Committee to establish
guidelines for creating and maintaining a wiki, and to submit a report to the
Executive Committee by October 1 that would include the pros and cons of open
vs. member-only access and the possible need for a content
moderator.
Charged the Youth Participation Committee with developing
a survey to solicit information from members and publishers about their (and
their teens’) interest in participating in a teen summit, and report to the
YALSA Executive Committee by October 1.
Voted
to create a Student Interest Group of YALSA, pending determination that at least
15 of the signators on the presented petition are YALSA members.
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