LAUC-B Executive Committee 1994/95 (3) October 12, 1994 MINUTES Present: I.Arguelles; M.Burnette; L.Castillo-Speed; C.Eckman (recorder); D.Fortner; K.Frohmberg; B.Glendenning; P.Janes; D.Kearney; B.Kornstein (Chair); Laura Osegueda; V.Roumani-Denn. Absent: E.Byrne; L.Leighton; G.Peete. I. Minutes. The September Executive Committee minutes were approved as amended. II. Announcements. A. LAUC Executive Board October 10 meeting report. (B.Kornstein). 1. The date for the Spring statewide Assembly is May 19, 1995. The Executive Board will meet on May 18, 1995. The statewide election will be held on June 6, 1994. 2. Judson King had requested LAUC input and concerns in his presentation to the Executive Board meeting in August. Beverly Renford sent a follow-up letter--based on information solicited from the LAUC membership on the new LAUC listserv-- which addressed the following areas: policy advisory structures (Library Council/University Librarians); support for One University-One Library concept; identification of ways to meet librarian continuing education needs; network issues, especially support in developing the network infrastructure; external users; declines in the quality of collections; digital library needs; and instructional support needs. B. Faculty Senate Library Committee meeting report. L.Osegueda reported on the recent meeting of the Committee. C. B.Kornstein reported on her meeting with Susan Rosenblatt regarding travel funding and recommendations from the CAPA Report. III. CAPA Report (closed session). The CAPA Report discussion continued from the September meeting. Action items and responsible parties were discussed for each individual recommendation. IV. Bylaws changes. B.Kornstein asked Committee members to review the bylaws implications in creating a new position of "Treasurer". The Committee agreed that the new position should not add to the size of the Committee, and that the number of Library representatives should be reduced from three to two in order to accommodate the new position. ACTION: B.Kornstein, L.Osegueda, and C.Eckman will meet to study the implications for the bylaws and bring a proposal back to Executive Committee in time for presentation at the Fall Assembly. V. Fall Assembly Planning. A. Possible dates include November 16, 17, 18, 30 and December 1 and 2. B. There was general interest in asking Carol Christ to address the group. B.Kornstein will send Carol Christ an invitation and the date for the Assembly will be set in order to accommodate her schedule assuming she accepts the invitation. C. Other agenda items will include: (1) annual reports of committees; (2) peer review procedure streamlining; (3) bylaws and special election discussion. ACTION: Executive Committee members should send additional agenda item suggestions to B.Kornstein. Next Meeting: Wednesday, November 16, 10am-12am, Doe Room 322.