Post by Aleya on May 18, 2017 18:46:35 GMT -6
GLISA Officer Meeting #13 Minutes: May 18, 2017
Commenced at: 7:02 PM Ended at: 7:45 PM
Members Present: Alelya W., Katrina C., Ivan M., Gienah B., Heather J., Alyssa N.
Item’s Discussed:
Welcoming new GLISA officers; Introductions
Gienah- new secretary; expected graduation December 2018; currently in her second semester; encouraged by a professor to take on a role.
Aleya- previous secretary; expected grad December 2017; introduced new members to Slack and explained some of the roles.
Ivan- previous web administrator; available as needed until the new officers get a new web administrator; created a new blog with wordpress.
Heather- new president; just finished her first semester; homeschooling two teens while working on her degree; open to people’s ideas, working on some ideas for the group this year; wants to continue with the webinar; wants to figure out how to get such a dispersed student group to become more connected through GLISA.
Alyssa- new VP; eager to work with the student body; came to SLIS after working at her undergraduate work-study; interested in public librarianship with a focus in adult services, reference, leadership, community outreach, and serving diverse communities; she is a disability rights advocate.
Katrina- previous President; GLISA was a great way to dive into the world of librarianship; advice- utilize your resources; Heather will get access to the student organization listserves as president; as a leader you’ll have access to other leaders within the field.
Questions from new officers:
Gienah- What does the Treasurer do? What funds are there?
Katrina- we were working to fix what previous GLISA officers have done. Our treasurer’s role was to troubleshoot those problems. GLISA does have funds from fees collected over the years. New treasurer will need to talk with Dr. Masten to get on the account. Treasurer- manage funds, possibly come up with fundraising techniques to offer scholarships/ an endowment fund. New officers have an opportunity to define that role. Treasurer also helps with other things that may need to be done.
Alyssa- initial ideas for webinars?
Katrina- the new ALA president elect. Originally we wanted to have a webinar for each library field. We didn’t have enough time to do that but that’s an idea to run with. Professional development would also be great to have during the webinar.
Alyssa- Would something along the lines of special topics, such as networking, leadership, navigating professional politics, etc. be of interest? Or would topics like how librarians in the field are meeting the needs of diverse communities or new services libraries are providing? Webinars could be good to learn about facts we don’t learn in school.
Aleya- Survey your GLISA population to make sure they’re interested in.
Gienah- current numbers of GLISA versus the number of SLIS students?
Aleya- somewhere around 70 members. Unsure on current SLIS numbers.
Membership is handled by the secretary.
Alyssa- how often do we hold officer meetings?
Aleya- it fluctuates depending on what we had going on. Sometimes we had to catch up and do weekly. Sometimes we did monthly or bimonthly.
Slack is a great resource to use between meetings.
Google Hangouts-easy to do calendar invites with the video link to the video call.
Heather will be changing passwords starting Monday.
Commenced at: 7:02 PM Ended at: 7:45 PM
Members Present: Alelya W., Katrina C., Ivan M., Gienah B., Heather J., Alyssa N.
Item’s Discussed:
Welcoming new GLISA officers; Introductions
Gienah- new secretary; expected graduation December 2018; currently in her second semester; encouraged by a professor to take on a role.
Aleya- previous secretary; expected grad December 2017; introduced new members to Slack and explained some of the roles.
Ivan- previous web administrator; available as needed until the new officers get a new web administrator; created a new blog with wordpress.
Heather- new president; just finished her first semester; homeschooling two teens while working on her degree; open to people’s ideas, working on some ideas for the group this year; wants to continue with the webinar; wants to figure out how to get such a dispersed student group to become more connected through GLISA.
Alyssa- new VP; eager to work with the student body; came to SLIS after working at her undergraduate work-study; interested in public librarianship with a focus in adult services, reference, leadership, community outreach, and serving diverse communities; she is a disability rights advocate.
Katrina- previous President; GLISA was a great way to dive into the world of librarianship; advice- utilize your resources; Heather will get access to the student organization listserves as president; as a leader you’ll have access to other leaders within the field.
Questions from new officers:
Gienah- What does the Treasurer do? What funds are there?
Katrina- we were working to fix what previous GLISA officers have done. Our treasurer’s role was to troubleshoot those problems. GLISA does have funds from fees collected over the years. New treasurer will need to talk with Dr. Masten to get on the account. Treasurer- manage funds, possibly come up with fundraising techniques to offer scholarships/ an endowment fund. New officers have an opportunity to define that role. Treasurer also helps with other things that may need to be done.
Alyssa- initial ideas for webinars?
Katrina- the new ALA president elect. Originally we wanted to have a webinar for each library field. We didn’t have enough time to do that but that’s an idea to run with. Professional development would also be great to have during the webinar.
Alyssa- Would something along the lines of special topics, such as networking, leadership, navigating professional politics, etc. be of interest? Or would topics like how librarians in the field are meeting the needs of diverse communities or new services libraries are providing? Webinars could be good to learn about facts we don’t learn in school.
Aleya- Survey your GLISA population to make sure they’re interested in.
Gienah- current numbers of GLISA versus the number of SLIS students?
Aleya- somewhere around 70 members. Unsure on current SLIS numbers.
Membership is handled by the secretary.
Alyssa- how often do we hold officer meetings?
Aleya- it fluctuates depending on what we had going on. Sometimes we had to catch up and do weekly. Sometimes we did monthly or bimonthly.
Slack is a great resource to use between meetings.
Google Hangouts-easy to do calendar invites with the video link to the video call.
Heather will be changing passwords starting Monday.