The board met at Curtis JHS in University Place. The meeting was dominated by 2 issues: the WLMA budget and attempt at state legislation to require teacher-librarians at all public schools.
The board reviewed budget proposals and made adjustments. The amounts budgeted were pretty conservative, board members asked "is that realistic?" Since there were many new folks on the board, including the treasurer, there was a great deal of clarification. One of the big changes in the budget involved reorganizing public relations and legislative advocacy in to one broad category of "advocacy" with many sub-headings.
Jenn Maydole spoke at length about all of the movement that is happening regarding the push for legislation to require, with funding, a certificated librarian at every public school and resources. The effort has started w/ parents in Spokane and has been gathering steam. They have a petition and have been talking with legislators. There's going to be a summit in Olympia on February 1st. WLMA Exec. Board folks and Regional leaders are planning to attend. We'll get a chance to form a common message and talk to legislators. It's exciting. There was some lament expressed that more of the WLMA membership haven't participated in this effort, it seems many people are holding back. The petition is easy to complete. I've started to collect home emails from co-workers so I can send them the link to the petition without using district emails.
Also discussed: Executive board members visiting regional meetings to ask how WLMA can better serve the membership (I'm going to the Oz Region Meeting on Jan. 13); Location of the Full Board meeting in March (Kennewick); Report on Fall Conference '07 Finances.
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The full board meeting won't be held in Kennewick. After a conversation with Linda Collins we thought that we would save money holding the meeting in the Puget Sound area. We are considering to have a Conference Location Sub-Comm. meeting or the Executive Board meet in the Tri-Cities, so we can evaluate the location as a future fall conference site.
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