PLL-SIS Executive Board Call
October 9, 2013
The meeting was called to order at 2:02 p.m. EST, with the following attendees:
Jean O'Grady, Chair
Cheryl Niemeier, Chair-Elect
Linda-Jean Schneider, Past Chair
Emily Florio, Treasurer
Kristine Lloyd, Secretary
Cameron Gowan, Board Member
Saskia Mehlhorn, Board Member
Jennifer Berman, Co-Chair, Education Committee
Scott Bailey, Co-Chair, Education Committee
Jennifer Berman and Scott Bailey joined the beginning of this month's board call to report on activities of the Education Committee. As proposals for programs were due by October 7th, they were able to update us on the current contributions by PLL members. Jennifer reported that twelve programs were submitted, and there may be a few more. There was one overall PLL submission: Empowering the Next Generation of Law Firm Librarians. This program is based on the showcases that have been done in DC and NY. So far, the plan is to have Scott Bailey and Steve Lastres speak with Jean O'Grady moderating.
Emily added that the AMPC will be meeting November 15th and 16th in Chicago to make decisions about programming.
The Summit is confirmed and headquarters will be contacting Jean about the logistics.
Jennifer and Scott dropped off the call at this point.
We then discussed last meeting's minutes. Cameron moved to approve the minutes, and Jean seconded.
Our next agenda item was the Treasurer's Report. Emily informed us that the AALL financial report would be released soon, after which she would have more official numbers. She reported that recently incurred expenses are Jean's travel grant, renewal of the Constant Contact account and our monthly Citrix GoTo Meeting charge.
Jean then moved on to our discussion about Rich Leiter's Law Librarian Conversations online radio show. We are to appear on the show on October 23, from 1:00-2:30 EST. Jean explained that Rich would kick off the discussion and then direct questions to the board. We briefly brainstormed about possible discussion issues, in addition to the proposed SIS name change, such as: upward mobility, outsourcing, virtual libraries, budgets, etc. We agreed to propose a list of topics to Rich to help shape the discussion.
Our next agenda item was to discuss feedback on the proposed name change. At this stage, we have not yet recommended possible alternative names, but rather, we have simply initiated the discussion about whether a name change would be beneficial for our SIS. Jean said she had received some positive comments about a name change. Opinions expressed on the list-serv were generally not in favor of a name change, though there were some positive comments. We agreed that we would need to brainstorm some names that better encompass what we do and what distinguishes our SIS. Board members were generally in favor of having the word "knowledge" in the title, since we are in the industry of providing knowledge.
Linda-Jean suggested we solicit suggestions from members. Cheryl suggested we conduct a survey and propose five or six names, and then provide a space for further suggestions. We could put together our suggestions and create a Survey Monkey survey. Emily agreed that we need to get feedback from the membership. Jean asked members if she should mention the name change again in her upcoming column, and generally the consensus was that yes, it is an ongoing discussion topic.
Cameron asked whether we should discuss the possibility of a name change with the AALL Board. Jean said she would bring the matter up with Steve Anderson, just so that he and the AALL Board are aware of this discussion.
Next, we briefly discussed PLL Summit planning. Cheryl reported that she and Marcia will set up a November meeting with the volunteers to begin the planning. Jean is still soliciting volunteers for the planning committee.
We then moved on to a discussion about the Communications Committee and the many forms of communication channels that exist for PLL. We discussed the PLL Daily, which is a newsletter/digest that Steve publishes daily. We agreed that since this was not a PLL-sponsored publication that Jean would reach out to Steve about renaming the publication.
Jean asked if we have a Twitter account. It appears that we do, but Steve manages it as the Communications Chair. Jean feels it would be very useful and beneficial if all committee chairs and board members had the opportunity to tweet on the PLL account to keep it more active. Cheryl volunteered to check with Steve to find out the status of our Twitter account.
Jean would like to post a list of all of our communication channels on the PLL website.
We wrapped up our discussion by returning to the radio show. Cameron agreed to circulate an email with our proposed topics, and Emily suggested we send out an announcement to PLL members reminding them about the show.
We adjourned promptly at 3:00 EST. Our next meeting is scheduled for November 13th at 2:00 EST.
