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Minutes

Librarians’ Association of the University of Waterloo

Annual General Meeting 2010

May 20, 2010, DC Conference Room

Minutes

 

Present: Kathy Macdonald, Helena Calogeridis, Tim Ireland, Margaret Yuen, Laura Howell, Jane Forgay, Agnes Zientarska-Kayko, Nancy Collins (secretary), Kathy Szigeti, Jackie Stapleton, Leeanne Romane (president), Anne Fullerton (past president), Rebecca Hutchinson, Kristen Jensen

Leeanne welcomed MLIS co-op students Rebecca Hutchinson and Kristen Jensen to the meeting.

1. Minutes of May 12, 2009 approved with minor changes.

2. Business arising from last AGM

• The LAUW website is now linked to from the staff web.

3. No additional agenda

4. Annual reports

The group reviewed and approved reports from the President, Programs Chair, and Compensation Chair.  The Treasurer's report will be sent out at a later date, since the Tresurer was unable to attend the meeting.

Discussion points:

• The LEH review was the biggest activity for LAUW this year
• The programs continue to be excellent. The group agreed that it is generally a good idea to bring in librarians who have presented sessions or posters at the OLA Super Conference or other conferences
• We continue to fall in the salary rankings. This could be attributed to the addition of the University of Calgary to the rankings
• The number of Waterloo librarians listed varies by report. Action: The Compensation chair will find out who is responsible for generating this information and how they determine what positions count as librarian positions
• Professional development spending drastically dropped this year (by over $30,000), although no requests were rejected. The group attributed this to the announced cutbacks and our perceived ability to secure funding in the fiscally lean climate

5. Election of officers and chairs of standing committees 2010/2011

Anne Fullerton tabled the report of the nomination committee. There were no further nominations from the floor so the following people were acclaimed:

President: Tim Ireland

Secretary: Sandra Keys

Treasurer: Susan Lancsak

Programs Committee Chair: Nancy Collins

Compensation Committee Chair: Laura Howell

Past-President: Leeanne Romane

The nomination process was clarified for members.

6. Librarian’s Employment Handbook

Members of LEH review committee updated the group on the progress of the LEH revisions.

• The current revision has been approved by Mark, Sharon, and HR. We are awaiting approval from Bruce Mitchell and Janet Passmore
• All issues raised at last year's AGM have been addressed. Other areas of the LEH have been tightened up
• One concern is the disparity amongst managers regarding the interpretation of what librarians are entitled to (time; procedur) for professional work/research
• Librarians will meet together first to discuss the LEH changes and again with Mark and Sharon

Meeting adjourned at 1:25 p.m.

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