ETLA Board Meeting Minutes
Thursday, April 25, 2013, 4:10pm
Chattanooga, TN (TLA Annual Conference)
Attendees:
Matthew Jordan
Circe Anderson
Anjanae Brueland
Seth Jordan
Susan Simmons Byrne
Andy Madson
I. Welcome
II. Minutes from the September 11, 2012 Board Meeting: Not presented.
III. Treasurer’s Report
Treasurer Alison Jones sent an April financial report via email.
Beginning Balance (as of March 31, 2013) – $1,042.67
Income: Rothrock program fees – $1,295.00, Membership dues – $60.00.
Expenditures: Various Rothrock program expenses – 966.81
Ending Balance (as of April 30, 2013) – $1,430.86
IV. Old Business
No unfinished business
V. New Business
1. Officer Nominations for Vice-President/President-Elect and Treasurer
Circe Anderson was nominated for Vice-President/President-Elect, and Anjanae Brueland was nominated for Treasurer. Andy will make a call for other nominees via email and TLA listserv and conduct a vote of the membership via email.
2. Programming
This past year’s programs were reviewed:
-Fall Hike (Ijams Nature Center, October 13, 2012)
-Holiday Book Brag (Café 4 in Market Square, Knoxville, December 1, 2012)
-UTK SIS Career Panel (UTK Communications Building, March 13, 2013)
-42nd annual Rothrock Dinner and Lecture (Alex Haley Farm, Clinton, April 18, 2013 – presenter, Dr. Jinx Watson “Fierce Advocacy Through Public Service: Stories of Mary Utopia Rothrock and Effie Lee Morris”)
The board will continue discussion of the upcoming year’s programs at the next board meeting.
VI. Adjournment