August 2013 Board Meeting Minutes

ETLA Board Meeting
Saturday, August 17, 2013
Tomato Head Restaurant, Knoxville, TN

In attendance:
Matthew Jordan, ETLA President
Circe Anderson, ETLA Vice-President/President Elect
Anjanae Brueland, ETLA Treasurer
Jennifer Newcome, ETLA Newsletter Editor
Andy Madson, ETLA Past President
Seth Jordan, ETLA Webmaster

I. Welcome: Meeting was called to order at approximately 10:15 am.

II. Minutes from April 25, 2013 were presented by Matthew Jordan and approved by the board

III. Membership: Discussed adding a student rate to increase membership and possibly partnering with the Tennessee Library Association for joint membership.

IV. Treasurer’s Report: $1475.86 currently in bank account. Agreed to add Anjanae to the bank account because she is now treasurer. Also discussed switching to a new bank and how current account was created and future ideas for banking situation (possibility of getting a tax ID number and whose address we could use for this)

V. Newsletter: Talked about what should be included in the newsletter. Divided up events to send short articles to Jennifer for the ETLA newsletter.

VI. Programming: Discussed future ETLA programs including:

  • a fall hike/picnic in October,
  • holiday book brag in December,
  • Career Panel/Mentor program in the spring,
  • and the Rothrock Lecture/Dinner in April. Matthew asked for ideas of potential Rothrock speakers.
  • also discussed doing a library oriented service project for the National Day of Service in January.

VII. Adjourned.