Business Meeting Minutes: March 17, 2017

ACRL MD

Meeting Agenda

March 17, 2017

Attending: Claire Holmes, Robert Miller (notes), Alison Cody, Kyle Breneman, Kim Miller, Sara Arnold-Garza, Mike Kiel

Updates on ACRL-hosted reception in Baltimore, March 24, 2017, 5:30-7pm

Planning Committee: ACRL-DVC Chapter President Martha Stevenson, Claire Holmes, Natalie Burclaff, Sara Arnold Garza, Kim Miller              

• Estimated guests: ~100
• Fundraising campaign raised ~$8000
• Swag, decorations
• Inner Harbor Marriott at Camden Yards, directly across from convention center

Winter Social recap (Duckpin Bowling, 2/24/17: Stoneleigh Lanes, 6:30-8:30pm)

• 23 people came
• May become an annual event
• We collected donations for MLA/DLA silent-auction basket

MLA/DLA conference updates – Sara AG

• ACRL MD has programs, which we are promoting through social media

MLA meeting updates – CH

• New MLA strategic plan
  • Drafted vision and mission statements
  • Inclusive of all types of libraries, including academic
  • Will be made public at business meeting at MLA/DLA
  • ACRL MD will have a chance to give feedback to the drafts
    • We’ll probably discuss at our April meeting
  • Newly elected ACRL MD executive committee:
    • Sara Arnold-Garza will be president
    • Mike Kiel is our new VP/President Elect
    • Claire Holmes will be immediate-past president
    • Robert Miller will continue as secretary
  • MLA voted to endorse ALA statement on White House policies

Summer Program: ACRL-MD Chapter Strategic Planning Meeting

• date, time, location TBA
• Considering facilitation from an ACRL leader
• Hopefully at ACRL—at our reception and other events—we will be able to meet leaders of other chapters and learn how other chapters are organized
• We may be able to meet a potential speaker from ACRL for our summer program.
• Besides talking to leaders of other state chapters, talking to members would be valuable, too, to learn their perspectives on participation at the chapter level
• Engagement Fair, Wednesday night at 7:00 pm–another opportunity to meet people from other chapters. However, the Fair is mostly for first-time conference attendees.

New business?

• None

Next meetings:

• April 21 (includes journal club)
• May 19