Minutes Of
June 12, 2002
In
Attendance: Deborah Abraham,
Marjorie Hill-Devine, Tom Cesarz, Doug Rendell, Ron Gagnon, Sue Koronowski, Camilla Glynn Healey, Mary
Rose Quinn.
Call to order: Deborah Abraham called the meeting to order at 2:00 pm.
Treasurer’s Report: A motion was made by Camilla Glynn Healey and seconded by Tom Cesarz to accept the Treasurer’s Report. The vote to accept the report was unanimous.
Minutes: Minutes of the April and May meetings were moved by Camilla Glynn Healey, seconded by Tom Cesarz, and approved unanimously.
Executive
Director’s Report
Personnel: Cataloger Jessica Weiss began work on May 21st. She works Tuesday through Thursday, 18 hours each week. George and Martha will be attending Windows 2000 training, which was arranged by MVLC. The Bibliographic clerk hours will be reduced.
State Budget: The Senate budget appears more hopeful than the House for Network funding – a 2.8% cut from the current year vs. the House’s 12.3% cut. Amendments to add funding are unlikely. The Conference Committee will resolve the differences later. The Senate budget is not as good to the Regions as the House.
Atrion and ISP change: NOBLE is continuing to work on our Atrion changeover. Our firewall hasn’t been updated by Dimension Data since the installation a few years ago. We were unable to do individual library address translations at that release level. The new software also required more memory. Atrion upgraded memory and installed new software. There was some unexpected downtime. The new flash memory cost $775. Genuity gave us fewer external IP addresses. They rely on equipment and firewall for the address translation. In most cases, each library has one number. ISP changeover is scheduled for June 17th.
ALA: Ron and Elizabeth will be attending ALA. They will be meeting with III and EBSCO representatives.
Top 10 Holds Enhancements: NOBLE sent its top 10 holds enhancements to III. Some
will be worked out by the help desk, some in a future release, and some will require
custom programming.
PC Support: Ron is recommending a 3.2% increase in per PC cost. We will keep the base
fee level for FY 03. Libraries with the most PCs will see a 3% increase. We will be
changing our remote software. LANdesk has been a disappointment. The one time cost
for the software is equivalent or less than the ongoing LANdesk fee. Antivirus upgrades
will cost $12/PC.
NCIPA/CIPA: NOBLE will be eligible for E-rate funds again when NOBLE public
libraries meet the standards of the 6-point pledge.
Personnel Committee: The Personnel Committee approved job descriptions for two positions, Cataloger and PC Support. The Salary Schedule was also reviewed. Ordinarily we add two steps. Will defer the 9th step until next year due to the fiscal crisis. The Committee may decide to reclassify some positions. The Committee unanimously accepted the salary schedule.
Strategic Plan: Ron expanded the details on membership categories and reviewed the Action Plan for FY 03. Camilla Glynn Healey made a motion to accept the Strategic Plan as revised and Tom Cesarz seconded. The vote to accept the Plan was unanimous.
Working Groups:
The Holds requests were sent to III.
Jeff Klapes will replace Camilla Glynn Healey as the ERWG Chair. The timetable for the survey is mid-August.
Deborah asked that the Minutes reflect a special thank you to Camilla Glynn Healey for all of her work on behalf of NOBLE. We appreciate her efforts and she will missed.
Camilla Glynn Healey made a motion seconded by Tom Cesarz to adjourn at 4:00 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Mary Rose Quinn,
Secretary