YSS April Board Meeting Minutes

 YSS Meeting 

Fri, April 16, 2021

Present:  Katherine Schoofs, Jenny Wegener, Florence LeBeau, Susie Menk, Linda Jerome, Melissa Carollo, Tessa Schmidt, Taylor Wilcox

Approve Agenda

Welcome 

Old Business:  

• YSS Board Google Drive Link:  https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/14nlYDP3zTzbwrIG8HVz4eVC-El19KxIJ
• Feel free to look at information, please don’t change anything
• How are we doing with the Lapsed Members List?

o   Link to new list of lapsed members:  https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1ulZpdFHktHmcxB3UZ-OPLZUk-a6PHif7/edit#gid=55085113  

• New/Lapsed member update -- what are we finding?  Your experiences?

o   Claire will type something up for recruiting new members 

§  See email from Claire (send 2/26/2021)

o   As people rejoin/re-sign up or sign up for the first time send a Welcome letter from a current YSS member (make it personal

o   Keep working on it 

• Revisit how to provide value to Members.  
• Projects that members could contribute to
• Opportunities for Volunteer work outside of conference
• Teen meet ups
• Teen SIG group ideas--develop and maintain/meet up in fall
• CONSIDER: Curate list of resources for focused inclusive/diverse storytime books/activities 

• Board member run/leader with others
• Include all ages
• Put together a list to hand out at WLA?
• Make it a blog series?
• Top 10 books in list of …..
• Readalikes on a deeper level?
• KEEP WORKING ON: Curate resources for 52 weeks of STEAM activities--in various formats: virtual/in-person/stations/take home
• KEEP WORKING ON: Exclusive to YSS-author series with WI authors from CBAC?
• NOT recorded
• Live event only available to YSS members
• Author Interview/ Q&A time
• Sponsorships
• Committee to set up times/dates/cost
• New member welcome (Florence)
• Do separate program for new members in fall -- celebrate the end of summer
• Meet virtually-in August 26?
• Game/social about summer experiences 
• Talk about doing this annually or several times per year--spring and fall?
• Encourage new members to go to conference
• “Meet the  Board”--Plan for September 
• Tessa--think about Year in Review
• What’s our end goal
• Take a moment to reflect
• Exclusive services vs. services for general public

New Business:

DPI Youth Update: 

• Introducing the DPI Library Services Team
• Focusing on ARPA funding and development of next 5 year LSTA plan
• Continuing with FAQ Fridays and listening/supporting needs of the field
• Exploring Beanstack contract beyond 2023

• Youth Services Survey request:

You should have received a survey from UW re: pandemic planning.  Even though it is one day overdue, fill out if you can.  

Committee Reports

            Marketing Committee - Katherine, Melissa, Sarah

·        Making posters for WAPL

·        Putting on YSS blog and WLA Facebook page will be shareable 

            Conference Committee

·        WAPL: 4-person teen panel discussing how to find social media and digital platforms to find teens --Taylor May 7th @ 9:30 a.m.

·        Virtual Youth Lit Mad-Lib Social event--May 4th @ 7:00 p.m. 

o   Host-find a Director at Large 

·        Continue to promote the wazoo out of WAPL & WLA - - get those YSSers there       

         Children’s Book Award Committee

·        Nothing new

·        More books to read

            YSS Blog--Marge  No report not present 

            YSS Virtual Meet Ups--Florence

·        May 20th @ 1:30 p.m. 

·        Laura Fuller presenting from Rosholt Public Library 

·        Tricia Cox presenting from Waterford Public Library 

·        Next one in September  

            School-Public Libraries Group

·        Next meeting: Wednesday May 19th @ 4-5pm (NEW DATE)

·        Join Zoom Meeting     https://us02web.zoom.us/j/88205890421

·        Working hard to bring in more school libraries

·        Larger invitation going out to talk about collaboration between school and public libraries

·        Changing focus: trying to get WLA, YSS and WEMTA to have a closer working relationship, collaborations, and networking

·        Sharing examples of what we can do out to others throughout the state

·        WEMTA overwhelmed, keep working with YSS

·        Blog post on April 12th--contact information available

WLA Liaison report--Linda Jerome 

·        Working on job description for executive director

·        Virtual code of conduct-written and approved

·        Please be patient with WLA staff while we are without ED

·        WAPL early bird registration ends today 

 Meeting dates

• May 14th at 1:30 p.m.
• No meetings in June and July
• August 20th @ 1:30 p.m.
• September 17th @ 1:30 p.m. 

Respectfully submitted,

Susie Menk, YSS Secretary, April 21, 2021