Wisconsin Library
Association
Youth Services
Section Board Meeting/Board Retreat
January 14, 2018
YSS advocates for
professional empowerment, collaboration, and innovative, inclusive, and
intentional service
Present:
Katie Kiekhaefer, Sarah Cournoyer, Claire Parrish, Emily Zorea, Anne Hamland,
Emily Sanders, Katherine Schoofs, Susie Menk, Sue Abrahamson
Approve Agenda
Katie
asked if there were any additions to be made to the agenda. There were none.
Katherine
motioned to accept the agenda; Emily seconded it and it was passed.
Old Business:
Volunteer
Survey/Contacts – Katie
Use
results to share out on YSS and link to WLA site
Sue
suggested sending results to WLA officials
Create
documents 12 of this or 12 of that
Share
benefits of YSS
Share
results at Meet Ups
Katherine
will share results on blog
Twelve
Months of Code Resource – Katie
Caitlin
began resource but due to other responsibilities was unable to complete
Emily
and Susie will complete and get it out to YSS
Regional
Meet-ups Update - Claire & Katie
Next
one is February 22nd afternoon at Hales Corners and Muskego
April
meet up is still being scheduled—possibly at Grantsburg and Spooner
August
meet up sites—possibly Tomahawk & Rhinelander
Board
Job Duties/Description Reviews - All
All
board members should go through job descriptions for updating & review
YSS
Web Page Committee - Sarah
Sarah
worked with Jenni & Marge to stream to 1 page
YSS
Annual Report – Sarah
Sarah
had handout
Marketing
Committee - Sarah/Anne
Anne
will work on posting survey on YSS Blog and Facebook pages
Share
out our successes
Share
monthly message
Anne
suggested creating a YSS email to keep information centralized
Possible
posts include Wayback Wednesday
Basement
Archives – Sarah
Sarah
shared that YSS archives are getting digitized and will let us know when they
become available
Children’s
Book Award Committee - Abby/Sarah
Abby
is working on an online application for this committee
Excited
to share that there were 5-6 applicants and 3 spots were filled
Looking
at finding a way for authors to nominate themselves for award
New Business:
WEMTA
- Sarah and Katie
Margie
and others trying to renew relationship with WEMTA
Looking
at possible joint membership
YSS
Chair & Past Chair will attend virtual meetings
YSS
Elections – Sarah
Sarah
suggested looking ahead at elections as we will need a WLA board liason for
2020
WLA
Leadership Orientation - Katie
-WLA’s priorities throughout the
year
Katie
shared WLA priorities and was proud to report that YSS is already doing all of
this!
Leadership
growth & development
Membership
growth and retention
Special
interest groups
Website
migration & sustainability
New
members
Outreach
& contact with non-members
YSS
Powerhouse Presents Going Forward - Katie and Sarah
-Recommitting? Reformatting?
Retiring?
Due
to some concerns about burned bridges what do we want to do?
Leah
Langby has procedures in place
Sue
suggested we keep going forward, ask forgiveness and update procedures.
Discussion
ensued and suggestions were made for using conference presenters and giving presenters
timelines.
Anne
offered to coach presenters on doing webinars and the technology part of
presenting online.
Sue
will check with WLA about possibly using their GoToMeeting subscription
for YSS presentations.
Claire
and Susie will work on getting presenters for the next year.
WLA
Board Report Liaison – Sue
Sue
reported on WLA priorites
Sharing
value of YSS with other sections—YSS is a leader in WLA
Suggested
submitting names of YSS members who ran for office but were not elected as WLA
conference committee members
Sue
will look into WLA rules about elections since WLA liason position is up for
re-election.
YSS
Unit Leadership Roster Update – All
Due
to time contraints, this topic was tabled until the next meeting
Revisit
YSS Survey Results - All
Use
results to share out on YSS and link to WLA site
Sue
suggested sending results to WLA officials
Create
documents 12 of this or 12 of that
Share
benefits of YSS
Share
results at Meet Ups
Katherine
will share results on blog
Sue
motioned to adjourn, Emily seconded.
Next
meeting will be scheduled after Katie does a Doodle Poll to find best time for
everyone.
Submitted
by Susie Menk
January
19, 2019
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