Wednesday, August 17, 2022

YSS May 2022 Board Meeting Minutes

Youth Services Section Board Meeting

May 17, 2022       

1:30pm-3:00pm 

Present: Claire Parrish, Ashley Borman, Caitlin Schaffer, Alison Loewen, Linda Jerome, Melissa Carollo, Marge Loch-Wouters, Murray Johnson 

Approve May Agenda: Caitlin S. motions, Alison L. seconded

Approve April Minutes: Ashley B. motions, Murray J. seconded 

Welcome 

Getting ready for summer! 

Old Business:

  • DPI Updates -Monica 
  • Blog Check-in - Marge 
    • Cleared up problems with Follow It  
    • Katherine Schoofs doing once a month posting, looking at Thursday rotation
    • Recruiting for Tuesday blogger
    • Graphic for YSS board minute posts?
      • Melissa recommends YSS logo, which Alison will share with Marge
    • Question from Claire - Do we ever share Youth Services job postings?
      • Answer - We used to, and may do so again now that more jobs are being posted on Wispublib
      • Frequency of posting? Once a week, aggregate, individual posting? Bi-weekly? 
      • Marge would likely would post on weekends versus on premier days 
    • Melissa - Kristine Millard, Practicum student from UW Madison who works at Waisman Center might be in touch with Marge to send along more content.
  • Regional Meet-Ups - Murray
    • Planning to contact L.E. Phillips library to check in about hosting in August
    • Still deciding if it will be an actual meetup or virtual  
  • Webinar Check In - Claire 
    • Not much to report - Still hoping to do social/emotional, trauma support webinar. Talking to Waukesha PL to see what they are doing and if they would be interested in sharing what they’ve been doing in the community. 
    • Will coordinate with Regional Meet-Up so webinar happens either a couple weeks before or after 
  • WLA Update - Linda 
    • WLA Annual
      • Program proposals closed - a little over 100 submissions
      • Site visit May 31st to plan out the space before narrowing down the list of presenters. 
      • Keynotes - No contracts finalized for final keynote or YSS luncheon. 
    • WAAL conference was low attendance
    • WAPL - Went well and had good attendance 
    • SSCS coming up soon, registration going well so far 
    • Board met with Steve Conway, WLA lobbyist, to discuss challenges with the uptick of intellectual freedom issues 
    • Work has begun on structuring and updating value statement 
  • Children’s Book Award - Murray/Ashley 
    • Winner and honorees have been determined and will be announced in June. 
    • Three people are leaving the committee this year, so recruit for next year.
      • Needing four new committee members. 
  • Marketing Committee - No updates 
    • Claire recommends a social media post for WLA to share to remind libraries about how hard YS librarians are working over the summer. 

New Business:

  • WAPL Recap - Taylor/Ashley/Claire
    • Social went well, had around 18 attendees
      • Attendees especially enjoyed the games 
    • Suggestions
      • Look into adding at least a few tables to break out sessions
      • Longer HDMI cables so laptops/devices can be used at podiums
      • Microphones will soon be required in order to present at WLA conferences
  • YSS Elections - Jenny W. 
    • Start thinking about recruitment now, because waiting until August will be coming up on/past the deadline.   
    • Open positions - Chair elect, two directors at large 
    • Marketing options - Blog post, email blast, WLA quarterly newsletter
  • Next meeting: August 16, September 20, October 18
    •  November meeting - WLA Annual conference 

Motion to adjourn: Ashley B., Murray J. seconded

Meeting notes recorded by Caitlin Schaffer, secretary. 

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