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Minutes of LISA meeting on Thursday. October 29, 1998, 7 p.m. in the second floor Dean's
office conference room at Penrose Library.Attendees: Rochelle Logan (president), Martin Garnar (vice-president/president-elect), Stacey Nagle (secretary), Jean Heilig (treasurer), Marcy Rodney (program coordinator), Deb Grealy (faculty advisor), Roger Greer (faculty advisor), and the following LI SV students: Gillian Harrison, Dan Kutz, Diana Dillinger, Amy Fillinger, Marcy Phelps, Peggy Combs, Chris Brown, Lynn Smith, Cindy Jaye, Beth Wrenn-Estes, Pam Peake, Carol Ann Sass, and Bruce Raymond.
OPENING
Rochelle Logan called the meeting to order at 7 p.m. People attending the meeting introduced themselves briefly.
OLD BUSINESS
Rochelle Logan talked about the CLA conference in Colorado Springs and that she thought that the LISV student presentations went really well. Congrats to students Martin Garnar, Marcy Phelps, Katherine Kent, Thryia Wilson, Chris Brown, and Susan and Ignacio Ferrer-Vinent. The Sunday dinner with Ann Symons went well. Thanks to faculty for support and the LISV Advisory Board for tickets. Jean Heilig will send out thank you notes with Marcy Rodney's help.
Rochelle brought up that last spring LISA wanted to create a listserv and now Chris Brown has one up and running. Chris will be graduating at the end of the winter quarter and would be happy to work with anyone interested in taking over managing the listserv and/or the website. Chris also said that two different people could run the listserv and website and if anyone is
interested they should talk to Chris. Marcy Rodney mentioned that it would be nice to have a transition time for a new person to work with Chris before he graduates. She suggested putting an announcement on the listserv. Chris will inquire students in the web class and he will post on the listserv.NEW BUSINESS
Newsletter - Rochelle noticed that in LISA's by-laws is a publications committee that is chaired by the secretary. Stacey Nagle then discussed how the publications committee would work on putting out a quarterly newsletter, both online and in paper, possibly pass out in classes and mail to prospective students. The newsletter would contain contact information for DU and LISA, information on student membership, job advertisements, accreditation information, etc. Jean said that part of the reason the newsletter stopped before was because the mailing costs were so high. Deb Grealy said that before there wasn't much interest in the newsletter because there were not that many students. A newsletter would be a great PR tool to new/prospective students. If we just mail to prospective students the mailing costs should not be too expensive. Cindy Jaye
suggested also using the CCLS courier to send out newsletters. Beth Wrenn-Estes volunteered to be the newsletter's editor, and Chris will work with her to put the newsletter on the website.Roger Greer suggested that we set responsibilities for the editor and the contributors, and have certain contributors set in advance for each issue to help with follow through. Beth agreed and suggested that we plan in advance what kinds of articles and sections we want in the newsletter. The deadline should be the first week of the quarter. Volunteers for contributors: Marcy Rodney, Chris Brown, and Martin Garnar. Send articles via e-mail text only to Beth. Deb suggested that we have a board member write a regular column, such as a president's corner. Stacey moved to make Beth Wrenn-Estes the newsletter's editor, Dan Kutz second, motion passed. The old newsletter had a name and we will use the same name for the continuation.
Fundraising - Jean passed out a financial report. Last summer she opened a business account with a bank and move our account from the University. She mentioned some ideas for fundraising. Retail: shirts, caps, mugs, lapel pins (good trade item at library conferences), book-bags, and mouse pads. If anyone has any ideas speak with Jean. Jean also mentioned that
if LISA comes up with a business plan on how we would use donated money that Lynn Connaway, the LISV director, may donate some money. Jean also suggested that we give our business plan to local companies who may want to donate money to LISA. LISA also needs a logo. Jean said that Prof. Sitter had mentioned to her that we hire a professional to design a logo
but we all agreed that it would be too expensive. Deb mentioned that we should look in to the DU logo requirements, we may need to incorporate part of the DU logo into ours. It was decided that we would hold a contest for a student to design a logo for us and advertise in the next newsletter. Marcy Phelps suggested that some graphic artists would donate a logo to a non-profit organization. If a student comes up with a good idea we could look into having a professional bring it to life. Logo committee volunteers: Marcy Phelps, Jean Heilig. Deb asked Chris to post a message on the listserv for people to sign up to design a logo or be on the committee. Jean also suggested that we solicit funds from alumni, supporters of the program, business contacts, and students.Peer Review Board - Martin discussed creating a peer review board. This board would hear petitions from students who have concerns or problems, somewhat like an ombuds board. This board would help LISA to be a real advocate for LISV students. Deb suggested that we speak with Peggy Keeran because she's on a similar university board. She also said that usually people get elected to be on the board and the board meets whenever there is a need. Roger suggested that we define how the board will work. Peggy Combs asked if there would be any training available. Deb said that there are people at DU who could do the training for us and that we should check with the graduate student council. Martin asked everyone to spread the word that we are creating the review board and that in the mean time students with concerns or problems should contact a LISA board member. Peer review board committee startup: Martin Garnar, Gillian Harrison, and Peggy Combs.
Programs - Marcy Rodney would love to hear ideas for programs from anyone. Some ideas that she has include a job fair, a special library panel/ session on what you can do with your degree. Deb Grealy mentioned that SLA did something similar a few years ago and if we're interested Marcy should talk with Mark Estes, the president of the local SLA chapter. Lynn Smith thinks that students would really be interested in sessions on jobs or how to get them now that more students are closer to graduating. Times suggested for programs were Friday evenings or Saturdays after classes.
Other - Rochelle opened up the floor for any discussion or comments. Pam Peake mentioned a need for an orientation specific to LISV students. Prof. Sitter is putting together an orientation notebook that would be kept in the library. If anyone is interested in working on the notebook contact Prof. Sitter or Traci Steckel. Deb Grealy said that there is a University College
orientation and that she even speaks at it every quarter. Marta Ault is the coordinator of the University College orientation and we could speak to her if we think something could be added for LISV students. Martin reported from an orientation meeting with Prof. Sitter that we have an unofficial get-together so that new students can ask other students questions. Deb mentioned that as LISA gets bigger we should look into using a mentoring or buddy system to match new and
experienced students together.Rochelle announced upcoming LISA meetings.
Winter Saturday, January 9, 1999, 10 a.m.
Spring Thursday, March 25, 1999, 7 p.m.
Summer Saturday, June 12, 1999, 10 a.m.Cindy Jaye asked about the DU mentoring program and if it's still going on. Jean mentioned that there was supposed to be a meeting in September but that it was canceled. If anyone is interested in the mentoring program contact Jean Heilig.
Meeting adjourned at 7:55 p.m.