LPL Board of Control Monthly Meeting 05 August 2024 On the Agenda: Millage Recommendation Director’s Search AGENDA SPEAKER FORM Post-Meeting Analysis Sometimes these library board meetings are just hard to watch. The level of incompetence and ignorance displayed by the people charged as trustees of a $12 million library system that sees nearly three quarters of […]
LPL Board of Control Monthly Meeting 17 June 2024 On the Agenda: Retroactive Minor Card Restrictions AGENDA SPEAKER FORM MINUTES Pre-Meeting Analysis As predicted, the discussion by board members last month about whether they can legally restrict ALL CURRENT minor library cards has shown up on this month’s agenda as an action item. What this means:
LPL Board of Control Monthly Meeting 20 May 2024 On the Agenda: 2024-2025 Annual Budget AGENDA Minutes Proposed 2024-2025 Budget Budget Narrative (Explanation) 10-Year Pro-Forma (Budget Projection) #1 10-Year Pro-Forma (Budget Projection) #2 Meeting Audio Pre-Meeting Analysis Compared to the absolute assaults on our library from the board at the last few meetings, this
LPL Board of Control Monthly Meeting 15 April 2024 On the Agenda: Revising the LPL Mission Statement AGENDA Minutes Meeting Audio Pre-Meeting Analysis Here we go again, as they say. Back in February of 2021, when Robert Judge was first appointed to the library Board of Control, his first act as a board member
Director’s Search Committee 15 March 2024 AGENDA Minutes Meeting Audio Committee Members Present: Stephanie Armbruster (LPL BoC Member) Alan Moore (LPL BoC member) David Pitre (former LBoC Member) Dawn Williams (community member) The second meeting of the library’s Director Search Committee was somewhat more subdued in regards to their objectives. No more requirements for
LPL Board of Control Monthly Meeting 19 February 2024 On the Agenda: Director’s Search Committee Report; Proposed Job Description & Advertisement AGENDA Minutes Meeting Audio Director Job Posting (Search Committee Proposal) Director Job Description & Responsibilities (Search Committee Proposal) Post-Meeting Analysis The February Board of Control got off to a bang when member Ella Arsement
LPL Board of Control Monthly Meeting 09 January 2024 On the Agenda: NE Library Update Director’s Search AGENDA Minutes Meeting Audio Post-Meeting Analysis January was a quiet compared to December’s major seismic shockwave of a meeting. Set against the far-reaching effects of disaffiliating with the American Library Association, the business at January’s meeting looked almost…normal.
LPL Board of Control Regular August Monthly Meeting 18 December 2023 Agenda HERE Meeting Minutes HERE MEETING AUDIO HERE find our video of the meeting here On the Agenda: Cancel LPL’s membership in the American Library Association (ALA) Change Collection Development Policy to comply with Act 436 An easy link where you can write a
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LPL Board of Control Regular August Monthly Meeting 20 November 2023 Agenda HERE MEETING AUDIO HERE Agenda Items Very alarming on this month’s agenda is the board’s intention to “discuss and may take action” on the American Library Association. For anyone who doesn’t know, this is THE professional organization for librarians and libraries in the United States. It’s
LPL Board of Control Regular August Monthly Meeting 16 October 2023 Agenda HERE Proposed Changes to Exam Proctoring Policy Here Minutes HERE MEETING AUDIO HERE Agenda Items There are several items of interest on this month’s board agenda. First up are changes to the exam proctoring policy. Last year the board voted to end