LiSA Minutes
May 5, 2005
SML Room 410

Members present: Amanda Patrick, Kelly Shand, Aubrey Novak, Ruth Carruth, Diana Quinones, Stephen Cohen, Patrick Butler, Lolly Lee, and Cesar Zapata.

Members Absent: Kevin Glick, Bernadette Cioffi, Kathleen Burns and Mary Bradway.

Meeting convened at 2:00 p.m.

NEW STAFF RECEPTION:
Stephen reported on the progress of the New Staff Reception which will be on Monday May 9, 2005 from 2-4 pm. This is in room 405 of SSS Hall on the corner of Grove and Prospect Streets.

The catering is organized, a service request for cleaning the room has been put in, Ruth is taking care of the flowers, Diana will take care of the cakes, and there will be signs posted for reminders.

Ruth mentioned that it would be good to call and double check with the caterer to the time and also to bring a cell phone because if there is a problem all the phones are in offices.

Patrick Butler, Lolly Lee and Amanda Patrick volunteered to help set up. Kelly Shand, Aubrey Novak, Ruth Carruth and Diana Quinones volunteered to help afterwards.

We will try to have a book truck available so that the transport of food, drinks and other items will be easier.

We weren’t sure if we had a podium and microphone. Stephen made a note to check with Kevin.

WEIGHT WATCHERS:
The proposed summer session for Weight Watchers at work was cancelled because there was not enough interest. Since the Lecture hall is booked through the summer Mary decided to have informal Weight Watcher meetings there from 12-1 on Wednesdays. People who wish to attend can share weight loss tips, and support. Hopefully this will garner interest for a fall session of Weight Watchers at work.

COMMITTEE FAIR:
Diana reported that the next meeting for the committee fair is on 5/12/05 in Rm. 409 at 1 pm. Any member who wished to attend can. There is still no budget for the proposed fair day.

The list of committees that were asked to attend are: Communication, LiSA, SCOPA, STOD, LMC, MPCC, Public Relations Committee(PRC), PIC, Best Practices and Cross Training, and SQIC. It was suggested that Library Links be invited.

RED CROSS BLOOD DRIVE
:Ruth reported that the proposed blood drive for the Library will be held on July 19, 2005 from 10:30-3 in the Lecture Hall. The site needs to be certified by the State for this. A state inspector will come by and let her know if we can have it in the Lecture Hall.

We will need volunteers for staffing the registration table and the canteen. There is the question of parking, tables and chairs as well which Ruth is seeing to.

ACTIVITY SURVEY:
Kathleen put together a draft of a survey and submitted it to Katie Bauer. She has not heard back as of yet, but will report on it at our next meeting.

STAFF ART EXHIBIT:
Aubrey Novak reported on the progress of the Staff Art Exhibit scheduled for 7/25-8/5. She has had 7 people interested and asking questions. For the moment she has limited any one person to 5 pieces for this exhibit in the interests of space and diversity. She said that people are looking forward to this.

COLUMBUS HOUSE:
Amanda Patrick contacted Columbus House and they were very interested in LiSA having another book drive for them. They have just opened a satellite facility for women and it could use reading material. We will be looking for used books in good condition. Fiction or non-fiction is welcome, but no texts or encyclopedias. Cesar Zapata asked if they would accept magazines such as Cosmopolitan, Newsweek or similar, as materials. Amanda was going to ask to see.

The book drive will begin on May 16, 2005 and end on May 27, 2005.

Amanda sent an e-mail asking for point persons at the outer libraries such as the Sciences and Divinity. Patrick Butler agreed to coordinate for Engineering and Kelly Shand for Divinity.

CHARTER AMENDMENT:
The vote to amend the Library Staff Association charter passed. The amendment stated “The Council will support local merchants by doing as much of its business with them as is practical.”

In favor of this were: Diana Quinones, Lolly Lee, Stephen Cohen, Kelly Shand, Patrick Butler, Ruth Carruth, Amanda Patrick, Aubrey Novak, and Cesar Zapata. There were no dissenting votes.

PROPOSED ACTIVITY
: Susan Tucker came to speak to the committee about the possibility of holding a diaper drive at some point in the future. She gave us some background on the non-profit organization that she represents. The New Haven Diaper Bank collects diapers to be distributed through Family Service programs to low income families with children because diapers not covered under social programs such as food stamps and WIC.

Stephen Cohen wanted to know if the diapers had to be packaged or would they accept loose ones. Either was fine. And they can be in any size. Ruth Carruth asked about a website, which they have. They are not set up to take donations over the web-site as of yet, but it was suggested that we could have a system where people who wish to donate money could do so to LiSA members, as well as donating diapers.

The committee decided to go ahead with the Diaper Drive. It was agreed to set up dates via e-mail in the next few weeks. We would like to do it before the current fiscal year ends.

NEXT MEETING: will be on Thursday May 19, 2005 from 2-3pm at SML Room 410