Hello SWAN Board reps-
Apologies for missing the October meeting due to illness. I am back working this week, and one question that I was going to ask at the meeting last week was about the fiscal year 2025 audit underway.
The auditor asked me to check with you if the SWAN Board would like to have them present the audit at the December 19th meeting. To help answer this question, I have created a quick poll for you.
https://forms.office.com/Pages/ResponsePage.aspx?id=2MHq7QNx-UGKeuWY2dmAIH8…
Aaron Skog
Executive Director
aaron(a)swanlibraries.net<mailto:aaron@swanlibraries.net> * 630-326-7022
My pronouns: he/him/his
SWAN Library Services
915 Harger Road, Suite 260, Oak Brook, Illinois 60523
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Hello SWAN Board Members-
The agenda and packet for Friday's meeting is now available. You can access the PDF document from the website link below.
https://swanlibraries.net/meeting/94897
The meeting will be held at Tinley Park Public Library in the boardroom on the second floor. This meeting will include a presentation by Tara Wood and Olivia Montolin about the Palace Project.
We have also included a discussion on delayed membership fee payments, which I have described in my Executive Director report. The document in the packet is a procedure SWAN established if payments of membership dues is delayed, and I wanted to make sure you were aware of those steps.
I will be at the ILA conference Tuesday and Wednesday this week, so I hope to see some of you there!
Regards,
Aaron
Aaron Skog
Executive Director
aaron(a)swanlibraries.net<mailto:aaron@swanlibraries.net> * 630-326-7022
My pronouns: he/him/his
SWAN Library Services
915 Harger Road, Suite 260, Oak Brook, Illinois 60523
swanlibraries.net<https://swanlibraries.net/> * catalog.swanlibraries.net<https://catalog.swanlibraries.net/>
Hello SWAN Board reps-
The SWAN Board meeting agenda and packet are now available from the link below. The meeting on Friday will be held at Tinley Park Public Library on the second floor in the boardroom.
Meeting agenda & packet
https://swanlibraries.net/meeting/94896
Please refer to the exhibit pages 55 - 61 for an activity that we ask each of you to complete prior to Friday's meeting. These worksheets will help guide the Strategic Planning Committee for future outreach opportunities as we embark on creating a new plan for SWAN.
If you have any questions about the worksheets or anything in particular in the packet, please reach out to me!
Regards,
Aaron
Aaron Skog
Executive Director
aaron(a)swanlibraries.net<mailto:aaron@swanlibraries.net> * 630-326-7022
My pronouns: he/him/his
SWAN Library Services
915 Harger Road, Suite 260, Oak Brook, Illinois 60523
swanlibraries.net<https://swanlibraries.net/> * catalog.swanlibraries.net<https://catalog.swanlibraries.net/>
Hello SWAN board reps-
The SWAN Board meeting agenda and packet are now ready for you from the link below. The meeting on Friday will be held at Midlothian Public Library.
https://support.swanlibraries.net/meeting/94895
If you have any questions, please feel free to reach out to me.
Aaron Skog
Executive Director
aaron(a)swanlibraries.net<mailto:aaron@swanlibraries.net> * 630-326-7022
My pronouns: he/him/his
SWAN Library Services
915 Harger Road, Suite 260, Oak Brook, Illinois 60523
swanlibraries.net<https://swanlibraries.net/> * catalog.swanlibraries.net<https://catalog.swanlibraries.net/>
Hello SWAN Board reps-
I will be sending out appointments for your calendars for the upcoming meetings and the hosting library locations.
I have entered all of these events in the L2 calendar as well.
Watch for the emails coming directly to you from my email address.
Regards,
Aaron
Aaron Skog
Executive Director
aaron(a)swanlibraries.net<mailto:aaron@swanlibraries.net> * 630-326-7022
My pronouns: he/him/his
SWAN Library Services
915 Harger Road, Suite 260, Oak Brook, Illinois 60523
swanlibraries.net<https://swanlibraries.net/> * catalog.swanlibraries.net<https://catalog.swanlibraries.net/>
Hello SWAN Board representatives-
The agenda and packet for Friday's meeting are now available.
https://support.swanlibraries.net/meeting/94773
Ted Bodewes will provide an update on the most recent meeting of the Illinois State Library Advisory Committee, which included a discussion to provide recommendations on statewide priorities pertaining to funding of library services and programs.
The board meeting schedule for the upcoming year will be approved, so think about which dates work for you to host a meeting at your library. We usually have two months in a row hosted by the same library. This discussion will include our three new board representatives.
I also just want to confirm that we will have a quorum for the meeting. Dawn Bussey will not be able to attend, and I believe Colleen Waltman is not available on Friday. Are there any other board members not attending?
If you have any questions, please reach out to me.
Aaron Skog
Executive Director
aaron(a)swanlibraries.net<mailto:aaron@swanlibraries.net> * 630-326-7022
My pronouns: he/him/his
SWAN Library Services
915 Harger Road, Suite 260, Oak Brook, Illinois 60523
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Hello SWAN Board representatives-
The financial reports from the accountant were delayed this month, and having received them just an hour ago, I found an error that needs to be corrected. We should have the meeting packet for Friday posted by tomorrow after we receive the corrected report.
Just a quick FYI.
Aaron Skog
Executive Director
aaron(a)swanlibraries.net<mailto:aaron@swanlibraries.net> * 630-326-7022
My pronouns: he/him/his
SWAN Library Services
915 Harger Road, Suite 260, Oak Brook, Illinois 60523
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Subject: [SWANboard] Welcome Ben, Laura, and Ridgeway - SWAN Board email list
Hello SWAN Board reps—
I have added Ben Weseloh, Laura Van Cleve, and Ridgeway Burns to our SWAN board email list. This list is used to reach all board members, and it has Scott, Ginny, and myself as list subscribers. No other SWAN staff are on this list.
Board members are unmoderated members of the list, meaning any of you can send an email to swanboard(a)list.swanlibraries.net and it will reach everyone on the list without one of us at SWAN needing to release it.
Welcome Ben, Laura, and Ridgeway! Let us know if you received this email and if you can attend the next board meeting on Friday, June 20th at Midlothian Public Library where we can welcome you as future board members.
Aaron Skog
Executive Director
aaron(a)swanlibraries.net<mailto:aaron@swanlibraries.net> • 630-326-7022
My pronouns: he/him/his
SWAN Library Services
915 Harger Road, Suite 260, Oak Brook, Illinois 60523
swanlibraries.net<https://swanlibraries.net/> • catalog.swanlibraries.net<https://catalog.swanlibraries.net/>
Hello SWAN Board reps-
I have added Ben Weseloh, Laura Van Cleve, and Ridgeway Burns to our SWAN board email list. This list is used to reach all board members, and it has Scott, Ginny, and myself as list subscribers. No other SWAN staff are on this list.
Board members are unmoderated members of the list, meaning any of you can send an email to swanboard(a)list.swanlibraries.net and it will reach everyone on the list without one of us at SWAN needing to release it.
Welcome Ben, Laura, and Ridgeway! Let us know if you received this email and if you can attend the next board meeting on Friday, June 20th at Midlothian Public Library where we can welcome you as future board members.
Aaron Skog
Executive Director
aaron(a)swanlibraries.net<mailto:aaron@swanlibraries.net> * 630-326-7022
My pronouns: he/him/his
SWAN Library Services
915 Harger Road, Suite 260, Oak Brook, Illinois 60523
swanlibraries.net<https://swanlibraries.net/> * catalog.swanlibraries.net<https://catalog.swanlibraries.net/>
Hello SWAN Board reps-
The agenda and packet for Friday's meeting at Palos Heights Public Library is now posted and available from the link below.
https://support.swanlibraries.net/meeting/94772
The results of the SWAN board self-evaluation will be discussed. We have a draft of the SWAN Quarterly meeting agenda for June 5th in the packet, so if you have additional topics to include at the meeting, we can discuss those.
If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to reach out to me.
Aaron Skog
Executive Director
aaron(a)swanlibraries.net<mailto:aaron@swanlibraries.net> * 630-326-7022
My pronouns: he/him/his
SWAN Library Services
915 Harger Road, Suite 260, Oak Brook, Illinois 60523
swanlibraries.net<https://swanlibraries.net/> * catalog.swanlibraries.net<https://catalog.swanlibraries.net/>
