SWAN Board,
At the March meeting, the board decided to move the April 19th meeting up 1 week to Friday, April 12th. This was due to the Good Friday holiday.
I shared this within the newsletter last week, but I wanted to email you all directly to ensure you knew about the change.
Aaron Skog
Executive Director
aaron(a)swanlibraries.net<mailto:aaron@swanlibraries.net> * 630-326-7022
SWAN Library Services
800 Quail Ridge Drive, Westmont, IL 60559
swanlibraries.net<https://swanlibraries.net/> * catalog.swanlibraries.net<https://catalog.swanlibraries.net/>
Hi SWAN Board,
I wanted to let you know that the self-nomination process yielded 5 individuals for the 3 SWAN Board seats. The names will be shared publicly on April 1st and the online ballot to vote begins April 29th.
David Sieffert, Director Bensenville Community Public Library District
Dawn Bussey, Director Glen Ellyn Public Library
Edith G. Craig, Director St Charles Public Library District
Jane Jenkins, Director Green Hills Public Library District
Robin Wagner, Director South Holland Public Library
These brave directors will compete for the seats being vacated by Doug, Rich, and Tiffany.
Aaron Skog
Executive Director
aaron(a)swanlibraries.net<mailto:aaron@swanlibraries.net> * 630-326-7022
SWAN Library Services
800 Quail Ridge Drive, Westmont, IL 60559
swanlibraries.net<https://swanlibraries.net/> * catalog.swanlibraries.net<https://catalog.swanlibraries.net/>
SWAN Board,
The Friday, March 15th regular board meeting packet is now available to you:
https://support.swanlibraries.net/sites/default/files/meeting/19_03_15/6635…
This is a relatively light agenda. There is an agenda item to arrange a Personnel Committee meeting, and I included an exhibit shows the SWAN Board committee assignments since I had to refer to that to remember that Julie and Doug are on that committee.
Let me know if you have any questions!
Aaron Skog
Executive Director
aaron(a)swanlibraries.net<mailto:aaron@swanlibraries.net> * 630-326-7022
SWAN Library Services
800 Quail Ridge Drive, Westmont, IL 60559
swanlibraries.net<https://swanlibraries.net/> * catalog.swanlibraries.net<https://catalog.swanlibraries.net/>
SWAN Board,
Today we met with all the SWAN staff and reviewed changes to the departments and our staffing plan. I have attached a PDF document for the SWAN Board to review prior to Friday's meeting. I will be making a membership announcement tomorrow and include a version of this document. Please note this version has on the cover "For SWAN Board" which includes some background information on the position changes on pages 6 and 7 that will not be included in the membership document version.
These changes were a combined effort of the management team.
Please feel free to reach out to my directly if you have questions or comments.
Regards,
Aaron
Aaron Skog
Executive Director
aaron(a)swanlibraries.net<mailto:aaron@swanlibraries.net> * 630-326-7022
SWAN Library Services
800 Quail Ridge Drive, Westmont, IL 60559
swanlibraries.net<https://swanlibraries.net/> * catalog.swanlibraries.net<https://catalog.swanlibraries.net/>
SWAN Board,
The Friday, February 15th regular board meeting packet is now available to you:
https://support.swanlibraries.net/sites/default/files/meeting/19_02_15/6635…
This packet is 66 pages long, and it has a recommendation on the SWAN Internet Access membership, the FY20 budget, and an update to the SWAN Circulation Policy. I have a draft of the March 7th Quarterly meeting agenda.
One thing I neglected to include my written report was the reason for increasing the credit card limit. I believe I mentioned this at a prior meeting, but we are reaching the $10,000 limit each month more frequently. The Microsoft Azure monthly charges for "renting" server space is paid on the credit card, which has contributed to us reaching this limit.
Best,
Aaron
Aaron Skog
Executive Director
aaron(a)swanlibraries.net<mailto:aaron@swanlibraries.net> * (630)326-7022
SWAN Library Services
800 Quail Ridge Drive, Westmont, IL 60559
844-792-6542
swanlibraries.net<https://www.swanlibraries.net/> * catalog.swanlibraries.net<https://catalog.swanlibraries.net/>
SWAN Board Members,
The Friday, December 21st regular board meeting packet is now available to you:
https://support.swanlibraries.net/sites/default/files/meeting/18_12_21/6527…
This is a fairly light agenda which I hope means you will have a short meeting on Friday. I have included the version of the strategic plan that was in the December Quarterly meeting packet, as the full SWAN Board has not had an opportunity to discuss the revision.
I will be meeting with the SWAN Management Team tomorrow to continue work on the tactical plan of the strategic plan. If before Friday I have anything to share, it will be sent separately from the packet.
Feel free to acquaint yourself with the new location of the meeting files on our revamped Support Site:
https://support.swanlibraries.net/about/board-meetings
Lastly, our new Office Manager Ginny Blake will be at the meeting on Friday, with Dawne providing some support with meeting notetaking.
If you have any questions, please let me know!
Aaron Skog
Executive Director
aaron(a)swanlibraries.net<mailto:aaron@swanlibraries.net> * (630)326-7022
SWAN Library Services
800 Quail Ridge Drive, Westmont, IL 60559
844-792-6542
swanlibraries.net<https://www.swanlibraries.net/> * catalog.swanlibraries.net<https://catalog.swanlibraries.net/>
Hello SWAN Board,
I met with the Strategic Planning Committee on Friday last week and there was a suggestion to move the SWAN Board meeting out to Friday, January 25th due to some unavailability. I would like a quick check in with you all if this is possible.
This poll has the original January 18th date, plus the suggest January 25th rescheduled date.
https://doodle.com/poll/4ewshi6e9uxshanp
January would be the meeting where the final strategic plan is approved, along with the FY20 budget version that would go to the membership for the February 5th COW. It would be great if we can ensure all 7 board members can make it!
Aaron Skog
Executive Director
aaron(a)swanlibraries.net<mailto:aaron@swanlibraries.net> * (630)326-7022
SWAN Library Services
800 Quail Ridge Drive, Westmont, IL 60559
844-792-6542
swanlibraries.net<https://www.swanlibraries.net/> * catalog.swanlibraries.net<https://catalog.swanlibraries.net/>
