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SWAN Board 12/19/14 Meeting Packet Posted
by Brande Redfield 15 Dec '14

15 Dec '14

SWAN Board Members: The Friday 12/19 meeting packet is now available for you: https://support.swanlibraries.net/sites/default/files/meeting/2014-12-19/pa… The meeting packet is 39 pages long. Included in the packet is the FY16 budget draft and other administrative documents. We do not anticipate this meeting going past lunch, so no lunch will be provided. Don't forget to wear your ugly sweater if you have one! :P See you on Friday, Brande Redfield SWAN Office Manager 125 Tower Drive Burr Ridge, IL 60527 Phone: 630.734.5164 Fax: 630.734.5056 brande.redfield(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:brande.redfield@railslibraries.info> http://support.swanlibraries.net

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Ugly Sweater Board Meeting 12/19
by Brande Redfield 11 Dec '14

11 Dec '14

Hi SWAN Board: SWAN will be having an ugly sweater day on Friday, December 19th and we'd love it if you joined in the festivities! Please wear your ugliest sweater to the Board meeting that day if you have one :) Thanks, Brande Redfield SWAN Office Manager 125 Tower Drive Burr Ridge, IL 60527 Phone: 630.734.5164 Fax: 630.734.5056 brande.redfield(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:brande.redfield@railslibraries.info> http://support.swanlibraries.net

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No Cake Tomorrow
by Aaron Skog 03 Dec '14

03 Dec '14

SWAN Board, I know it was my idea to have a cake at quarterly tomorrow, but we will not be serving cake unfortunately. 1) Holiday got in the way of ordering. 2) The Burr Ridge roof work is still generating a lot of fine dust and debris (along with noise). Work started yesterday with tuck-pointing the building so more odd bursts of dust keep entering the staff areas. We think that a sheet cake would be sullied in no time. Cake next time? Aaron Skog SWAN Executive Director 125 Tower Drive Burr Ridge, IL 60527 Phone: 630.734.5122 Fax: 630.734.5056 aaron.skog(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:aaron.skog@railslibraries.info> http://support.swanlibraries.net

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Re: [SWANboard] No Cake Tomorrow
by David Seleb 03 Dec '14

03 Dec '14

Aaron: 1. More sugar is the last thing I need. 2. I always prefer a dust-free cake. 3. Next time is fine. Cheers! David David J. Seleb, Executive Director, Oak Park Public Library Main Library | 834 Lake Street | Oak Park, IL 60301 d.seleb(a)oppl.org <mailto:dseleb@oppl.org> | p 708.697.6911 | f 708.697.6917 oppl.org <http://www.oppl.org/> | Facebook <http://www.facebook.com/oakparkpubliclibrary> | Twitter <http://www.twitter.com/davidjseleb> | Apps <http://oppl.org/about/services/mobile-apps> | News <http://oppl.org/about/library-news> From: Aaron Skog <aaron.skog(a)railslibraries.info> Reply-To: Aaron Skog <aaron.skog(a)railslibraries.info> Date: Wednesday, December 3, 2014 at 3:48 PM To: "swanboard(a)list.swanlibraries.net" <swanboard(a)list.swanlibraries.net> Subject: [SWANboard] No Cake Tomorrow SWAN Board, I know it was my idea to have a cake at quarterly tomorrow, but we will not be serving cake unfortunately. 1) Holiday got in the way of ordering. 2) The Burr Ridge roof work is still generating a lot of fine dust and debris (along with noise). Work started yesterday with tuck-pointing the building so more odd bursts of dust keep entering the staff areas. We think that a sheet cake would be sullied in no time. Cake next time? Aaron Skog SWAN Executive Director 125 Tower Drive Burr Ridge, IL 60527 Phone: 630.734.5122 Fax: 630.734.5056 aaron.skog(a)railslibraries.info <mailto:aaron.skog@railslibraries.info> http://support.swanlibraries.net <http://support.swanlibraries.net>

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SWAN Board 11/21/14 Meeting Packet Posted
by Brande Redfield 13 Nov '14

13 Nov '14

SWAN Board Members: The Friday 11/21 meeting packet is now available for you: https://support.swanlibraries.net/sites/default/files/meeting/2014-11-21/pa… The meeting packet is 128 pages long. Included in the packet are audit results, SWAN handbook revisions, impact studies for potential new SWAN libraries, 2015 meeting calendars, and a slew of other things! Please review the handbook prior to the meeting - since it was already reviewed and edited by the Personnel Committee, we do not intend to review it page by page at the meeting. So please have notes of any pages you'd like reviewed in further depth. Please also review the 2015 meetings calendar prior to the meeting - please come with notes of any conflicts we will need to work out. For example, April will need some fine tuning, since go-live is April 14th! Also, attached to this email (cannot be included in the packet) are: * Aaron's Self-Evaluation Document * Compiled Evaluation results for Aaron from the Board Hopefully our meeting won't run too late into the evening! Lunch will be provided, and if we need it, I'll also get us some dinner. See you next Friday! Brande Redfield SWAN Office Manager 125 Tower Drive Burr Ridge, IL 60527 Phone: 630.734.5164 Fax: 630.734.5056 brande.redfield(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:brande.redfield@railslibraries.info> http://support.swanlibraries.net

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Pick Up Anywhere Update
by Aaron Skog 13 Nov '14

13 Nov '14

SWAN Board, If you look at the bottom of our survey results, you will see Pick Up Anywhere is gaining ground. https://support.swanlibraries.net/news/2014-11-07/action-required-survey-en… Aaron Skog SWAN Executive Director 125 Tower Drive Burr Ridge, IL 60527 Phone: 630.734.5122 Fax: 630.734.5056 aaron.skog(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:aaron.skog@railslibraries.info> http://support.swanlibraries.net

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Re: [SWANboard] REMINDER: Looong Board Meeting This Month!
by Brande Redfield 04 Nov '14

04 Nov '14

So, thus far for lunch I have a request for Sicilian-style cannoli, soup, grinders and hoagies, and cocktails. Should I also order surf & turf? It IS a long meeting... Brande Redfield SWAN Office Manager 125 Tower Drive Burr Ridge, IL 60527 Phone: 630.734.5164 Fax: 630.734.5056 brande.redfield(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:brande.redfield@railslibraries.info> http://support.swanlibraries.net From: Brande Redfield Sent: Tuesday, November 04, 2014 8:14 AM To: swanboard(a)list.swanlibraries.net Subject: REMINDER: Looong Board Meeting This Month! Importance: High Hi SWAN Board, Just a friendly reminder that we do anticipate that our Friday, 11/21 Board meeting will be a very long one (probably, a majority of the day). We do plan to provide lunch - any preferences or special requests? Please be sure to not plan something in the afternoon if you can help it since we will be monopolizing your time that day! :) Our Board packet will be equally long, so we are working ahead and hope to get that finalized and out to you early - hopefully middle of next week if we are at all able to get it all done by then. See you on the 21st! Brande Redfield SWAN Office Manager 125 Tower Drive Burr Ridge, IL 60527 Phone: 630.734.5164 Fax: 630.734.5056 brande.redfield(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:brande.redfield@railslibraries.info> http://support.swanlibraries.net

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REMINDER: Looong Board Meeting This Month!
by Brande Redfield 04 Nov '14

04 Nov '14

Hi SWAN Board, Just a friendly reminder that we do anticipate that our Friday, 11/21 Board meeting will be a very long one (probably, a majority of the day). We do plan to provide lunch - any preferences or special requests? Please be sure to not plan something in the afternoon if you can help it since we will be monopolizing your time that day! :) Our Board packet will be equally long, so we are working ahead and hope to get that finalized and out to you early - hopefully middle of next week if we are at all able to get it all done by then. See you on the 21st! Brande Redfield SWAN Office Manager 125 Tower Drive Burr Ridge, IL 60527 Phone: 630.734.5164 Fax: 630.734.5056 brande.redfield(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:brande.redfield@railslibraries.info> http://support.swanlibraries.net

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REMINDER: Executive Director Evaluation Due Next Friday
by Brande Redfield 23 Oct '14

23 Oct '14

Hi all, Just your friendly reminder, Aaron's review results are due by next Friday! If you have any questions just let me know :) Thanks, Brande Redfield SWAN Office Manager 125 Tower Drive Burr Ridge, IL 60527 Phone: 630.734.5164 Fax: 630.734.5056 brande.redfield(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:brande.redfield@railslibraries.info> http://support.swanlibraries.net

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Franklin Park Public Library District
by Aaron Skog 22 Oct '14

22 Oct '14

SWAN Board & Staff: I want to provide you a quick overview of a positive situation for SWAN. The Franklin Park Public Library approached me over the summer about SWAN membership. Currently they are a member of the LINC consortium of 9 libraries. I discussed the situation with Carol Dawe, Administrator of the LINC consortium, during our conference in Utah. The LINC board and member library directors were made aware of the developing situation. Franklin Park originally was a member of the DuPage Library System, but with the library system merger (resulting in the creation of RAILS), the options available to the library to switch consortia membership emerged. The library borders SWAN libraries nearby, so the Franklin Park library board has been interested in switching to SWAN for some time prior to contacting me. This decision was essentially driven by geography. As a first step, the Franklin Park Public Library took board action last week on October 14 to terminate the LINC membership. Until that took place, I was asked to keep this confidential. The board approved the termination with LINC for July 1, 2016. The Franklin Park Library Board agenda is posted here: http://www.franklinparklibrary.org/pdfs/agenda/Agenda2014oct.pdf Next month we will need to discuss Franklin Park for membership approval, the RAILS LLSAP grants, and project timeline. I will work with Franklin Park on the next round of RAILS LLSAP grant funding. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact me directly. Aaron Skog SWAN Executive Director 125 Tower Drive Burr Ridge, IL 60527 Phone: 630.734.5122 Fax: 630.734.5056 aaron.skog(a)railslibraries.info<mailto:aaron.skog@railslibraries.info> http://support.swanlibraries.net

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