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Re: [SWANboard] [SWAN board] Committee of the Whole: Board Agenda Version & Quorum

by Rich Wolff

I will be there. Rich From: swanboard-bounces(a)list.swanlibraries.net [mailto:swanboard-bounces@list.swanlibraries.net] On Behalf Of Aaron Skog Sent: Monday, January 13, 2014 4:14 PM To: swanboard(a)list.swanlibraries.net Subject: [SWANboard] Committee of the Whole: Board Agenda Version & Quorum SWAN Board, I just want to make sure that we will have a quorum tomorrow morning. Melissa Gardner is not able to attend and Sheila Sosnicki is unable to come to the meeting, however Sheila will be there if a quorum cannot be met. Can I get a quick head count? Reply-all to this email (I'm sorry if this is late in the day). Also, I have attached an agenda with assigned names for the meeting, so consider this the "board version" of the agenda. Mark Hatch from RAILS informed me that the delivery vendor CTS will have a representative at the meeting tomorrow. Regards, Aaron 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] SWAN Board Meeting Rescheduled - New Date Thursday 2/6

by Rich Wolff

Hi All, When we meet on the 6th, we will be meeting with the entire ILS Committee or just Jeannie. Thanks, Rich Sent from my iPad > On Jan 10, 2014, at 10:46 AM, "Brande Redfield" <brande.redfield(a)railslibraries.info> wrote: > > Hello all, > > I will be sending you an Outlook invite shortly for the new Board meeting, which was rescheduled to Thursday, February 6th. This was the best date option, since only one person marked that they could not attend that day. > > Thank you! > > 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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Dee's Blog Post: The value of consortial membership

by Aaron Skog

SWAN Board, Just thought I would share Dee's blog post "The Value of Consortial Membership" http://www.railslibraries.info/director-blog/20140109/value-consortial-memb… I have heard this has stirred up some directors, two stand-alone libraries specifically. Anne Kozak left a great comment! Aaron 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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SWAN Board Meeting

by Brande Redfield

Exported from L2 1/10/2014 10:35:25 AM. For more information, please consult: http://www.librarylearning.info

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SWAN Board Meeting Rescheduled - New Date Thursday 2/6

by Brande Redfield

Hello all, I will be sending you an Outlook invite shortly for the new Board meeting, which was rescheduled to Thursday, February 6th. This was the best date option, since only one person marked that they could not attend that day. Thank you! 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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Re: [SWANboard] RESCHEDULE - SWAN Board Meeting for January 17th

by Rich Wolff

Hi Brande, Is the last week of January is out of the question? Rich Sent from my iPad > On Jan 8, 2014, at 5:19 PM, "Brande Redfield" <brande.redfield(a)railslibraries.info> wrote: > > SWAN Board: > > We’ve just finished our last day of our two-day ILS Committee final scoring meeting. However, due to the inclement weather and our heater being out at Burr Ridge, our day one (yesterday) was cancelled, and we were not able to complete our scoring to come to a recommendation. The only day coming up that the committee could meet to complete scoring is next Friday, January 17th, which of course is the day of the SWAN Board meeting. Melissa was in attendance at today’s ILS meeting, and after group discussion it was decided that it would be best for the committee to reach a consensus on scoring so that they could come to you with a recommendation before the negotiation takes place, currently scheduled for February 10th and 11th. > > Therefore, it is necessary to cancel next Friday’s Board meeting and reschedule a special Board meeting for later, but hold it prior to the negotiations. The week of February 3rd would be optimal. I’ve included a link to a Doodle poll below; when you get a moment, please respond to the poll with your availability for the days that week. > > > http://www.doodle.com/3z5evieqfg9cnwyy > > Thank you so much for your understanding as we work around the weather issues to complete our recommendation! Please let me know if you have any questions. > > 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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RESCHEDULE - SWAN Board Meeting for January 17th

by Brande Redfield

SWAN Board: We've just finished our last day of our two-day ILS Committee final scoring meeting. However, due to the inclement weather and our heater being out at Burr Ridge, our day one (yesterday) was cancelled, and we were not able to complete our scoring to come to a recommendation. The only day coming up that the committee could meet to complete scoring is next Friday, January 17th, which of course is the day of the SWAN Board meeting. Melissa was in attendance at today's ILS meeting, and after group discussion it was decided that it would be best for the committee to reach a consensus on scoring so that they could come to you with a recommendation before the negotiation takes place, currently scheduled for February 10th and 11th. Therefore, it is necessary to cancel next Friday's Board meeting and reschedule a special Board meeting for later, but hold it prior to the negotiations. The week of February 3rd would be optimal. I've included a link to a Doodle poll below; when you get a moment, please respond to the poll with your availability for the days that week. http://www.doodle.com/3z5evieqfg9cnwyy Thank you so much for your understanding as we work around the weather issues to complete our recommendation! Please let me know if you have any questions. 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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Fwd: Tribune Article on Orland Increases

by Rodger Brayden

Sorry, guys. I forgot to include you all in my response to Aaron. Being on vacation fries your brain, I guess. Rodger Brayden Director, Forest Park Public Library 708-366-7171, Ext. 102 ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Rodger Brayden <rbrayden(a)fppl.org> Date: Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 7:41 PM Subject: Re: [SWANboard] Tribune Article on Orland Increases To: Aaron Skog <aaron.skog(a)railslibraries.info> Can you spell "selfish?" Or would "self absorbed" be better? Actually, this sounds a lot like a library finding a dog to kick when things go badly. I would think Orland would have a better appreciation of the meaning of unjustified criticism than this article seems to indicate. On the practical note, I think a letter from a "big library" director like David would be very useful in counteracting the impression that only small libraries can benefit from being in a consortium. Rodger Brayden Director, Forest Park Public Library 708-366-7171, Ext. 102 On Fri, Dec 27, 2013 at 11:09 AM, Aaron Skog <aaron.skog(a)railslibraries.info > wrote: > SWAN Board: > > > > In case some of you have missed the article, I thought I would share with > you the Chicago Tribune article which noted the large increase in > circulation. > > > > > http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-12-22/news/ct-orland-park-library-c… > > > > SWAN of course was mentioned in it, negatively of course. They cannot > resist that. > > > > The RAILS Leadership team felt that it portrayed consortium in a bad > light, so Dee suggested she write a letter to the editor about the topic of > resource sharing. I offered to help with the letter. Dee also was thinking > that it would be good to have a letter from a SWAN library director. Any > thoughts on if a letter should be sent or if we should approach a library > director. Dee was thinking of David Seleb, mostly because of a large public > library joining SWAN. > > > > 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 > http://support.swanlibraries.net >

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Tribune Article on Orland Increases

by Aaron Skog

SWAN Board: In case some of you have missed the article, I thought I would share with you the Chicago Tribune article which noted the large increase in circulation. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-12-22/news/ct-orland-park-library-c… SWAN of course was mentioned in it, negatively of course. They cannot resist that. The RAILS Leadership team felt that it portrayed consortium in a bad light, so Dee suggested she write a letter to the editor about the topic of resource sharing. I offered to help with the letter. Dee also was thinking that it would be good to have a letter from a SWAN library director. Any thoughts on if a letter should be sent or if we should approach a library director. Dee was thinking of David Seleb, mostly because of a large public library joining SWAN. 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] Tribune Article on Orland Increases

by Rich Wolff

Hi Aaron, I saw the article and of course it had to bash Swan. I thought of what you said about EHS seeing a spike in circ at first and now seeing it drop. I think a letter from Dee would be great and something from David about why it was important for OPS to rejoin the consortium would be the right way to go. Going negative against ORS would be fun, but wouldn't serve our purpose. Just my thoughts. Rich Sent from my iPad > On Dec 27, 2013, at 11:11 AM, "Aaron Skog" <aaron.skog(a)railslibraries.info> wrote: > > SWAN Board: > > In case some of you have missed the article, I thought I would share with you the Chicago Tribune article which noted the large increase in circulation. > > http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2013-12-22/news/ct-orland-park-library-c… > > SWAN of course was mentioned in it, negatively of course. They cannot resist that. > > The RAILS Leadership team felt that it portrayed consortium in a bad light, so Dee suggested she write a letter to the editor about the topic of resource sharing. I offered to help with the letter. Dee also was thinking that it would be good to have a letter from a SWAN library director. Any thoughts on if a letter should be sent or if we should approach a library director. Dee was thinking of David Seleb, mostly because of a large public library joining SWAN. > > 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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