[SWANboard] FW: SWAN by-laws

SWAN Board, Just a heads up on this question I received today, which answered below. It may come up on Thursday at the SWAN Quarterly meeting, but I want to make sure Stacy and others are prepared (Ted is out of the country) and introduce some of our newer reps to this request that came from Kathy Berggren over 1 year ago about video conference attendance. Aaron Skog Executive Director aaron@swanlibraries.net<mailto:aaron@swanlibraries.net> * 630-326-7022 My pronouns: he/him/his SWAN Library Services 800 Quail Ridge Drive, Westmont, IL 60559 swanlibraries.net<https://swanlibraries.net/> * catalog.swanlibraries.net<https://catalog.swanlibraries.net/> From: Aaron Skog Sent: Tuesday, September 3, 2019 2:02 PM To: Kathy Berggren &lt;kberggren(a)mapld.org&gt; Subject: RE: SWAN by-laws Hi Kathy, I worked with the SWAN Board on this issue and it was discussed September 2018 after receiving a legal opinion. After reviewing this legal opinion, the SWAN Board decided that as part of the strategic planning process that ran October - December 2018 that the legal entity aspect would determine the future of electronic participation. The SWAN bylaws would have to be revised at some point. The written legal opinion is part of the September 21, 2018 SWAN Board meeting packet: exhibit pages 34-36. https://support.swanlibraries.net/sites/default/files/meeting/18_09_21/6629… The SWAN Board discussion at that meeting decided that further review of this is appropriate in context to the Strategic Planning process underway. So their work has shifted to researching the 501c3 conversion. Once some decision is arrived at, the discussion on modifying the bylaws would follow. Aaron Skog Executive Director aaron@swanlibraries.net<mailto:aaron@swanlibraries.net> * 630-326-7022 My pronouns: he/him/his SWAN Library Services 800 Quail Ridge Drive, Westmont, IL 60559 swanlibraries.net<https://swanlibraries.net/> * catalog.swanlibraries.net<https://catalog.swanlibraries.net/> From: Kathy Berggren <kberggren@mapld.org<mailto:kberggren@mapld.org>> Sent: Tuesday, September 3, 2019 12:20 PM To: Aaron Skog <aaron@swanlibraries.net<mailto:aaron@swanlibraries.net>> Subject: SWAN by-laws Aaron, Whatever happened to my request that the by-laws be changed to allow members to vote via V-Tel? - kb Kathy Berggren, Director Matteson Area Public Library District 801 South School Street Matteson, IL 60443 Ph: 708-748-4431 x 316 Fx: 708-748-0579 Email: kberggren@mapld.org<mailto:kberggren@mapld.org>