On behalf of Rich Wolff: Hi All, The COW agenda will be going out shortly for the meeting on 8/12 and I wanted to remind all of you that Pierre and I will not be at the meeting. Shelia as the Secretary will be running the meeting. On the agenda you will see listed -"Overview of the White Paper Recommendations of Approved Policies." This discussion should be led by the board with the help of Aaron and the staff as needed. As Pierre stated in an email, , "straight forward. Hopefully we will not have a "let's re-argue the decisions you already made" membership moment..." and I agree. Thorough discussion took place at the July board meeting and we do not have to defend or rehash the discussion. I think each proposal should be presented and the changes that were made from the original proposal should be highlighted. If you would Aaron, please give the board a copy of the approved policies with the changes from the original proposals noted. I also think it would be nice if the membership received copies of the approved polices for the meeting. I also think it should be a group presentation from the board, as we all had input into the discussion. I am sorry I will not be at the meeting, my wife is having a procedure done that day and I need to be there. Have a good week! Rich Richard A. Wolff Administrator Tinley Park Public Library (708) 845-5718 rwolff@tplibrary.org<mailto:rwolff@tplibrary.org> Aaron Skog SWAN Executive Director 125 Tower Drive Burr Ridge, IL 60527 Phone: 630.734.5122 Fax: 630.734.5056 aaron.skog@railslibraries.info<mailto:aaron.skog@railslibraries.info> http://support.swanlibraries.net