ALIA Board meeting report - May 07

Click here to view notes from the May '07 ALIA Board meeting. Points of interest include:

• no new e-lists to be created until a new policy on list use/responsibilities is finalised
• Lesley Piko, an external expert, will be asked to continue on the Finance, Audit and Risk Management Standing Committee with an honorarium
• the Governance Standing Committee has commenced a review of Committees and external representation; its next job will be a Board Readiness project
• a national event celebrating ALIA's 70th annivesary is being planned for the last quarter in 2007
• an Education Summit will be held in early 2008
• ALIA Conference guidelines are currently being revised and updated
• a review of the PD scheme will occur in the second half of 2007; PD participation currently sits at around 9% of total ALIA members
• a qualitative assessment of members needs for training will commence once the results of the surveys on training needs by Dr Gill Hallam (neXus stage 2), CAVAL and AGLIN have been received
• the ALIA Core values statement are to be approved without changes; statements on free access to information and professional conduct will be further amended
• Board agreed to further fund and seek further sponsorship for Alan Butters work on the development of an international ISO Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) standard [http://www.sybis.com.au/Pages/rfid%20new.html]
• The Board identified the following activities as priority for the 2007/08 period:
  * Advocacy (noting that it is a federal election year and ALIA's 70th Anniversary could provide an opportunity for engaging with Ministers and Shadow Ministers);
  *Education - particularly the development of discussion paper and the Education Summit;
  * Supporting ALIA Groups;
  * Engaging with members (including through National Advisory Congress meetings);
  * Management of the Association's finances;
  * Conferences - finalisation of the revised guidelines and working with Committees organising conferences;
  * Reviewing the use of Web 2.0 in ALIA services, including setting up a wikis and blogs.
• NAC meetings will be held around Australia and a "virtual" NAC meeting, using Web 2.0 technology, will be held in late 2007
• survey of members will be held later this yearALIA has been advised that Brisbane along with Singapore and Kuala Lumpur have been short listed as a suitable location for the 2010 IFLA World Congress