WINNEFOX LIBRARY SYSTEM
BOARD MEETING MINUTES
November 26, 2002
The regular meeting of the Winnefox Library System Board of Trustees was called to order at 4:00 p.m. on Tuesday, November 26, 2002, in the Meeting Room at the Oshkosh Public Library by President Byron Olson. Trustees present were: Lurton Blassingame; John Brennan; Yvonne Feavel; Jackie Jurkowski; Jerry Keifenheim; Judy Malueg; Carole Marchant-Ferber; Connie Mitchler; Dorothy Nimmer; Jeff Ogle; Byron Olson; Kay Roethel; Paul Wade; Merry Whipple and Tom Widener. John Bermingham; Jo Dell’Antonia; Stephan Kaszar; James Reiland and Don Stolley were absent from the meeting. Also present were: John Nichols, Director of Winnefox Library System; Mark Arend, Winnefox Interim Assistant Director; Richard Bowman, Oshkosh Public Library Business Manager; Karen Boehning, WALS Coordinator and Marcy Cannon, Administrative Specialist.
Public
comments: none.
Motion to approve the
minutes of the July 31, 2002 regular Winnefox Board Meeting. Motion: Blassingame; Second:
Reiland; Vote: Unanimous.
Motion to approve the
minutes of the September 18, 2002 Executive Board with correction of the title
to “Minutes of the Executive Committee”
Motion: Nimmer; Second: Feavel; Vote: Unanimous.
Classifications
Motion to approve the
July 2002, September 2002 and October 2002 WLS Classification of Invoices
Previously Paid. Motion:
Roethel; Second: Mitchler; Vote: Unanimous.
Motion to approve the
July 2002, September 2002 and October 2002 WALS Classification of Invoices
Previously Paid. Motion:
Mitchler; Second: Keifenheim; Vote: Unanimous.
Motion to approve the
July 2002, September 2002 and October 2002 WCTS Classification of Invoices
Previously Paid. Motion:
Whipple; Second: Malueg; Vote: Unanimous.
John Nichols gave the
Report of the Director.
2003 County Plans -
Approval
Motion to approve the
2003 County Plans. Motion:
Feavel; Second: Roethel; Vote: Unanimous.
Winnefox Personnel
Policy/Staff Manual Changes
Motion to approve the
Winnefox Personnel Policy/Staff Manual Changes as included in Exhibit A. Motion: Reiland; Second:
Feavel; Vote: Unanimous.
Jeff Ogle arrived at the
meeting at this time.
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Proposed By-laws
Changes
A motion was made to
approve the By-laws changes as proposed in Exhibit B with the following
change: delete the words “be made to”
from the following sentence in Section 1 of Article V: “The at-large appointments shall be made to
attempt to provide the Committee with representation from each County.” Motion: Roethel; Second:
Whipple.
Motion to amend the
By-laws changes by deleting the following sentence from Section 1 of Article
V: “The at-large appointments shall
attempt to provide the Committee with representation from each County.” Motion: Widener; Second:
Motion died due to the lack of a second.
Motion to amend the
By-laws changes to include the change to combine the Secretary and Treasurer
offices and to modify Section 1 of Article V to read as follows: “The committee shall be comprised of the
current officers and three members at-large, to be appointed by the
president.” Motion: Wade; Second: Malueg; Vote: Unanimous.
Motion to amend the
By-laws changes by adding “Request For Future Agenda Items” to Section 3 of
Article IV. Motion: Whipple; Second: Roethel; Vote: Unanimous.
Vote on the By-laws changes as amended: Unanimous
2003 Calendar of
Board Meetings
Motion to approve the
2003 Calendar of Board Meetings as included in Exhibit C with the amendment of
moving the proposed November 19, 2003 meeting to November 25, 2003. Motion: Whipple; Second:
Blassingame; Vote:
Unanimous.
Winnefox Nominating
Committee
John Nichols distributed
the Nominating Committee Appointments memo.
Byron Olson appointed
Merry Whipple, Jo Dell’Antonia and Carole Marchant-Ferber to the nominating
committee. The committee will report to
the Board at the next meeting.
The meeting was adjourned
at 4:32 p.m.
Respectfully
submitted,
Jerry
Keifenheim
Secretary
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