LSO Minutes: 1999

Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999
Subject: LSO meeting minutes from 1/20/1999

In attendance: Joanna P., Ian H., Bryan F., Kelly H., Amanda C., Eileen S., Lio S.

Here's what happened at the first spring semester LSO meeting:

LSO will have regular meeting every other week starting next week 1/27. We
have tentatively agreed upon Wednesday mornings at 8:00am- but this is not
set in stone yet...

Eileen Smith- faculty liaison:
mentioned that Kathy Wilka has donated a filing cabinet to LSO. We will be
cleaning up the common area by the sliding glass door and organizing all
the print literature scattered on the tables. She also mentioned that
during the winter session happy hour party that not enough money was
collected to cover one of the bills. LSO will reimburse the person who had
to cover an extra $10. This prompted a discussion about making sure that
when we patronize a restaurant that we make sure we can get small group
checks. Lastly, she reminded the rest of the group that we open up one
meeting a month to students interested in attending the LSO meeting.

Bryan F. treasurer:
brought to our attention that there exists two vacancies yet in LSO- one
for fundraiser and the other for a SIRLS Friend's Committee chair. Joanna
will be posting these vacancies soon on the ARIZSLS list. Mentioned that
he was interested in chairing a survey committee that would collect
information about students. He will be calling for volunteers shortly.

Lio S. program coordinator:
Will be in communication with Zoe Stavri to see if her colloquia series
will be open to all SIRLS students. One on Consumer Health issues is
coming up shortly.

Ian H. webmaster:
is waiting to see if he can obtain passwords from Kathy and Sue so that he
can update the LSO webpage.

Amanda C. social coordinator:
discussed other options for happy hour and got feedback from others as to
how to handle requests for other locations for Friday social hours. It was
decided that if other SIRLS student want to meet at another location that
they will be encouraged to help organize it.

Kelly H.
would like to organize a picnic at Himmel Park to include kiddos and small
hairy beasts. Look for further information on this in the near future.

A joint LSO-SLA pizza party is in the works. It is tentatively planned for
Friday, 1/29 at about 5:00pm in the SIRLS conference room... mark your
calendars!

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That's it (i think). If i forgot anything LSO officers please jump in....

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Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999
Subject: LSO meeting minutes from 2/10/1999

Joanna P., Ian H., Bryan F., Kelly H., Amanda C., Eileen S., Lio S., and
Erin S. were in attendance. Here's what was discussed:

Eileen Smith- faculty liaison:
It was suggested in the last faculty meeting that the LSO change its name.
The LSO officers decided that since the LSO is a recognized student branch
of the ALA, it would be better to keep our name as it is. Anyone who is
interested is welcome to look into starting a student chapter of ASIS.

Bryan F. treasurer:
will post to the list a current chart of all the LSO membership. He also
suggested (and it was agreed) that the LSO provide snacks for the brown bag
speaker series.

Lio S. program coordinator:
announced the next few brown bag speakers. They will be on the following
dates: Feb. 25, Feb. 26, Mar. 11, and Mar. 25. Look for Lio's post for
more information.

Ian H. webmaster:
is still waiting to see if he can obtain passwords from Kathy and Sue so
that he can update the LSO webpage. He is also checking into the
application for getting the LSO official U of A recognition.

Amanda C. social coordinator:
has offered to go on a hunger strike from 9 to 12 and 1 to 5 each day for a
variety of reasons. See her for more details.

Kelly H.
has the job files all set up and organized. They are in the SIRLS common
area and look great. Check them out.

Joanna P.
brought up the idea of having virtual conferencing LSO meetings so that the
distance students can be involved. Anyone interesting in helping to look
into this idea should contact her.

The next LSO meeting will be Feb. 24 at 8:00 AM. Everyone - students,
faculty, and staff - is invited. We will be having breakfast in the Union
building. If anyone has any ideas or issues they would like to talk about,
please let us know...

Erin Stowell
stowelle@prodigy.net
"Oh be wise..."

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Date: Wed, 10 Mar 1999
Subject: LSO minutes for 3-10-99

In attendance: Bryan F., Amanda C., Lio S., Bob F., Joanna P., Atilla V., David P., Ian H., Erin S.

Here's what we discussed:

Listserv stuff:
confirls, the list Amanda started is going well.
arizsls will remain unmoderated, so everyone will have access to what is
going on. (please see Kathy and Sue's message for further information on
that.)

Joanna brought up the suggestion that LSO compose a letter to the ALA about
the accreditation problems. As we are an official student chapter of the
ALA, there 'should' be some communication going on between the two. Bryan
is looking into writing a rough draft.

We discussed the role of our new faculty liaison (Atilla):
We need to make sure that Atilla gets input from the students on what he
should bring up with the faculty.
Possible questions include
1. What is the status of incoming students? Do we have any stats yet on
this?
2. What is the contingency plan if we do not get a new director?
Bryan mentioned that we need a report from Jerrilyn on the faculty/director
search.
Atilla said he would be sure to ask at the next faculty/staff meeting.

Officer Reports

Michelle (fundraiser):
Michelle had several possible ideas for fundraising.
-raffle to be a professor for a day
-creating and selling graduation announcements
-T-shirts and buttons
She wanted to get an inventory of the T-shirt that are still available for
sale. Bryan said he would help with that.

Michelle also suggested that we look into sending out an LSO (and SLA)
information sheet in the packets that get sent out to prospective students.
We agreed this would be a good idea.

Ian (webmaster)-
has all the paperwork for getting us officially recognized by UA. It
will need to be renewed every semester, but we decided it would be an
important thing to have and worth going through the process. The LSO
constitution will need to be revised somewhat to included specific clauses.
Lio and Erin volunteered to help Ian out with this.

Lio (program coordinator)-
discussed the possibility of the career services giving a brown bag on
resumes and cover letters, and possibly Zoe doing a 'Part 2' to this by
conducting a workshop. As most students in this program have gone through
the resume process before, we wanted to make sure that the brownbag was not
going to be an introductory type thing. See Lio's recent posting for more
information on this.
Another idea for a brown bag was brought up. This one would be on the
subject of distance education and the role it plays within our program.
There seems to be a lot of interest in this one.

Bryan (treasurer)-
mentioned the AZLA regional forum to be held in Yuma on April 23. Betty
Marcoux will be speaking there. We are looking in to carpooling, so if
anyone is interested in attending, please let one of us know.
Joanna wondered if we had anybody who posted announcements of up and
coming conferences. Atilla, the ALA rep, said he could do this.

Betty Marcoux is interested in hosting a get together at her home. Amanda
said she is looking into this.

Betty will also be defending her thesis on April 5. We will find out more
information on this so that those who are interested might be able to
attend.

Joanna mentioned the possible nominees for delegates to the Education
Conference in DC. These will be sent on to the program for consideration.

We felt the need to recognize our staff and the wonderful job they do for
all of us. As Carmen's last day was last week, we (students, LSO, and SLA)
plan to get a little something for her.

The next meeting will be held on March 24, probably at 8:00AM. Hopefully
the faculty, staff, etc, will be there to host it.

Erin Stowell
stowelle@prodigy.net
"Oh be wise..."

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Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999
Subject: LSO minutes for 3-24-99

LSO Meeting Minutes March 24, 1999

In attendance: Joanna P, Ian H, Amanda C, Bryan F, Kelly H, Erin S, Jerrilyn
B, Atilla V, and David P.

Sue Fitzner and Judith Becker also came.

Jerrilyn:
Spoke about the current director search. John Budd, a prospective director
will be coming in to Tucson April 8-9 for interviews. Sue said she will put
out copies of his vitae and articles in the office for those who are
interested. We discussed possible times for students to meet with him, and
are going to try to set up a Friday morning breakfast. Happy hour might
also be a possibility.
Sue wondered if we would be interested in some sort of virtual Q and A time
with him so that distance students could also be involved. Various
possibilities for this are being worked on. If anyone is interested in
asking Dr. Budd a question can e-mail that question to Atilla.

Judith:
(on accreditation info) mentioned that she spoke with UA's attorneys
recently about releasing information, as it comes out, to the students.
They weren't too happy with this idea. If the accreditation thing goes into
litigation, there might come a time when the attorneys will say that
information cannot be released to the students.

Amanda and Kelly:
Discussed the picnic this Sunday at Himmel Park at noon. LSO will be
providing hot dogs, burgers, and veggie burgers and drinks. Those who
attend are asked to bring some kind of side dish. Students, faculty, staff,
friends are all invited. Look for Kelly's posting for more information.

Kelly:
Told us of a letter she received from Suzette K. who was wondering about
faculty awards. We decided it would be nice to start a tradition for LSO to
recognize a member of the faculty at our commencement. Anybody who might be
interested in setting up some kind of criteria for selecting the faculty
member, please let one of us know.

Ian:
Is still working on getting the LSO officially recognized by UA. The
constitution needs to be changed a bit, and there are still a few forms to
fill out, but hopefully that will be taken care of soon.

Atilla:
Received a letter from Caroline R. who suggested we send out some kind of
welcome latter to new members of the LSO so that they will know they are
members. We decided this is a good idea, so plans are in motion to get it
going.
Atilla also reviewed the questions he wants to bring up at the next faculty
meeting. What is the contingency plan if no director is selected? What is
happening with new student admissions? Is there any way some classes could
be scheduled later in the evening (7-9:30), and at other times? (Sue
mentioned here that they are currently working on getting a Saturday class.)

Joanna made a suggestion that the school hold some kind of round table,
mini-conference on the topic of virtual education -what works, what doesn't,
etc. Sue said the extended university might be willing to take on something
like that.

Judith said that these are just the kinds of questions and ideas that we
bring up with John Budd. With new deans and directors coming in, it is a
good time to start asking these questions and maybe start instituting a few
changes.

Bryan:
Said the letter to the ALA from the LSO is just about done. It will be sent
as a hardcopy as soon as he gets the various addresses.

Judith:
Said an appeal has been drafted. Essentially, it says to give us back our
accreditation for another 7 years.

The next meeting will be held in two weeks, on April 7.

A special thanks goes out to Sue and Judith for coming to the meeting, for
all their hard work and patience in dealing with all these problems.

Erin Stowell
stowelle@prodigy.net
"Oh be wise..."

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Date: Sun, 11 APR 1999
Subject: LSO Meeting: Friday, April 9, 1999

LSO Meeting: Friday, April 9, 1999

Atilla V., Eileen S., Bryan F., Amanda C., David P., Lio S., and Erin
S. were all present.

Atilla (Faculty-Student Liaison) reported on the last faculty meeting:

SIRLS is organizing "Information and Society: 2000 and Beyond" an open
forum with both SIRLS faculty/staff and AzLA representatives. This will be
held in both Tucson (April 19, TPPL Woods branch at 4:00 PM) and in Phoenix
(May 10, 5:00 PM, location TBA). Each speaker will present something and
there will be a question/answer session as will.

Next semester at homecoming, SIRLS is interested in sponsoring a
homecoming booth and would like to get a student to coordinate the
activities. We thought it would be good to have next semester's program and
social coordinator be in charge of finding someone to do this.

SIRLS is looking into the Arizona Distance Learning Association (AZDL) as
a corporate member.

Kathy produced a chart with the number of prospective students that
wanted information, but the stats only went until January (before the
accreditation announcement was made). Atilla is going to ask for numbers of
students who have actually applied to this program for next fall at the next
meeting.

Atilla also asked about the possibility of moving courses to 7 PM for the
commuting students, but then realized that the class would end at 9:30 which
makes for a very late drive home. There is plans for Zoe to teach a Sat 501
course this Fall.

Lio (Program Coordinator ):

There is going to be a "Career Day" possibly on Thurs, April 29 from 11
to 2 in the SIRLS courtyard. There will be different vendors, library
people, etc. This is a great chance for students to informally meet with AZ
based potential employers and to find out more about their profession.

Lio is also working on a mini brownbag workshop that would provide resume
tips.

Amanda (Mischief Coordinator):

Said that the graduation dinner details will be solidified this weekend,
so look for more information soon.

Bryan (VP):

Said that the changes to the constitution that are needed to get official
UA recognition have been posted on the Internet. Everyone take a look when
they get a chance. They changes need to be up for 4 weeks before we can
vote on them.

Carolyn Riddle has composed a template letter to send to new LSO members.
Bryan will e-mail it to the officers so we can take a look at it. Thanks
Carolyn.

The LSO letter has been sent to the appropriate ALA people. We haven't
heard anything back yet.

"Fostering Leadership for the 21st Century" We need to start encouraging
students to think about being LSO officers next semester.

The next LSO meeting will be Wed. April 14 where we will try to get student
input on John Budd.

Erin Stowell
stowelle@prodigy.net
"Oh be wise..."

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Date: Wed, 12 May 1999
Subject: LSO minutes May 12, 1999

Who was there:

Joanna P, Bryan F, Lio S, Kelly H, Sarah P, Bob F, Erin S, Ian H, Atilla V,
Jerrilyn B, Suzette K.

What was discussed:

Program for the graduation dinner Friday night. Kathy has already made up
the programs, Joanna will be making an introduction, and Seavey will present
awards. Eileen S. and Betty M. will be the student speakers.

Faculty awards: The results are in. We will be presenting an Outstanding
Faculty Award at the graduation dinner. Suzette will order the plaque,
hopefully the perpetual kind, so future faculty award recipients will have
their name on it as well.
Kelly will also help in the presentation of other recognition awards.

Somebody will write up the presentation part of the dinner and post it to
the list, so those who couldn't attend will know what happens.

The changes to the constitution have been posted for over a month. Jerrilyn
moved to accept these changes. Kelly seconded the motion. The vote was
unanimous. This changes will make the LSO capable of becoming officially
recognized by UA. Ian will transfer the paperwork to the new LSO officers
so they can complete the process.

All the red LSO officer folders need to be returned, either to the new
officer or to the LSO box in the SIRLS office.

Jerrilyn will probably be able to make an announcement about the director
search by Friday afternoon. Judith Beckers 'stint' ends July 1, so it will
be up to the dean to get a new acting director if necessary.

The Law library director is interested in setting up a 2 year fellowship to
incoming students interested in law librarianship. This would involve
working 20 hours a week in the law library. More information will be
coming.

A new, mandatory, moderated administrative list for students, faculty, and
staff is going to be put into place. ARIZSLS will continue as it is.

Some of the new officers have multiple positions, and other position are
unfilled. There will probably be elections for some of these during the
summer term.

The LSO Executive list is owned by Joanna and Ian. They will transfer
ownership to Atilla, the new president.

Welcome to all the new officers. We hope you have an enjoyable experience.

President - Atilla Vekony
Vice President-Treasurer - Sarah Paciorek
Secretary - Bob Frasier
Social Activities Coordinator - Amanda Calvert
Friends/Committee Chair - Bob Frasier
Jobs Coordinator - Jaime Anderson
Student-Faculty Liaison - Atilla Vekony

Erin Stowell
stowelle@prodigy.net
"Oh be wise..."