THE DUPAGE LIBRARY SYSTEM
MEETING OF THE BOARD
DATE, 2004

1. CONVENING OF THE ANNUAL MEETING AND WELCOME FROM THE BOARD PRESIDENT

The 37^th Annual Meeting of the DLS Membership was held at 127 South First Street, Geneva, Illinois, and was convened at 6:45 p.m. by Pres. Jackie Plourde.

Board members present were: Karen Hannah, Rob Kepka, Hallé Mikyska, Pattie Piotrowski, Jackie Plourde, Carolyn R. Roys, Mesfin Tefera, Marguerite Treest, Robert J. Wagner, and Joyce Whitehead.

Other members present were: Michelle Caulk, St. Charles Public Library; Claudia Krauspe, Helen Plum Memorial Library; Jeanne Hintz, Geneva Public Library; Linda Jourdan, C. Berger; Eva Luckinbill, Aurora Public Library; Diana Brown, St. Charles Public Library; Elaine Buch, Addison Trail High School; Vany Wells, Waubonsee Valley High School; Bruce Wells, Aurora; Timothy Jarzemsky, Bloomingdale Public Library; Betsy Adamowski, Itasca Public Library; and Todd Morning, Bartlett Public Library District.

DLS staff members attending were: Shirley May Byrnes, Pamela Kramer, Jane Plass, Claudia Sheets, Denise Zielinski, Karen Odean, Melissa Moyer, Jen-Lee Yee, and Mary Jean McCleary

2. AWARDS
    
Pres. Plourde welcomed everyone and asked the Board, staff, and the audience to introduce themselves.
 
1. Scholarship Recipients

Pres. Plourde introduced the two DLS scholarship recipients: Vany Wells, librarian at Waubonsee Valley High School, was the recipient of the LTA scholarship. Claudia Krauspe, Young People’s Librarian at Helen Plum Memorial Library, was the recipient of the scholarship for graduate education and is a student at Dominican University. Pres. Plourde presented each winner with a certificate.

2. 21^st Century Award Recipient

St. Charles Public Library District was the winner of the 21^st Century Award for its “Giving Tree Program.” Michelle Caulk represented the library and was presented a certificate and check by Pres. Plourde.


3. RECOGNITION OF OUTGOING BOARD MEMBERS

Pres. Plourde has served 6 years. Exec. Director Byrnes presented her with a plaque in recognition of her years on the Board, the last one as president.

4. DLS ANNUAL REPORT

   A PowerPoint presentation of DLS accomplishments from the past year was shown. A few highlights were:

   • DLS’ 3 vans drove over 66,000 miles and delivered over 1.38 million items in FY04.
   • Over 110 continuous learning events were held, serving 2,000 participants; 60 librarians have taken a Spanish for Librarians class during the past two years through DLS.
   • DLS had 70 participants at Illinois Library Legislative Day in April, 2004 and 11 participants at National Library Legislative Day in Washington, D.C. in May, 2004.
   • A Resource Sharing Specialist was hired.

   Challenge for the future:

   • Population growth
   • Increasing service demands with less funds

   Pres. Plourde concluded by stating, “The DLS staff is here to support all the multi-type libraries that we have in the system; they do it with a smile, they do it with patience and a lot of understanding. So we do hope that you use the system as often as you need to. That’s what they’re here for.”
    

5. ADOPTION OF THE AGENDA
    
   1. New Board Members

   Pres. Plourde introduced Mesfin Tefera, Aurora Public Library who was elected to the Board for a 2 year term, and the newly-elected school library Board representative Elaine Buch from Addison Trail High School.
    

6. Pres. Plourde adjourned the 37^th annual meeting at 7:08 p.m.
    

Respectfully submitted

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Joyce Whitehead, Secretary

___ Minutes approved as read

___ Minutes approved as amended

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Jackie Plourde, President