Present: Edna Comstock, Jeff Small, Peggy Becksvoort, Nancy Grant, Barbara Hammond, Eileen Broderick, Sylvia Norton, Marilyn Joyce, Janet Patterson, Donna Chale, Joyce Lucas

Welcome (Jeff Small) Jeff would like input on agenda for the November meeting.

Secretary's Report (Joyce Lucas): The minutes of the September 2009 meeting were accepted as  
presented.

Treasurer's Report (Donna Chale):

• Spent the $5000.00 on the handbook. 
• Money has not been sent for Chickadee Award or MSBA yet due to a cash flow issue.
• Paid 2 scholarships and having another one coming out soon. 
• Need to wait on the tax exempt status from IRS.  May need to be prepared to not get that status.
• Sept. Income – $1,515.95  Expenses - $5,000.00
• Treasurer's report accepted as presented.

Handbook (Jeff & Edna):

• Should be here soon.  Check for $5,000.00 has been sent. 
• Libra Foundation has called and seems interested in giving funding. 
• There will be some mailing costs for those not hand delivered that we need to prepare for.
• Discussion on getting the handbook online as soon as possible.  Need a strong acknowledgement that it is online and changing. 
• 750 will be printed.
• Need 1 person to keep a list of those librarians that have received their handbooks.  

AASL (Marilyn Joyce):

• Role and Reading Task Force (RRTF) reading toolkit.  The task force is willing to do workshops/conferences/Road Show.  Handed out Self-Assessment Guidelines.
• Reading Strategies Packet is getting great feedback from teachers.
• Ross Todd program similar to the Maine program.  Seem to be moving away from the research process to an inquiry-based process.  Guided Inquiry-Learning in the 21st Century was passed around.
• International Association of School Librarians (IASL) will be in Texas in 2010. 
• National Association of Educational Progress (NAEP) evaluating their test questions.  Marilyn will be at the table with researchers. 

Conference (Eileen Broderick):

• Discussion on conference and where to go, who to go with.  What does the membership want? We have to make some basic decisions soon.  A decision was made to gather suggestions/opinions at the annual meeting on November 14th.

Dues (Edna):

• Edna handed out a proposal to increase dues and a dues comparison to other NE States.
• A discussion on going to a 2-tier scale. Under $32,000 would be $25.00, $32,000 and over would be $35.00.  For now Retirees and students would stay the same.
• Will vote on the dues in November at the Board meeting.

Teri (Absent): 

• LMS of the Year and Administrator of the year will be announced at the next business meeting.
• Jeff encouraged people to make frequent visits to their administrative offices to keep them informed on what you are doing. 

Annual Meeting Agenda (Jeff):

• Each board member will give a report at the annual meeting. 
• Announcement of dues increase
• Exchange the gavel and acceptance speech
• Winners of LMS and Admin. of the Year
• Election
• Conference (Eileen)
• Informational session:

1. AASL /L4L standards – Sylvia & Marilyn with handouts. 
2. Conference – groups to work on ideas Eileen
3. Debbie Handbook

Sylvia's Corner:

• ACTEM conference yesterday.  Britannica person is interested in offering a free direct link to the encyclopedia.  Sylvia will contact him about the icon.  Eileen will speak with him about lunch?
• Marvel being promoted as a resource? Sylvia asked people to submit lesson plans. 
• NESLA:  There is a listserv for region 1 where you can check out state news.  Expect a great conference in Boston on Jan. 23rd.  Ross Todd will be part of it.  Donna offered to check on a bus to go to Boston for this.  There are vendors all day Saturday if people want to stay overnight. Knowledge Quest will have quite a bit on it.
• On Sept. 29th Sylvia met with Patsy Dutton (language arts) and looked over the Common Core.  Research and media have become core applications.  Discussed NeeCap.  Discussed technology and collaboration.  Ethical challenges (ethical use of information).  Have until the 21st to respond to it.  It will be used for College and Career Ready. 
• Network Maine.  Have new state librarian that will be announced soon. 
• Former ALA president is running for AASL president.
• Need to invite the new state librarian to the MASL annual meeting.

Other:

• Nancy gave everyone an Alaska bookmark.
• Frozen budgets
• Peggy asked Jennifer Stanbrow, Chickadee Award Representative, to attend our March meeting.  She will also ask a MSBA representative to attend.
• A reminder to check our email from Kelley regarding planning for the Road Trip.
• March event:  Sue Ballard?  27th?  Where? 
• Pending Joyce checking for available dates, a motion was made to have the March meeting and conference at Winslow High School.  Alternative would be the elementary school in Winslow.
• October is National Information Literacy Month. 

Next meeting will be the November 14th board meeting at Falmouth Middle School.

Meeting adjourned 1:30 PM

Respectfully Submitted,
Joyce L. Lucas, Secretary