Good News for Spectrum from Loriene Roy

This I received via the NMRT listserv and I hope it is ok to cut and paste emails - as I think the entire contents of Loriene Roy's email is important to know.

It is wonderful to see from this email the positive move of Loriene Roy and the ALA board that
in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the Spectrum Scholarship the Board approved the transfer of $500,000 from the ALA Future Fund to the Spectrum Scholarship Fund. This enables the program to continue.

In the email I am happy to see the minimum of Spectrum Scholarships per year will be 30, although there will still be 100 to 120 emerging scholars a year... yes, i know they are different programs, but my bias would be for 100 Spectrum Scholars entering library school and then being trained as emerging leaders.

There is also reference to a report given on RDA to the executive board. I have not found that yet - but I am looking for it and will report back.

ida

From: Loriene Roy
> Date: July 25, 2007 12:37:32 PM CDT
> To: ALA Council List
> Subject: [alacoun] Message to Council, RE: ALA Exec Board Action and > Discussion at the 2007 ALA Annual Conference
>
>
> Dear Colleagues:
>
> I wanted to update you on some of the actions and discussions of the
> Executive Board at Annual Conference. We welcomed new ALA Board Members
> Charles Kratz, Jr. and Larry Romans, Treasurer Rod Hersberger and
> President-elect Jim Rettig.
>
> In commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the Spectrum Scholarship
> program, the Board approved the transfer of $500,000 from the ALA > Future
> Fund to the Spectrum Scholarship Fund. This transfer increases the > funds
> available through the Spectrum family of funds to $4.5 million.
>
> These funds will result in the awarding of five additional Spectrum
> scholarships per year, beginning in June 2008, and brings the yearly > total
> of awarded scholarships to a minimum of 30. It should be noted that > this
> transfer is made possible in large part to the fact that the ALA > Long-Term
> Investment (Endowment) fund recently surpassed the $30 million mark.
>
> The Board approved a recommendation from the 2007 Election Committee > that
> the date of the announcements of the ALA Election results will now be > the
> Friday before the first Monday in May. Formerly, the results were
> announced on the first Monday of May, but this has frequently coincided
> with ALA Library Legislative Day in Washington, DC, preventing the > members
> of the Election Committee, which meets in Chicago, from participating, > and
> also making the notification and announcement process more difficult.
>
> The Board deferred action on other recommendations related to the > ballot,
> and requested that the 2008 Election Committee, chaired by Nann Blaine
> Hilyard, prepare recommendations for consideration by Council at the > 2008
> Midwinter Meeting.
>
> Following approval of the Budgetary Ceilings by Council, the Board
> approved the FY 2008 budget.
>
> The Board approved Los Angeles as the site of the 2018 Midwinter > Meeting,
> New Orleans as the site of the 2018 Annual Conference, Seattle as the > site
> of the 2019 Midwinter Meeting and New York as the site of the 2019 > Annual
> Conference. The Board also approved a change in the dates of the ACRL > 2011
> Conference in Philadelphia.
>
> In Executive Session, the Board approved the appointment of a
> representative to the U.S. Committee of the Blue Shield. An official
> announcement will follow once the candidate has been notified and the
> nominee has accepted the appointment.
>
> In addition, the Board heard and discussed reports from the Endowment
> Trustees, BARC, the Washington Office, Development Office and Graduated
> Dues Task Force, and saw a presentation on the new ilovelibraries.org
> advocacy web site. Meeting in executive session, the Board also heard > an
> update on various confidential legal matters from ALA's Counsel.
>
> The Board was joined by representatives from the Resource Description > and
> Access (RDA) working group. The working group representatives described
> the evolution of RDA and answered questions about RDA and its
> implementation.
>
> The Board reported on their liaison visits to various committees,
> divisions, round tables and affiliates. The Board Liaison program is
> designed to increase communication between the Board and these groups > and
> provide the Board with an opportunity to better understand - and > respond
> to - member issues and concerns.
>
> For more information on the meetings, or to see copies of the Board
> documents distributed at the meetings, please go to
> http://www.ala.org/ala/ourassociation/governanceb/executiveboard/> eboardagenda/agendas.htm.
>
> Sincerely,
>
> Loriene Roy,
> President