COUNTRY PUBLIC LIBRARIES GROUP OF VICTORIA
Minutes of general meeting held Tuesday, 13 August, 2002
Mill Park Library, 394 Plenty Rd., Mill Park
Present:
Adele Kenneally, Sharyn Sturre, Russ Elwin, Susan Orr, Chris Payne, Stephen Dempsey, Elaine Richmond, Alison Katona, Jan Penney, Lynne Makin, Dale Cousens, John Murrell, Julie Rae, Anna Cook, Ann Le Lievre, John Murrell, Graham Dudley, Helen Balcam, Frances Savage, Peter Schmidt, Stephanie McGlinchey
Apologies:
Bruce Myers, Julie Smith, Sue Kelly
Minutes of Meeting held Friday, 14 June, 2002 at Bendigo
It was moved by Julie Rae that the minutes of the last meeting be accepted.
Seconded: Lynne Makin
Carried
Business arising:
None
Correspondence:
Inward:
Carole Ingwersen – Thank you for parting gift and best wishes.
Outward:
1. Letter to Mary Delahunty requesting a meeting to discuss the State
Government’s future support and administration of the Statewide Projects program.
2. Acceptance of position on MAC to Minister Cameron.
It was moved by Susan Orr that the correspondence be received:
Seconded: Anna Cook
Carried
Financial Report:
Financial Report for 9 August, 2002 shows a current balance of $77,377.73 less unpresented cheques for the Mobile Libraries Signage Project.
It was moved by Stephen Dempsey that the financial report be accepted:
Seconded: John Murrell
Carried
Chairperson’s Report
Chris Payne reported on the first MAC meeting. Membership of MAC is as follows:
Judy Maddigan Chair
Fran Awcock SLV
Cr Vivienne Davidson Buloke Shire Council (Councillor rep.)
Colin Morrison Local Government Division
Chris Payne CPLG
Cr. Rod Fyffe MAV
David Spokes Port Phillip City Council (CEO rep.)
Lynne Makin Viclink
The first meeting concentrated on setting the terms of reference.
CPLG can nominate items for discussion. Future agenda items include:
Funding and Service Agreements
Information technology and “one library system”
Relationship between public libraries, other library services and SLV
Community Building Programs and library links
Education for librarians at universities
Following questions about the selection process for the membership of MAC, Graham Dudley explained to the meeting that membership was by Ministerial appointment. It is also unlikely that the presence of observers will be a permanent arrangement.
Other business
MAC meeting: No further discussion
CPLG web page: Chris Payne indicated CPLG will have IT projects listed on the LibIT website. This will be linked to the CPLG website when it is established.
Building the capacity: The report by Gary Hardy and Tom Dennison was discussed and two aspects of the report questioned:
· Shared book purchasing scheme – Russ Elwin pointed out the report overlooked the existing Murraylink joint purchasing contract as a possible model for a wider scheme.
· Library shop – Jan Penney expressed concern about the financial viability of the concept. From Jan’s experience, the setup costs are likely to be much higher than estimated.
RLOL
Frances Savage indicated the current focus of the project is establishing the Category A links. Some links are nearing completion and others are at the feasibility stage.
Involvement of RLOL at Geelong was discussed at a recent meeting and project commitments clarified.
Other CPLG Business:
Mobile Libraries signage:
Instructions on installing the signs have been emailed to all contact people.
Apart from minor outstanding items, the project is complete.
Mobile Libraries Conference:
Gippsland libraries are planning to host the next conference. The current priorities are finding a venue, setting a date for April 2003 and appointing an Events Co-ordinator who will be supervised by the Project Team of John Murrell, Stephen Dempsey and Anna Cook.
Possible guest speakers for next meeting:
John Liddle
Judy Maddigan
Meeting closed 12.30pm
Next meeting to be held at Rutherglen on Friday, 11 October