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Minutes of the
Exhibits Round Table
Membership Meeting
June 30, 2008
Anaheim, CA
The meeting was called to order by Chair, Kathy Young, at 7:55 am.
Board members in attendance:
Kathy Young, Chair
Kay Runge, Librarian Vice-Chair
John Ison, Secretary
Ernie DiMattia, Treasurer
Jay Askuvich
Joe Frueh
Geneva Holliday
Gene Shimshock
Todd Voorhees
Staff present:
Deidre Ross, ALA Director of Conference Services
Patrick Murphy, ALA Exhibits Manager
Paul Graller, Hall-Erickson, Inc.
Kelly Bullock, Silent Auction Coordinator
Kathy introduced the candidates for the ERT Board and introduced those in attendance. She reminded all members present to vote if they had not done so.
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TREASURER’S REPORT
Ernie DiMattia reported that the Roundtable has a balance as of 4/30/08 of $13,749, up $3,595 from the previous year.
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MEMBERSHIP REPORT
Personal memberships as of 5/31/08 were 146, down from 150 in 2007; organizational memberships were 32, down from 34 in 2007; and corporate memberships were 260, unchanged from 2007.
SILENT AUCTION
Kelly Bullock reported that the 50/50 raffle was selling well and that $800 had been taken in on the first day. Sales had totaled $1,200 for the entire conference at DC in 2007. The items in the “Star-Studded Auction” are doing very well.
SCHOLARSHIP BASH
Kay Runge reported that about 4,500 tickets had been sold for the Bash. Total revenue to the ALA Scholarship Fund has not been determined but should be very good.
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ERT Website
Geneva reported that the new ALA system was working better than is has and she anticipates that she will be able to update the ERT web page with less difficulty.
SPONSORED PROGRAMS
Kathy reported that one program had been submitted for consideration and that the Board had agreed to look at ways to increase participation at the September meeting.
PRODUCT SPOTLIGHT
Patrick reported that 20 sessions would be held in two locations on two days of exhibits and that 24 applications had been received.
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NEW MASTER SCHEDULE FOR EXHIBITS AT ANNUAL CONFERENCE.
Deidre announced that, pending approval by the ALA Executive Board, starting in 2010 exhibits would open with a reception on Friday evening and close Monday afternoon
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Attendance at this conference:
Deidre reported the following statistics as of the end of Sunday:
Anaheim Washington New Orleans
Librarians 15,769 20,603 11,812
Exhibitors 5,699 7,003 4,770
Total 21,468 27,606 16,582
FALL BOARD MEETING
Kathy announced that the Board had agreed to hold a special meeting to catch up on routine business on September 12 in Chicago.
ELECTION RESULTS
Kathy announced that Osha Rose Gula, Jay Askuvich, and Gene Shimshock had all been elected to first terms on the Board. Ernie DiMattia was elected to a second term.
ADJOURNMENT
The meeting adjourned at 9:00.
Minutes prepared by John Ison, Board Secretary.
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