05/25/2018 Meeting agenda

10 a.m. to 10:30

1.  Angela has offered to take notes for this meeting.

2.  Additions to the agenda?

3. Approve April 3 and April 12 IFC meeting minutes.

4. Current by-laws say that IFC committee should be between 3-9 members with representation from ASLD, PLD, and SLD. By-laws also indicate some flexibility to expand the allowable number of committee members with MLA board approval. Here is the list of MLA members interested in joining MLA IFC committee as new IFC members:

• Suzie Catharine, Livingston Public Library
• Rachel Rawn, Havre-Hill County
• Annie Alger, Missoula Public
• Selya Avila, Missoula Public
• Kendra Mullison, North Lake County Public
• Katy Rende, Lewis and Clark Public Library
• Hayley Botnen, Billings West/Skyview H.S.
• Noel Osterman,  Great Falls Central Catholic High School Media Center
• Kerri Cobb – Bozeman High School Library
• James Howland – Big Sandy Public Schools

And here is the current IFC member list:

• Matt Beckstrom (PLD), Lewis and Clark Library mbeckstrom@gmail.com  First term ends 5/30/19.
• Angela Jordan (PLD), Butte-Silverbow Public Library ajordan@buttepubliclibrary.info  First term ends 5/30/2020
• Gavin Woltjer (PLD), Billings Public Library: woltjerg@ci.billings.mt.us First term ends 5/30/2020
• Vacant (SLD)
• Vacant (SLD)  
• Vacant (SLD)
• Jim Kammerer (ASLD), Montana State Library  jkammerer@mt.gov Second term ends 5/30/2018.
• Anne Kish (ASLD), University of Montana, Western anne.kish@umwestern.edu  First term ends 5/30/19.
• Bobbi Otte (ASLD) , Rocky Mountain College  otteb@rocky.edu  Second term ends 5/30/2018.
• Lauren McMullen (ex-officio),  Montana State Library lmcmullen@mtlib.org .

4.  Ask MLA president and board to approve the new IFC members and accept the nomination of Angela Jordan and Lauren McMullen as IFC co-chairs for 2018-2021.

5.  Four school librarians are interested in filling the three school librarian slots.  How do we choose? Also, Jim and Bobbi have already served 2 consecutive three year terms. We need to recruit replacement for 2 ASLD slots. How do we accommodate the public librarians interested in joining IFC? Include them as affiliates?

6.  Discuss budget and activities for 2018-2019.

7.  Intellectual Freedom challenge to H.S. curriculum in Billings. Discussion? Should we record this on our wiki?