Some highlights from September Virtual Council meeting that took place on 9/18/20:
- Agenda: Financial Update; Executive Director Update; Next steps
- Next Virtual Council Meeting will focus on Forward Together update on 11/5.
- Financials: Council received a BARC (Peter Hepburn) and Treasurer's Report (Maggie Farrell). ALA ended the fiscal year with a $11.1 million deficit compared to the $4 million deficit that had been projected. This is largely due to pandemic-related issues, such as the cancellation of the in person ALA Annual conference, lower revenue from membership and publishing, and other costs. ALA has put together a strategy for covering projected deficits. Note that next fiscal year will be very lean and they projected very conservative/tight budgets given all of the uncertainties. Council voted on CD 13.5 to approve the FY21 annual estimates of income $71,035,580. The motion passed: 132 yes, 10 no, 6 abstain.
- Executive Director Update: Tracie Hall presented a very interesting 5 year plan - Pivot Strategy (CD 50). She discussed how she would be focusing on increasing revenue streams for continuing education; membership; conference services; publishing; contributed revenue; and data, research and design. I highly recommend that you take a look at this plan. It is ambitious and inspiring. I attached the plan to this post.
See below for the recording and transcript from the meeting.
Sandy
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Hello Councilors,
Thank you for participating in the September Virtual Council meeting. The recording and transcript are now available:
RECORDING and TRANSCRIPT: https://ala-events.zoom.us/rec/share/1SDANP2XEYQBVuwiZOYqFCoy341OMfaS3BdnbFDi8UApAsjgT1PSqHzcl3AFv_ns.s__4VcTFTAJ7Y_vS(Passcode: i*UkUe$5)
As we aim to continuously improve the virtual Council experience, please submit your feedback on the Fall Council Meeting for those that haven't already done so by Friday, Sept. 25: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/councilsept
Save the Date! Virtual Fall Council Meeting – November 5
Topic: Forward Together Update
Date: Thursday, November 5
Time: 2-4pm Central/3-5pm Eastern time
Registration Link: https://ala-events.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_tWVQngEDTn-QB242jBilDw
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Sandra Hirsh
Associate Dean for Academics, College of Professional and Global Education
San Jose State University
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