ALA Council III

Summary and highlights - Council III is generally quite full of business and often goes over time, however, today we were able to release nearly 2 hours early.

Memorials:
John Clifford Mortimer, M-#1
Mary Alice Hunt, M-#2
J. Michael Rothacker, M-#3
Ken Davenport, M-#4
Sallie Farrell, M-#5
Eliza Atkins Gleason, M-#6
Effie Lee Morris, M-#7
James “Jim” Raymond Przepasniak, M-#8
Walter Reandeau, M-#9
Judith Serebnick, M-#10
John Charles Fox, M#11

Tributes:
Jeanne Sugg, T-#1
Sonia Sotomayer, T-#2

Intellectual Freedom Committee, Martin Garnar
First-ever Choose Privacy Week will be held May 2–8, 2010. All Choose Privacy Week materials (posters, bookmarks, buttons, and resource guide) are complete and for sale in the ALA Store at http://www.blogger.com/exchweb/bin/redir.asp?URL=http://www.alastore.ala.org/.
New Intellectual Freedom Manual should be available this summer.
Banned Books Week is September 25 – October 2, 2010.
The webinars for trustees, entitled “Controversial Materials in the Library: Supporting Intellectual Freedom in Your Community,” visit http://www.ala.org/oif/onlinetrainings for more information.
LeRoy C. Merritt Humanitarian Fund is celebrating its 40th Anniversary this year.

Committee on Legislation, Councilor Mario A. Ascencio
National Legislative Day Rally will be Tuesday, June 29 11AM See www.ala.org/nlld.

Broadband and Telecommunications
Late on Friday two additional “Notices of Funds Available” (NOFA) were published by the U.S. Departments of Agriculture and Commerce regarding the Broadband Infrastructure Program (BIP) and the Broadband Telecommunications Opportunity Program (BTOP). Further information is available through the ALA Washington Office, which will again be providing information on how libraries may apply and benefit from this second round of stimulus funds. The Washington Office will be starting this Friday, January 22, with a webinar providing an overview of the NOFA process and requirements for library applications.

New Business
· Resolution Concerning the Dratted ALA Event Planner
Action plan by the Exec. Director, Keith Michael Fiels
o Improvement a priority
o Survey councilors & members for specific problems and broad analysis
o ALA Librarian will work on standardization of item entry
o Review of annual database with appropriate editing
o Other issues as a result of survey will be implemented as feasible before Annual
o Put process in place for continuous improvement
o Progress & steps taken communicated to Council on an ongoing basis
o Next generation planner created through ALA Connect, Jenny Levine – beta tested at Annual conference
o Work on downloadable format for hand-held devices
o Reporting to Exec Bd at spring meeting and results will be shared with Council

Registration 11, 095 as of Monday compared to 10,220 in Denver.