In the meantime, Library Director Tom Mayer will write to the patron explaining that the issue is being studied further. Mukilteo in 1997, Oak Harbor in 1998, and Snohomish in 1999. She also asked Fund Development Coordinator Nancy Patton to list the Foundation Committee members' names in her May report to the Board. The Committee of the Whole, will discuss the Library Director search at the end of the meeting. It is now projected that all Washington State school districts will be connected with T-1 lines by August of this year.
Libraries are to become a part of the network in the future.
Legislation will be drafted for the year 2000 to continue with this project. Mr. Mayer is serving on the committee's governance subcommittee and Ms. Schwartz is serving on the technology subcommittee. Mr. Mayer also reported on WLN-OCLC catalog utilities meeting that he, Ms. Schwartz, and Catalog Manager David Griffin recently attended. It was reported that Friends' groups would like more contact with the Regional Board of Trustees. Toward that end, Ms. Steffener and Ms. Jackson will speak at the Friends Council meeting on May 6.