All present agreed that this was an important and helpful addition to the State Library Report. V. Current Business Nancy Simpson, on behalf of the Personnel Committee, recommended that the NOLA Office be closed the day after Thanksgiving and that Staff be allowed to use vacation days, etc. Motion carried by voice vote. Nancy Currie, on behalf of the Finance Committee, discussed requests that have been received for access to the NOLA Salary Survey that was conducted late summer. The Committee recommends that a fee structure be established for one year that would allow people to download the study.
Participants can download it free of charge.
The motion carried by roll call vote. Motion passed by a roll call vote with the understanding that a disclaimer will hold NOLA harmless in any future cases like this will be included. Susan Weaver, Chair of the Search Committee, reported that the Committee's next meeting will be held on October 15. Ads for the Executive Director's position have been placed on many list servs, web sites, and in American Libraries and Hotline. The NOLA Board's January meeting has been rescheduled for Tuesday, January 25 in order to avoid a conflict with the American Library Association's Midwinter Conference.