School Library Association in Scotland - AGM

Friday 7^th October 2016 at Dewars’ Centre, Glover Street, Perth, PH2 0TH.

Present: Colin Orr, Kateri Wilson-Whalley, Rhona Clark, Duncan Wright, Gail Colbron, Flora Fisher, Catriona McGrath, Diane Scott, Kate Dove, Mandy Wilson, Irene Lumsden, Alan Clark, Josie Crimp, Wendy Lyon, Gillian Gillespie, Donna Baird, Alison Mundie, Iona McFarlane, Julie Hutton, Linda Anderson, Jan Dawson, David Amdurer.

Apologies: Elspeth Scott, Frances Sinclair.

1) Minutes of last meeting and matters arising

The minutes of the last AGM were accepted as an accurate record.

Proposed by Colin Orr. Seconded by Kateri Wilson-Whalley.

2) Convenor’s Report: Rhona Clark

A vote of thanks was given to Carol Moug for her service as Convenor.

3) Secretary’s Report: Kateri Wilson-Whalley

Kateri reported that the membership was down to 122 (this is reflecting the drop in school librarians from state school and cuts to budgets). Information is being shared with the membership via the blog - http://slascotland.blogspot.co.uk/.

4) Treasurer’s Report: Colin Orr

Copies of the Statement of Accounts for the year ending 31 March 2016 were circulated.  The statement showed a balance at bank of £738.45 

Proposed by Rhona Clark.  Seconded by Kateri Wilson-Whalley.

5) Reports from SLA Executive Committee: Mandy Wilson

Mandy encouraged those present to stand for election to the SLA Executive. Given the devolved nature of Scottish Education a second member would be beneficial.

SLA is 80 this year and the membership can expect a few opportunities to celebrate this. The latest publications were also on show.

7) Office Bearers and Committee:

New members:

Iona McFarlane

Proposed by Colin Orr, Seconded by Kateri Wilson-Whalley

Catriona McGrath

Proposed by Mandy Wilson, Seconded by Rhona Clark

Irene Lumsden

Proposed by Kateri Wilson-Whalley, Seconded by Duncan Wright

Jan Dawson

Proposed by Mandy Wilson, Seconded by Rhona Clark

The Office Bearers:

Convenor – Rhona Clark

Proposed by Duncan Wright, Seconded by Mandy Wilson

Vice Convenor –  Mandy Wilson

Proposed by Linda Anderson, Seconded by Kateri Wilson-Whalley

Secretary – Kateri Wilson-Whalley

Proposed by Linda Anderson, Seconded by Rhona Clark

Treasurer – Colin Orr

Proposed by Mandy Wilson, Seconded by Gail Colbron

9) Proposed changes to committee meeting

It was unanimously agreed that the proposed changes to committee meetings would proceed. Therefore from now on:

The SLA in Scotland committee will conduct the majority of its business online with one formal meeting per year in addition to the AGM.

To allow for the sharing of information, skills and ideas we will instead have three local network groups:

North – Mandy Wilson (chair)

South East – Duncan Wright (chair)

South West – Rhona Clark (chair)

The leader of each of these local network groups will be elected to the SLA in Scotland committee plus a convener, secretary, treasurer and the committee will remain open to other interested members.

They will also hold office bearer responsibilities on the SLA(S) committee

The SLA(S) committee formal annual meeting will rotate around each of the local network groups locations.

We will be using email shots, the new blog and twitter to keep members across Scotland informed. Email lists will be generated from the information shared by SLA.

8) AOCB

The next AGM was agreed to take place on Friday 6^th October 2017 in Perth.

There being no further business the meeting closed at 12.53pm