Hawaii Association of School Librarians (H.A.S.L.

) 2012 Spring Conference Mililani Ike Elementary School March 24, 2012 8-9 a.m.
Business Meeting Minutes Minutes of November 19, 2011 Meeting Cynthia Inouye, Lynette Kam, Marcy, and Helie Rock names misspelled Minutes accepted as directed H.A.S.L. BOARD REPORTS Officer Reports Treasurers Report - JoAnn Ishida current budget $5,650 dollars at Hawaiian $596.96 $4994.27 Budget for fiscal year $9,232 Thanked Dr. Harada for donation ($1,000) Michelle recognized for brining in revenues from Conference Joanne Goss, Imelda, approved motion

VP Program- Michelle Colte Appreciation for attendance; announcements All evaluations were positive for the Fall Conference

VP Membership Denise Sumida current membership 142 members Nene Committee looking for a school to compete in Jeopardy on April 12th

Awards Jennifer Asato- Introduction of nominators recipient intro

Grace Fujioshi and Linda Kim (Co-nominators) introduced recipient Recipient Darren Tanaka Student centered library, instructional partner and collaborator, school leader directly involved in the curriculum, information specialist, librarian colleague, librarian mentor, ALA Exemplary School Library Program

Presented Koa bowl and certificate

COMMITTEE REPORTS Scholarship- Betty Arai announce deadline HASL $500 scholarship for library students, application is on line, deadline March 30th Nene Marci Hamadon announcement of celebration Nene Ceremony, April 12th, Michael Buckley will be here to accept his award, Okinawan Center LIS Liason Vi Harada No report Professional Development Committee - Lois Nagamine Webinars from AASL Sent invitation, need to sign up Should make site open access for members, do not share freely with non-hasl members Mahalo to present board members: Introduction of New H.A.S.L Board Still looking for people to help with: H.E.L.P. Nene Liaison NEW BUSINESS - 2012-2013 budget proposal. JoAnne Ishida o We have trimmed or eliminated some accounts o Postage expenses o Checking account fees o Donations to national history day and nene award o Mainland speaker startup fund $2,963 o 1 scholarship/year ($500) o Proposed budget $11,913 o Motion Joanne Goss, Deb Lum o No discussion, motion carried - By-Laws pertaining to voting: Patricia Louis o By-Laws in the wiki o Ammend section 3, article 7 voted by mail or through electronic means (eg. email) o Motion Patty Louis, Deb Lum ANNOUNCEMENTS Bob Ho has freebies Thank Stephen Lum - photographer