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LIFE Meeting Minutes
LIFE "Coffee Break" Sessions:
- 4/26/2023; 3:00 PM
- Attendees:
- Katy McLaughlin (Vice Chair)
- Lauren Savage (Secretary)
- Sarah Little
- Subject: Ensuring Program Success
- Summary: We discussed the importance of deliberate relationship-building with community members and organizations, such as local authors, school boards, city council, and local Rotary Club chapters. It was made clear that it doesn't hurt to ask if a community partner might be interested in collaborating with your library for broader success for both parties.
- 3/22/2023; 3:00 PM (secretary absent due to illness; no notes)
- Subject: Effective Networking: How to make the most of one's attendance at a library conference, such as the upcoming WLA conference
- 2/22/2023; 3:00 PM
- Attendees:
- Todd Vandenbark (Chair)
- Christine Burgoyne
- Kathy Buchholtz
- Katy McLaughlin (Vice Chair)
- Shawn Schollmeyer
- Lauren Savage (Secretary)
- Subject: Gratitude and how we can apply a mentality of gratefulness in the library/workplace setting.
- Summary: We discussed “The Science of Gratitude,” a white paper prepared for the John Templeton Foundation by the Greater Good Science Center at UC Berkeley and written by Summer Allen, PhD. We then shared examples of times in which we felt gratitude for others in the workplace and vice versa.
LIFE Leadership Team Meetings:
- May 19, 2023:
- Attendees:
- Todd Vandenbark (Chair)
- Katy McLaughlin (Vice-Chair)
- Lauren Savage (Secretary)
- Finalized agenda for 5/24 coffee hour.
- April 21, 2023:
- Attendees:
- Todd Vandenbark (Chair)
- Katy McLaughlin (Vice-Chair)
- Lauren Savage (Secretary)
- Finalized agenda for 4/26 coffee hour
- March 17, 2023: (email-based meeting due to illness)
- Attendees:
- Todd Vandenbark (Chair)
- Katy McLaughlin (Vice-Chair)
- Lauren Savage (Secretary)
- Finalized agenda for 3/22 coffee hour.
- February 17, 2023:
- Attendees:
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- Todd Vandenbark (Chair)
- Katy McLaughlin (Vice-Chair)
- Lauren Savage (Secretary)
- Finalized agenda for 2/22 coffee hour.
- January 20, 2023:
- Attendees:
- Todd Vandenbark (Chair)
- Katy McLaughlin (Vice-Chair)
- Lauren Savage (Secretary)
- Established 2023 LIFE meeting rhythm
- Agreed that the fourth Wednesday of each month would typically work for holding coffee hours.
- LIFE leadership team to meet at 10:00 am on the Friday preceding each LIFE coffee hour to finalize agenda.
- Past year’s LIFE member survey revealed that 3:00 pm or 4:00 pm is typically a reasonable time to begin meetings.
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