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REFORMA DC METRO AREA CHAPTER Meeting called to order
at 3:23pm In attendance: Lucia Acin-Andion (REFORMA-DC Vice President) Mario Ascencio (REFORMA National President) Everette Larson (member) Michelle Hinojosa Melencio (REFORMA-DC Secretary) AnaRita Puertas-Myers (REFORMA-DC Treasurer) Betty Valdes (REFORMA-DC President) Need to Increase
Membership AnaRita sent an email to Sandra Rios requesting a list of
past members and current members. She provided Sandra with her personal Gmail
account, as she was having issues with her county email. She gave her a FedEx account number to send the
list. Mario affirmed that the National office is working on updating
membership files and that Sandra is aware of the DC Chapter’s need for this
information and will give her complete attention to this issue as soon as
possible, as we need more members to “come back” to us. Mario suggested that Betty talk to the
National Office Membership Chair (Isabel Espinal at the REFORMA Brochure Lucia worked on the REFORMA brochure, and everyone
concurred that it looked great. Mario
has a graduate student who knows how to design brochures and could have these
printed out in color. This would be an
in-kind donation from A few suggestions were made:
This brochure could be used at the library schools, or for those who are already in the profession. This can also be sent out to various list-serves throughout the D.C. area (i.e. librarian profession list-serves, DC Web Women, etc.), encouraging new members to join. Networking with
ASIST and ARL Michelle has been in touch with the PVC ASIST Chair, Jeff Prater. Jeff is suggesting a networking event on 12/13 with REFORMA, ASIST, and ARL. REFORMA-DC-“Welcome
Back” Party Some suggestions given on where we could have a welcome
back party were: the MLK Library, the Hispanic Reading Room at the Library of
Congress, Provisions Library (Dupont), CAPCON, CUA, and the Treasurer’s Report REFORMA-DC’s account is with Wachovia. Our current funds
are a little under $1,001. We have not been reimbursed for this year’s
membership. Mario noted that
membership dues are broken down as follow: 1/3 of the dues go to the National
office; whereas, the other 2/3 goes to the chapter. We’ll be at just about $1200 when we get the
chapter dues back from National. We
were charged fees for not using the account for the year 2007, but the fees
were reimbursed since Mario has connections to Wachovia. At least one activity is needed per year to
maintain the free account. We have a
checkbook. Mario, Betty, and AnaRita
need to go to the Foggy Bottom Wachovia branch together to make the smooth
transition over from Mario’s name on the signature card to Betty and
AnaRita’s name on the signature card.
The online banking option can be set up. The Foggy Bottom branch is open on the
weekends. Mario, Betty, and AnaRita
will determine a time that works out the best for them. REFORMA National does the auditing of the
accounts as needed. REFORMA
National-President’s Vision Mario discussed REFORMA’s background and history. He mentioned how REFORMA has never applied
for grants, but that he envisions the organization doing so in the
future. We’ve been a volunteer
organization for 36 years now. REFORMA
is partnering up with the National Science Foundation to create science
materials for libraries. If a grant is approved, this would allow 20-25
librarians to be trained. The chair of
the fundraising committee has been asked to focus on grants that will help
our organization focus on a start-up for an office. REFORMA is looking for organizations where
we wouldn’t have a conflict of interest.
We need the technological infrastructure for a REFORMA office. Some ideas for a REFORMA office could be at
a library school. Our logo needs to be
changed, and the time is now. Camila
Alire, Dean at Action Items
Other News Officers approved the minutes from the last meeting. Meeting was adjourned at 5:00pm. |