The Long Range Planning Committee had their final meeting in January. The draft of the CTLS Long Range Plan will go to the CTLS Board before their March meeting. The plan expands in a few ways the 2014-2017 Long Range Plan. Continue reading From the Executive Director
As some of you may know, beginning in January I will be the youth services librarian at the Yarborough branch of the Austin Public Library. It is with a heavy heart that I leave my CTLS family. Continue reading My CTLS Family
Here are the 6 candidates for the 2018 Board of Directors. The board recently voted to increase the number of members from 9 to 11. 3 board members are up for reelection. Adding 2 more members, this means the 5 candidates receiving the most votes will serve on the board.
The ballots will be sent out by email in the first week of October and will be due 14 calendar days later. Each library may submit one ballot voting for up to 5 of the 6 candidates.
CTLS will have an election of board members at the annual Fall membership meeting in Hewitt on September 15. You should have received information in the mail about it. Our board has overlapping terms; the 3-year terms of a third of the board members end every December.
At their August Board meeting, the CTLS Board opted to enlarge the board to 11. The Bylaws allow this.
The Nominating Committee is:
Tommi Myers, Llano
Eric Lashley, Georgetown
Michelle Cervantes, Round Rock
The CTLS Board Application can be found here. Please send your application to one of the Nominating Committee members by September 5.
The August meeting of the CTLS Board will be this Friday, 8-18-2017, at the office of Mission Capital (a non-profit service organization), 8303 North MoPac Expressway, Suite A201, Austin, Texas.
The meeting begins at 10 a.m. and will end when all business has been conducted.
Agenda:
I. Call to Order
II. Minutes of July meeting
III. Treasurer’s report
IV. Continuing business
V. New business
VI. Board Concerns
VII. Adjourn
For further information, please contact the CTLS office.
Due to unforeseen circumstances, we will meet in the American Legion Hall in Floresville instead of the new library. Our hostess, Nicki Stohr, says things are not quite ready.
American Legion Hall: 1412 4th St, Floresville, TX 78114. There is a small parking lot connected to the American Legion Hall and more parking across 4th Street near the courthouse.
Here is our board candidate brochure for the CTLS Board Member election, which will take place at the Fall Membership Meeting on Friday, October 14 at the Sam Fore, Jr. Public Library in Floresville.
Thank you to our Nominating Committee for their work.
Please contact Laurie Mahaffey with questions. We hope to see you there!
The September meeting of the CTLS Board will be this coming Friday at 10 a.m. at the New Braunfels Public Library.
Agenda:
I. Call to Order
II. Minutes of August meeting
III. Treasurer’s report
IV. Continuing business
V. New business
VI. Board Concerns
VII. Adjourn
Contact Laurie Mahaffey with any questions.
The May meeting of the CTLS Board will be this coming Friday, May 20th at 10 a.m. at the Patrick Heath Public Library in Boerne.
Agenda:
Please contact Laurie Mahaffey with questions.
CTLS’ very own Katelyn Patterson will be taking over the administration of the Books and Bots grant. She has worked for CTLS for over 5 years in many capacities ranging from bookkeeping to grant reporting to social media and website communications. Having recently wrapped up her Masters in Library Science at the University of North Texas and having a personal interest in science, she will step naturally and eagerly into this role. Katelyn is excited to get the opportunity to work with you to bring this exciting grant to many new and familiar libraries.
Katelyn has broad experience in traveling the state and has volunteered at one of the Austin branch libraries, in addition to her CTLS work. We are delighted that she has agreed to take on the grant. E-mail her at katelyn.patterson@ctls.net.