CALL Bulletin

Category: 2019 Issues

  • CALL Executive Board Meeting Minutes – August 2019

    August 13, 2019 9:00 a.m. Board Members Present: Jessie LeMar, Lindsey Carpino, Joe Mitzenmacher, Julie Swanson, Jessie Bowman, Megan Butman, and Philip Johnson Board Members Absent: None Significant Actions: None Guests: None Treasurer’s Report (Section IV): Harris Bank Balance as of August 13, 2019: $13,858.93 Net income as of August 13, 2019: ($289.34) Membership numbers…

  • CALL Bylaws Committee 2018-2019 Annual Report

    The CALL Bylaws Committee had a successful year in 2018/2019, shepherding changes to the CALL bylaws to align them more closely with the bylaws of the parent AALL. The Committee was chaired by Eric Parker, and had Margaret Schilt, Therese Clark Arado, and Matt Timko as members.

  • CALL Community Service Committee 2018-2019 Annual Report

    Co-Chairs: Patricia Scott & Jamie Sommer Members: Anne Danberg, Claire Toomey Durkin, Valerie Kropf, Nan Norton, Jamie Stewart Board Liaison: Scott Vanderlin Our Committee met virtually, via email, throughout the year to suggest, investigate, and choose Chicago-based organizations to highlight and collect donations for at our business meetings.  Different Committee members (noted below) took lead…

  • CALL Government Relations Committee 2018-2019 Annual Report

    The 2018-2019 Government Relations Committee was Carolyn Hersch and Sarah Sherman (co-chairs) and Sally Holterhoff the Board Liaison was Joe Mitzenmacher.

  • CALL Meetings Committee 2018-2019 Annual Report

    Committee members were Todd Hillmer (co-chair), Tami Carson (co-chair 2018), Carrie Port (co-chair 2019), Sheri Lewis and Keely Ward. Jessie LeMar was the board liaison. Business Meetings The Meetings committee planned four business meetings for the 2018-19 year. Dates, locations, number of registrants for each business meeting are shown in the table below.

  • CALL Continuing Education Committee 2018-2019 Annual Report

    We would like to thank the committee members including Lisa Winkler, Bob Winger, Virginia Brown, Simone Srinivan, Emily Byrne, Susan Seibert, Debbie Ginsberg, for their commitment and hard work helping us put together good education programs this year. The Continuing Education Committee had a very successful year.  We sponsored or co-sponsored six successful presentations:

  • CALL Corporate Memory Committee 2018-2019 Annual Report

    The committee members who assisted in the 2018-2019 review of minutes and policy log changes were: Judy Gaskell, Betty Roeske, Susan Siebers, and Robert Winger. Annie Mentkowski assisted tremendously through her work as CALL Secretary while compiling the minutes and communicating changes to the Board.

  • CALL Membership Committee 2018-2019 Annual Report

    During the 2018-2019 year the Membership Committee published updates to the CALL Membership Directory in September 2018, November 2018, and December 2018. Over this year the Membership Committee also assisted with updating the CALL Listserv email list and updated member information in Wild Apricot. As per the 2019 Bylaws Amendment, the Committee removed the Associate…

  • CALL Grants and Awards Committee 2018-2019 Annual Report

    Committee members:  Clare Willis (chair), Sarah Andeen, Shari Duff, Debbie Ginsberg, Philip Johnson, Lyonette Louis-Jacques, Patricia Scott, and Beth Schubert. The Committee had a very successful year.  We met once in person at the beginning of the year to discuss how we would monitor opportunities for continuing education opportunities and how we would publicize them…

  • CALL Mentorship & Leadership Development Committee (MLDC) 2018-2019 Report

    This year the Mentorship & Leadership Development Committee focused on cultivating mentorship through informal brown-bag gatherings, providing support for our members by reviewing program and article submissions (thank you Heidi and Debbie), and welcoming new members at CALL Business Meetings (thank you Mandy and Sally). We encouraged new members to apply for grants and attend…