Tiakiwai Conference Centre, National Library of New Zealand, Wellington 6:35pm, Thursday 26 June 2014<\/p>\n
The AGM was preceded by a presentation from Dr Nicola Daly, current recipient of the Friends\u2019 research grant. Nicola introduced herself and spoke about the early stages of her research project which looks at national identity in children\u2019s books, focusing on New Zealand and Australia.<\/p>\n
Before the commencement of the AGM proper, there were two apologies from committee members. Corrina apologised for a transcription error in the obituary for Betty Fleming which appeared in the printed version of the June 2014 newsletter. This has been corrected in the online version of the newsletter. In addition, Janet apologised for the inadvertent attachment of the previous year\u2019s balance sheet to the Treausurer\u2019s Report. Copies of the correct balance sheet were printed before the meeting started.<\/p>\n
CHAIR: Joan McCracken \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 MINUTES: Mary Skarott<\/p>\n
MINUTES<\/b> Apologies:<\/b> Barbara Robertson, Susan Price, Margaret Hurst, Mary Hall, Mary Attwool, Barbara Murison, David Retter, Alan Price. Matters arising from previous minutes<\/b> Lynne Jackett wanted to discuss what progress had been made in promoting the children\u2019s collections. Mary Skarott noted that, following on from discussions last year, we now have a display cabinet in a prominent position (displays rotated every three months), tours of the basement visit the DNW collection, school tours occasionally utilise children\u2019s material, and a Facebook album of photographs was posted in conjunction with the first display in the cabinet. In addition, there is an upcoming exhibition in the Turnbull Gallery, curated by Mary (\u201cA Child\u2019s War\u201d).<\/p>\n How to increase membership numbers: Corrina suggested contacting children\u2019s librarians, exposure through LIANZA. Other suggestions from the floor were to contact school teachers, the Book Council and booksellers, and to do volunteer storybook readings. Lynne noted that Hutt City Libraries & their branches make coordinated visits to town and could be encouraged to visit us here to familiarise themselves with what we have available.<\/p>\n President\u2019s report<\/b> Matters arising from the President\u2019s Report <\/b> Treasurer\u2019s Financial Report<\/b> Matters arising from the Treasurer\u2019s Report<\/b> Election of officers<\/b> The current committee roles are:<\/b> General Business<\/b> The meeting closed at 7.18 pm.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" FRIENDS OF THE DOROTHY NEAL WHITE COLLECTION ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 2014 MINUTES Tiakiwai Conference Centre,…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/838"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=838"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/838\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1012,"href":"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/838\/revisions\/1012"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=838"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=838"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dnwfriends.nzl.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=838"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nTwenty-three members attended the AGM (Last year’s minutes<\/a>)<\/a> (2015 minutes<\/a>)<\/p>\n
\nLast year’s minutes Minutes of the 2013 AGM were circulated and accepted \u2013 Carrick Lewis\/Barbara Mabbett.<\/p>\n
\nCarrick Lewis mentioned the National Library Society\u2019s proposal to fundraise for the refurbishment of the auditorium (which is currently unusable). However it appears that DIA is not keen for societies to be involved in fundraising and it was decided not to pursue any Friends\u2019 involvement in this.<\/p>\n
\nJoan McCracken circulated and spoke to the President\u2019s Report 2013-2014. Mary Skarott delivered the research librarian\u2019s portion of the report. The report was accepted \u2013 Joan McCracken\/Lynne Jackett.<\/p>\n
\nNo matters arising. Carrick Lewis thanked the committee for their hard work over the year under difficult circumstances.<\/p>\n
\nJanet Blake presented the Financial Report for 2013-2014. The Friends\u2019 financial postion continues to be healthy and is relatively unchanged since last year.
\nThe accounts were approved, subject to some minor corrections to be made that were noted during the meeting, and the Treasurer was thanked for her work throughout the year – Carrick Lewis\/Mary Skarott<\/p>\n
\nJanet noted that we can now pay subscriptions by online banking.
\nCarrick suggested utilising e-mail more in the future to save on postage and copying, also perhaps sharing a PO Box with other National Library organisations (i.e. FOTL, National Library Society). This idea was well received, as the PO Box is a considerable expense. Sheila Williams will mention this to FOTL on our behalf.
\nIt was confirmed that the membership subscription remains at $20.00.
\nWellington Regional Heritage Promotion Council subscription is no longer paid, as Joan has bartered our membership fee in exchange for her secretary\u2019s honorarium.<\/p>\n
\nWe have managed for the last year without a President, with Janet filling the role of spokesperson when necessary. It is not appropriate for the committee members who are staff members to take on the role of President. The chairing and minuting our committee meetings are rotated. We have approached a well known author regarding the position of Patron, but we have yet to hear back.<\/p>\n
\nPatron:<\/b> vacant
\nPresident:<\/b> vacant
\nTreasurer:<\/b> Janet Blake
\nMembership secretary:<\/b> Trevor Mowbray
\nMinutes secretary:<\/b> vacant
\nNewsletter editor:<\/b> Joan McCracken
\nResearch Librarian, Children\u2019s Literature:<\/b> Mary Skarott
\nCommittee:<\/b> Audrey Cooper, Barbara Robertson, Corrina Gordon, Tania Connolly.
\nIt was moved that the committee be re-elected for 2014-2015 and continue in their current roles. – Joan McCracken\/Carrick Lewis<\/p>\n
\nUpcoming Notes-Books-Authors: Trevor hopes to have his text completed by the end of July. Our next publication following that will be Nicola Daly\u2019s research project.
\nThe committee has received an offer of a talk by Jill Sheffrin, a Canadian academic specialising in historical children\u2019s literature. We have accepted, and further arrangements will be made, including liaison with Ruth Lightbourne, FOTL etc as there is likely to be a large audience of interested people for this talk.
\nCarrick suggested a joint meeting with other library organisations to hear the views of local candidates on the future of libraries. The timeline for this would be rather tight with a September election. [minute taker\u2019s note: LIANZA has written to all the political parties regarding their library policies, and answers will be posted on the LIANZA website http:\/\/www.lianza.org.nz\/].<\/p>\n