October 19, 2010 - DRAFT
LIBRARY CITIZENS ADVISORY COMMITTEE
DRAFT MINUTES
October 19 , 2010
Room 278 City Hall
Wednesday October 19, 2010
City Hall: Room278
One Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place
San Francisco, California 94102
ORDER OF BUSINESS
I. Call to Order, RollCall/Introductions, L. Cuttler, Vice-Chair 6:07PM
Present: T. Bamberger, E. Braun, L. Cuttler, H. Garcia, L.Guitron, R. Kallen, K. Melander-Magoon, C. Moody, M. Ollinger, J. Patel, J. Seeman,C. Smith, G. Soto, P. Warfield, D. Weaver
Absent: S. Cauthen
New LCAC Appointees:
J. Patel has been appointed by Supervisor B. Dufty
C. Smith has been appointed by Library Commissioner L.Hererra
M. Lee arrived at 6:35 pm
II. PublicComment
There was no public comment.
III. SanFrancisco "Sunshine Ordinance"
PaulZarefsky, Esq., Deputy City Attorney
Mr. Zarefsky gave a presentation about San Francisco's "SunshineOrdinance" and the Open Meetings Law.
The following issues were discussed in the presentation andthe Q&A that followed:
· Thepurpose of the "Sunshine Ordinance" is to enable the public to be asinvolved as possible with governance.
· The3 broad principals of the ordinance are that policy bodies must operate inpublic meetings, there must be public notice of meetings, and the public hasthe right to attend and participate in meetings.
· Althoughthe LCAC is not a charter body, its by-laws have some of the same requirementsthat charter bodies do.
· Careshould be taken that email, telephone and other forms of communication do notresult in seriatim meetings.
IV. OfficerReports
L. Cuttler read a letter from S. Cauthen announcing herwithdrawal as a candidate for LCAC Chair and her support for T. Bamberger asChair.
V. Electionof LCAC Officers
Nominees for Chair: T. Bamberger, P. Warfield
Nominees T. Bamberger and P. Warfield presented theirqualifications and their ideas for improving the LCAC.
Vote for Chair
T. Bamberger: T.Bamberger, E. Braun, L. Cuttler, H. Garcia, L. Guitron,R. Kallen, M. Lee, C. Moody, M. Ollinger, J. Patel, J. Seeman,C. Smith, G. Soto, D. Weaver
P. Warfield: K.Melander-Magoon, P. Warfield
T. Bamberger elected with 14 votes.
Nominees for Vice Chair: L. Cuttler, P. Warfield
K.Melander-Magoon withdraws
Vote for Vice Chair
L. Cuttler: T.Bamberger, E. Braun, L. Cuttler, H. Garcia, L. Guitron,R. Kallen, M. Lee, C. Moody, M. Ollinger, J. Patel, C.Smith, G. Soto, D. Weaver
P. Warfield: K.Melander-Magoon, J. Seeman, P. Warfield
L. Cuttler elected with 13 votes.
Nominees for Secretary: C. Moody, G. Soto
Vote for Secretary
C. Moody: L.Cuttler, L. Guitron, M. Lee, K. Melander-Magoon, C. Moody, M.Ollinger, J. Seeman,C. Smith, P. Warfield,
G. Soto: T.Bamberger, E. Braun, H. Garcia, R. Kallen, J. Patel, G. Soto, D. Weaver
C. Moody elected with 9 votes.
VI. Approvalof September, 2010 Minutes
G. Soto left the meeting at 7:55
??????moved and ?????? seconded aMotion to approve the September, 2010 minutes.
Aye: T.Bamberger, E. Braun, L. Cuttler, H. Garcia, L. Guitron, R. Kallen, M. Lee, K. Melander-Magoon,C. Moody, M. Ollinger, J. Patel, C. Smith, D. Weaver
No: J.Seeman, P. Warfield
The Motion to Approve the Minutes passed.
VI. Suggestionsfor Agenda Items and Comments
L. Cuttler left the meeting at 8:05. Newly elected Chair presided over theremainder of the meeting.
Agenda Suggestions:
Discussion of an LCAC Facebook page
P. Warfield wants to give a presentation on interim libraryservices
The future of the SFPL - paper or electronic?
Privacy issues, especially self-service pick-up of reservedbooks
VII. MeetingAdjourned at 8:10 pm.
