Here are the results from the election held at MULSA’s Annual Meeting held on May 12, 2014
Announcement of Ballot Results
Ballot results were:
Proposition #1, Constitutional Change regarding banking: yes=20, no=0
Proposition #2, Constitutional Change regarding membership: yes=18, no=2
Proposition #3, Vote to expend funds to reupholster staff room dining chairs: yes=20, no=0
(see below for the exact changes voted on in Proposition #1 – #3)
Election winners:
Vice-President/President-Elect—Shelly McDavid
Secretary—Karla Geerlings
Treasurer—Jack Batterson
Courtesy Chair—Delores Fisher
MUSE Editors—Erin Blower & Corrie Hutchinson
Ellis Staff Lounge Chair—Ruthe Morse
Social Chairs—Tammy Green & Sheena Wagoner
Book Sale Co-Chair—Karen Eubanks
Community Service Chair—Sue Barnes
To learn more please go the MULSA’s web site at http://library.missouri.edu/mulsa/
Proposition #1, Constitutional Change regarding banking
Explanation: Underlined passages are to be added to the existing text. These changes will enable MULSA to continue to have bank accounts. They codify and document existing practice.
Article IV
SECTION 2. Duties
A. It shall be the duty of the President to preside at all meetings of the organization and of the Executive Boards; to appoint special committees and fill vacancies with the consent of the Executive Board and to call special meetings when necessary. The President shall be authorized to open and oversee bank accounts on behalf of MULSA in the event the Treasurer is unable to do so.
B. The Vice-President/President-elect shall assist the President in carrying out the work of the organization and shall serve as President should that officer be unable to carry out his/her duties; and to preside at meetings in the absence of the president. The Vice-President/President-elect shall be authorized to open and oversee bank accounts on behalf of MULSA in the event the Treasurer is unable to do so.
D. The Treasurer shall receive all monies collected by the organization and shall make such disbursements as the Executive Board shall direct. The Treasurer shall occasionally place notices in Library News Notes about membership. The Treasurer shall be the primary officer authorized to open and oversee bank accounts on behalf of MULSA.
Proposition #2, Constitutional Change regarding membership
Explanation: This change recognizes all student employees of the MU Libraries as auxiliary members of MULSA, making MULSA-sponsored events free to attend. This change will also open, upon request, MULSA membership to individuals working in Ellis Library (but not employed by the MU Libraries).
ARTICLE III
SECTION 1. Membership shall be voluntary. All employees of the MU Libraries will be included as members upon appointment and will remain members until and unless they notify the MULSA Secretary that they no longer wish to be considered members.
Section 2. Membership is also open to individuals of the following groups, upon request by the individual to the MULSA Secretary:
- Students and employees of the MU School of Information Science and Learning Technologies
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Student employees of the MU Libraries -
Employees of the Library of the State Historical Society of Missouri -
Employees of the MU Law Library -
Employees of the Library Systems Office -
Retirees from the MU Libraries - MU faculty or staff members with a regular workplace in the Ellis Library building not employed by the MU Libraries (e.g., staff employees of the State Historical Society, Bookmark Café, Facilities, units housed temporarily in the library)
SECTION 3. Members, as described in section 1 and 2, receive communications from the Board, are invited to participate in MULSA-sponsored events and projects, and to vote on matters concerning MULSA and the disbursal of funds raised by MULSA.
SECTION 4. Auxiliary members of MULSA are:
All student employees of the MU Libraries, by default
Retirees from the MU Libraries, by default
SECTION 5. Auxiliary members of MULSA, as described in section 4, are invited as nonpaying guests to MULSA-sponsored events, but are not asked to assume the obligations of full MULSA members and are nonvoting.
Proposition #3, Vote to expend funds to reupholster staff room dining chairs
The MU Libraries Staff Association will reupholster and replace seat padding in the 31 chairs in the Ellis Library Staff Room at a cost of $131.61 per chair, for a total cost of $4079.91.
Rationale:
· The maroon chairs were purchased for us by Martha Alexander/Bowman. They are sturdy, stackable chairs, but they are approximately 20 years old
· Frequently mentioned staff lounge survey results — many are visibly soiled, and some are beginning to fray at rub points for stacking
· Similar quality chairs (begin at $300 each for NO seat padding
· Terwelp’s Upholstery is the company used by the Libraries’ when our furniture needs recovering
· Commercial-grade fabric is cleanable with soap and water
· These fabrics are highly durable, good for 50,000 double rubs (stacking/un-stacking or sitting/standing).
· Price include (per chair):
o $33.11 for upholstery fabric
o $8.50 (cost of materials) for new seat padding
o $90 labor
· When working with textiles, it is important to purchase the total amount you’ll need, to avoid differences in color and quality between various dye lots and manufacturing runs
· Terwelp’s is willing to do 2-to-4 chairs at a time and deliver one group while picking up the next at no charge