ULA HeaRT Meeting Minutes
9/17/2004
Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library

Chair: Alice Weber
Vice Chair: Sally Patrick
Secretary: Emily Interdonato
Past Chair: Molly Youngkin

In attendance:

Valeri Craigle, Spencer S. Eccles Health Science Library, vcraigle@lib.med.utah.edu
Emily Interdonato, Emporia State University, MLS student, einterdonato@comcast.net
Erica Lake, LDS Hospital Library, ldelake@ihc.com
Jeanne Le Ber, Spencer S. Eccles Health Science Library, jeannele@lib.med.utah.edu
Nancy Lombardo, Spencer S. Eccles Health Science Library, nancyl@lib.med.utah.edu
Sally Patrick, Spencer S. Eccles Health Science Library, spatrick@lib.med.utah.edu
Joan Stoddard, Spencer S. Eccles Health Sciences Library, joans@lib.med.utah.edu
Faith Zschiesche, Weber County Library, fzschiesche@weberpl.lib.ut.us

Sally Patrick, Vice Chair, ran the HeaRT meeting because Alice Weber our Chair was sick (We hope you feel better Alice). We did not have anyone join us this time by teleconference.

  1. Introductions were made and a warm welcome was made to our new member Faith Zschiesche from Weber County Library.

  2. Valeri was thanked for updating and adding the minutes to the HeaRT website.

  3. Sally asked if there were any questions about the minutes or suggested changes to the HeaRT Goals and Objectives or the HeaRT website.

  4. Erica suggested some type of separation between the professional or HeaRT business links and the fun or health links. Everyone seemed to be in agreement with that suggestion.

  5. Sally found a calendar of Utah health activities at the website Utah Health Magazine http://www.uthealth.com/index.php?src=events and thought this would be a great place to start the design of the HeaRT website calendar of healthy events. Erica brought a few more links to calendars as well and can be found at http://www.sportsguidemag.com/keeper/events.asp Sportguide Magazine, http://gorp.away.com/gorp/location/ut/ut.htm GORP--Utah Guide, http://www.healthyutah.org/Healthy Utah, Erica also included http://www.acsm.org American College of Sports Medicine, and http://www.eatright.org American Dietetic Association. There was a suggestion that rather than creating a calendar on the HeaRT website we could create a web page with links to these and other event websites found. Before the next meeting, members should review these health activity pages to make sure they would be good to link to from the HeaRT page. Valerie can then make a link entitled "Healthy Happenings" (thanks Erica).

  6. Jeanne discussed briefly the ULA board meeting. There will be training for how to work with your lobbyist done by legislator Dave Jones on October 7, 2004 at the State Library at noon-bring your lunch. Also the deadline for ULA Spring conference program submission is November 12, 2004. There was a budget request of $250.00 sent to Gene Nelson ULA president. This request would cover marketing materials such as buttons, bookmarks, and a poster. The request was approved at the Board meeting.

  7. Erica asked how the financial situation of ULA was and Jeanne said it was very good thanks to Chris Anderson. who plans to make it better.

  8. Joan suggested thinking of planning a fun run to take place in conjunction with the September 2005 MCMLA that would involve Eccles and HeaRT. We will keep this in mind for next year's program planning.

  9. Programming suggestions were discussed the rest of the meeting. Sally explained to Faith what HeaRT has done in the past with Yoga, a physical therapist, and outdoor recreation. Then Faith shared that she is a longtime climber, skier, and triathlete. This inspired the idea from Valeri of "Extreme Librarians" and from Jeanne "A healthy heart breeds extreme librarians", but then Valeri pointed to the "Silent Warriors" that have adopted a healthy lifestyle but may not be extreme. So here are four ideas that were suggested.
  10. Nominations are due for Roundtable Officers on November 12, too. Think of who would be good to nominate and bring this to the next meeting.

  11. The next meeting is scheduled for Friday, October 29, 2004 at 10 a.m. at the Eccles Health Science Library. Since none of our remote colleagues were able/did use the videoconferencing, Alice and Sally need to check on them before and be sure to schedule the bridge through UTN if more than one site calls in for a videoconference.

  12. The meeting was adjourned at 11:15 a.m.


Post Script:
ULA Board Meeting Sept 2004
Summary for HeaRT

  1. Financial Report -- The ULA annual conference was successful from a financial point of view. The HeaRT budget requests for $250 were approved.

  2. Jim Cooper was re-elected as Board Member at large

  3. Membership - There was discussion of Dues increase since ULA has not had one for 25 years. This would affect all 3 categories of membership (First-time/student, Renewing, Lifetime). There was also discussion of institutional and/or corporate membership and dues.

  4. Elections - forms were handed out for each roundtable and section to supply the slate of names for election that are due Nov. 12.

  5. The Great Issues forum will be about RFID and Privacy

  6. There is funding (up to $500) for pre- and post-conference classes for MPLA. Contact Peter Kraus.

  7. UELMA Report - Alliances & Connections; conference will be March 3, 2005 at the Davis Conference Center.

  8. Legislative Report - given by Jeanne at meeting Sept 17 (see minutes).

  9. Webmaster Report - Discussion of Online voting and whether or not we should pursue. Feedback is requested. An online newsletter will be available (should save money over print). Gene Nelson is requesting news for the newsletter.

  10. 2005 Conference - Conference Budgets are due to Betty Dance by Nov 12. Information on ULA website.

  11. Fall Conference will be: Marketing to Multi-cultural Communities by Tammy Springer. Cost is $20 including the lunch for pre-registration, and $25 at the door with lunch not guaranteed. Afternoon sessions will be Multi-media Spanish Collections, Emergent Literacy, and Intellectual Freedom. It will be held at the Orem Public Library.