WAYNE INFORMATION NETWORK

Wayne County, North Carolina

MINUTES
May 13, 2002

The Wayne Information Network met on May 13, 2002 at 4:00 PM in the meeting room of Wayne County Public Library. Lovely Forte, Chair, welcomed those present and each person was introduced. The following were in attendance:

Dunkley, Ramona	Goldsboro Middle School	731-5940	Ramona.dunkley@wcps.org
Edwards, Marie	Cherry Hospital	731-3447 x2 731-3429 fax	marie.edwards@ncmail.net
Forte, Lovely D.	Brogden Middle School	705-6010 705-6000 fax	dewon@esn.net ldforte@wcps.org
Gauthier, Eileen	Southern Academy	658-6335 658-7340 fax	eileen.gauthier@wcps.org
Jones, Shirley	Wayne Community College	735-5151 736-3204 fax	sjexcels@myexcel.com
Kester, Diane D.	East Carolina University	252-328-4389 252-328-4368 fax	kester@soe.ecu.edu
Maraist, Barbara	Seymour Johnson AFB Library	722-5825	barbara.maraist@seymourjohnson.af.mil
Pierce, Olivia	Wayne County Public School	705-6169 705-6199 fax	opierce@wcps.org
Parris, Susan	Wayne Community College	735-5151 736-3204 fax	sparris@wcc.wayne.cc.nc.us
Rustin, Jane	Wayne County Public Library	735-1824 751-2889 fax	jrustin@ncsl.dcr.state.nc.us
Smith, Sherry	Southern Wayne High School	705-6060 731-5982 fax	sbsmith@wcps.org
Waters, Marion P.	Wayne County Public Library	735-1824 751-2889 fax	watersmp64@hotmail.com

The agenda including a list of upcoming events was prepared and distributed by Lovely Forte.

Business Meeting

The minutes of the February 11, 2002 meeting were approved as appended. http://www.esn.net/win/2-11-2002

Old Business:

The by-laws changes were reviewed. One word was edited, changing the mission to read:

The mission of WIN will be to enhance cooperative ....

The motion, made by Shirley Jones, was seconded and passed.

The status of the Union List of Serials was raised. Marion Waters stated that the person who was combining the data had left the public library. Diane Kester is to contact Entersoft to see if the data they have been provided would be usable. The goal is to have the Wayne County Union List of Serials available online.

New Business:

The effects on library services and the seriousness of the state budged crisis were discussed. Interlibrary loan, long distance phone calls, and purchases have been threatened.

Announcements:

Jane Rustin reported that the North Carolina Public Library Directors Association is considering hiring a marketing agency, Capital Strategies, to keep legislators and public library needs connected.
Diane Kester reported that the Executive Board of the North Carolina Library Association has been invited to join in the effort.

Program:

Jane Rustin, Director, Wayne County Public Library and member of the Steering Committee of e-Wayne http://www.e-wayne.org/ presented a program about the e-nc initiative of the Rural Internet Access Authority. One goal is to provide affordable Internet access to rural citizens. Currently, the public library is the only free access. Many citizens do not know about the information that is available from Internet resources. There will be grant money available for some of the county plans to be funded. Sharon Syck is e-champion for the county. Committees are seeking volunteers and members of WIN were encouraged to sign up for one of the following committees:

Outreach
Technical
Web
Finance
Media relations
Techforce
e-Government
e-Commerce
e-Health
e-Education
e-Agriculture

The next meeting will be on August 12, 2002 at either Mount Olive College or Wayne Community College.
The meeting was adjourned for refreshments provided by the Wayne County Public Library.

Lovely Forte, Chair
Diane Kester, Recorder

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