SLANZA Te Tai Tokerau AGM
Saturday
22nd June 2013, 3.30pm Kerikeri
High School Library
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Memberships – Jeannie will take on the
memberships role encouraging schools to join SLANZA. We currently have 31
members in Northland and our target is to double that by the next AGM!
Lisa Salter, NE Representative / Chair
TTT
In August 2011 I took over the Chair of TTT after years of
excellent service from Di Eastwood. I
would be grateful if another member would consider taking up this
position. We would like to improve the
structure of the region by appointing someone else to the membership portfolio
to look after our members and encourage new members, as well as a committee of
a few to plan and gauge interest in events.
I would also like to encourage a member to consider taking the National
Executive role for the region. I would
be happy to step down at the next AGM.
Professional
Development
In 2012 we were excited that SLANZA was able to bring Ross
Todd to New Zealand, but TTT was not well represented at the workshop due to
distance and cost. Anita Vandenberghe
presented a workshop in Term 2 in Kerikeri on Creative Library Displays with 28
librarians present. In Term 3 we had
Robert Baigent, Services Manager of Any
Questions/Many Answers, up for an afternoon information session. He outlined this great free online NZ
resource for school students as something that we can to promote to our
students, teachers, parents and explained how to get the most out of it.
Because
of our large geographical area and the sparsity of members in any one area, we
do not get support for after school or evening events. This year, in response to requests, we are
focusing on offering authors in schools exclusively to our members. In Term 1 we were extremely fortunate to
host Joseph Delaney, internationally bestselling author of the Spooks Series. He did a public event in Whangarei and this
was well supported including a van load from Kerikeri. Des Hunt is currently touring Northland. This was offered to all member schools and 16
have taken up the opportunity. In Term 3
we have Tania Hutley and are gauging interest for Term 4. While we positively promote the conference to
our members, we struggle to get more than a few members involved. We had only two applications for the two NE
conference grants. We hope to share the best of the conference with the rest of
our members late in Term 3.
Communication
The Te Tai Tokerau blog is used to spread information and allow
members to become familiar with blogging.
Both Jeannie Skinner (TTT
Secretary) and I share responsibility for keeping it up to date and
interesting, we encourage members to do a post. With Jeannie
Skinner’s direction we also have online communities at
National Library Services to Schools including Northland Networks, Northland PD Day, and Northland registered librarians. Jeannie is
promoting these every chance she gets throughout the region. Our
blog also links to the SLANZA website.
We like how this keeps our webpage up to date, highlights our news and
links directly to the blog.
Advocacy
Jeannie Skinner continues to be a shining light for SLANZA
in Northland. Every opportunity she
gets, be it at a network meeting, blog post, school visit, etc she plugs the
benefits of SLANZA membership. I believe
that is why Te Tai Tokerau membership is so strong.
I am grateful to have been supported by SLANZA to attend the
LIANZA Advocacy workshop in Auckland
in March last year as well as the Ross Todd seminar. Fortunately for my region, National Library
supported Jeannie Skinner’s attendance as well.
We have been sharing what we learned at our local network meetings and
on the blog.
Things
have been quite settled in the region this term. The main comment I am hearing from members is
problems regarding budgets or lack of them.
Finance
We have now received our Book Protection Products PD money
for 2012 and 2013 and are grateful for this sponsorship as it enables us to
bring in guests like Mal Peet. We are
looking for practical suggestions on how to support our region’s professional
development with this money.
Lisa
Salter
Te Tai Tokerau National Executive Member for SLANZA
