Committee Meeting Minutes – Wednesday 10th February 2010
Venue: Penrith Panthers

Meeting opened: 4.10pm

Present: Jenny Scheffers, Colleen Blancato, Shelley Napper, Belinda Doyle, Honor White, Jan Poona, Sue Burke, Christine Andrews, Sue Pitt, Janelle Van Capelle, Ellen King, Sharon Laurence, Cathie Cattermole, Michele Young.

Apologies: Fran Mead, Isabelle Cumberland, Ian McLean, Lorraine Baxter, Radha Achar, Lee Arundel.

Term 2 Professional Learning Day – Tuesday 1st June 2010
Venue – Greystanes High School
Teacher Librarian – Bronwyn Jackson
Cost – $30
Jenny to confirm with Bronwyn – date, space for presentations and workshops, catering
Paul MacDonald from The Children’s Bookshop has been booked
Author Randa Abdel-Fattah is not available to present
Other suggestions – Tristan Banks, Debra Oswald, Scott Monk, Irena Savvides, James Roy
Jenny to contact lateral Learning – James Roy preferred
Workshop 1 – Oasis for Beginners with Laureen Sheppard – Jenny to contact Laureen
Workshop 2 – Laptops for Learning (programs related to Library)
Workshop 3 – Connected Classrooms
Colleen to contact CLI for possible presenters for workshops 2 & 3
Back up workshop – Lizzie Chase ‘Inferential Reading K-12’
Workshops – 45 minute sessions
Colleen Foley – present DET update
Sponsors – pay $$$ to present their product
Maxwell’s Video?
Colleen and Jenny to plan the Agenda.

Term 4 Professional Learning Day – Thursday 18th November 2010
Presenter – Ross Todd
(Ross to present for two sessions and Lee FitzGerald from Loreto College for one session??)
Venue – Sebel Parramatta
Trade Fair area outside the conference room, tea/coffee on arrival, morning tea, lunch, mints & paper/pens on tables
All day parking $5
Accommodate 120 delegates
$500 deposit paid
Total cost – includesr presentation + cost of airfare, accommodation, transfers, Syba Signs 10% etc.) If Ross presents at Loreto College on the Friday there is a possibility of sharing costs.
Advertise this event at the Term 2 PD day
Organise showbags for delegates
Sponsors – Syba Signs plus three others
Lunch provided for one representative from each company.

Next event:
Afternoon Tea – Wednesday 3rd March 2010
Venue – Rooty Hill H.S
3:30 – 5:00pm
Teacher Librarian – Honor White
Lorraine to email an invitation to all TLs
Jenny to advertise via Listserve
RSVP directly to Honor
Honor to provide stickers for name tags
Committee members will be notified if it is necessary to provide a plate of food – depends on numbers attending.

Next Committee Meeting: 3:45pm Wednesday 28th April 2010 at Blacktown Sports Club.

Meeting closed: 4.55pm