Board of Directors
Current Board
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Shirley Lew, Chair (term ends 2025; non-renewable)
Dean, School of Arts & Sciences, Vancouver Community College (BC)
Deb Hutchison Koep, Vice Chair & Treasurer (term ends 2024; non-renewable)
Chief Librarian, North Vancouver City Library (BC)
David Christensen, Secretary (term ends 2025; non-renewable)
Library Program and Policy Analyst, Public Library Services Branch, Sport, Culture and Heritage (Manitoba)
Cari Lynn Gawletz (term ends 2025; renewable)
Library Director, Grand Forks and District Public Library (BC)
Jacqueline Kozak (term ends 2025; renewable)
Library Director, Radium Hot Springs Public Library (BC)
Noreen Ma (term ends 2025; renewable)
Manager, Community Development, Burnaby Public Library (BC)
Kevin Stranack (term ends 2024; renewable)
Director of Operations, Public Knowledge Project, Simon Fraser University (BC)
Mari Martin, ex officio
Director, Public Libraries Branch – BC Ministry of Municipal Affairs (BC)
Board Meetings
Co-op members are invited to address the board at the beginning of board meetings. If you wish to address the board, please send one week’s prior notice to the Executive Director’s office (office@bc.libraries.coop). In the interests of efficiency, we ask for a limit of 15 minutes per member delegation, though further discussion and conversation may follow.
Upcoming Meetings
All meeting times are 10:00-11:30 am Pacific, unless noted otherwise.
- September 20, 2023
- November 8, 2023
- January 17, 2024
- March 13, 2024
- May 8, 2024
- June 20, 2024 – Annual General Meeting, 10am-noon Pacific via videoconference
Recent Meetings
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- May 17, 2023 – Minutes are pending approval
- June 22, 2023 – Annual General Meeting | Main Agenda Package – Draft minutes are pending
- March 15, 2023
- February 15, 2023
- January 18, 2023
Previous years’ minutes available in the Board Archive.
Board Policies
The Co-op’s standalone policy documents (and review schedules) currently include:
- Board Director Confidentiality Policy
- Review bi-annually, starting 2016
- Board Director Conflict of Interest Policy
- Review bi-annually, starting 2016
- Business Expense Policy
- Review bi-annually, starting 2015
- Credit Card Policy
- Memorandum of Association – Accessible version pending May 2023
- Operating Reserve Fund Policy
- Reviewed annually, starting in 2021
- Open Source (FOSS) Contribution Policy
- Review bi-annually, starting 2016
- People Policy (Updated 2023)
- Reviewed every 3 years starting in 2023
- Privacy & Security Management Plan
- Review bi-annually, starting 2018
- Rules of Association (updated 2016)
- Review bi-annually
- Service Management Agreement
- Review bi-annually, starting 2018
- Travel Expense Policy & Form
- Review annually
- Vacation Carry Over Policy
- Review bi-annually, starting 2016
- WorkSafe BC Health & Safety Policy & Respectful WorkPlace Addendum – accessible version pending May 2023
- Review bi-annually, starting 2017