Board of Directors
Current Board
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Beth Davies, Chair (term ends 2022; renewable)
Chief Librarian, Burnaby Public Library (BC)
Shirley Lew, Vice Chair & Chair Elect (term ends 2021; renewable)
Dean, Learning Services, Vancouver Community College (BC)
Deb Hutchison Koep, Treasurer (term ends 2022; renewable)
Chief Librarian, North Vancouver City Library (BC)
David Christensen, Secretary (term ends 2021; renewable)
Library Program and Policy Analyst, Public Library Services Branch, Sport, Culture and Heritage (Manitoba)
Dr. Diana Davidson (term ends 2021; non-renewable)
Director, Public Library Services Branch, Municipal Affairs (Alberta)
Dana McFarland (term ends 2022; non-renewable)
Librarian & Coordinator for eResources & Scholarly Communication, Vancouver Island University (BC)
Anna Babluck (term ends 2022; renewable)
Director, Northwest Library Federation (BC)
Mari Martin, ex officio
Director, Libraries Branch, Ministry of Education (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.
- January 27, 2021
- March 24, 2021
- May 26, 2021
- July 21, 2021
Recent Meetings
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- December 9, 2020
- October 29, 2020 AGM | Agenda package and Draft minutes will be posted soon
- June 10, 2020 | Quarterly Operational Report
- April 14, 2020 | Note: monthly operational reports changed to quarterly, so no report for this meeting
- February 12, 2020 | Operational Report
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
- Review bi-annually, starting 2015
- Memorandum of Association
- Operating Reserve Fund Policy
- Reviewed annually, starting in 2021
- Open Source Contribution Policy
- Review bi-annually, starting 2016
- People Policy Summer 2020
- Reviewed every 3 years starting in 2023
- Privacy & Security Management Plan
- Review bi-annually, starting 2018
- Rules of Association
- Review bi-annually
- Service Management Agreement
- Review bi-annually, starting 2018
- Travel & Expense Claim Form and Travel & Expense Policy
- Review annually
- Vacation Carry Over Policy
- Review bi-annually, starting 2016
- WorkSafe BC Health & Safety Policy , including Respectful Workplace Addendum
- Review bi-annually, starting 2017