Annual Meeting

Please join us for our annual first meeting of the year. We'll be introducing our 2025 Executive Committee members, presenting our Library Hero award, and re-connecting with each other. Refreshments will be served.

Tue, Jan 7, 5:30 PM
Logan Library Community Room

2025 Executive Committee

 We're pleased to announce our 2025 Executive Committee!

• President: Anne Hedrich (USU Merrill-Cazier Library, retired)
• Vice President/President Elect: Shawn Bliss (Smithfield Public Library)
• Past President: Robert Heaton (EBSCO)
• Secretary: Jon Ramsten (Community Member)
• Academic Library Member at Large: Jen Kirk (USU Merrill-Cazier Library)
• Public Library Member at Large: Jessie Eiman (Mendon Library)
• School Library Member at Large: Kaye Gensel (Adams Elementary School)
• Library Student/Paraprofessional Member at Large: Moni Edwards (Logan Library)

2024 Annual Meeting

At our annual meeting on Tue, Jan 23 at the USU Merrill-Cazier Library, we introduced our 2024 Executive Committee, thanked our outgoing 2023 Executive Committee, announced our 2024 Library Hero Award recipient, and shared our personal histories with libraries. Thanks to all who attended.

Annual Meeting

 

Please join us for our annual first meeting of the year. We'll be introducing our 2024 Executive Committee members, presenting our 2024 Library Hero award, and getting to know each other. Hot cocoa and cookies will be available.

Tue, Jan 23, 6:00 PM
USU Merrill-Cazier Library, room 101
(most USU parking doesn't require parking permits after 5:00 PM)

2024 CVLA Executive Committee

 Your 2024 CVLA Executive Committee members are:

☆ President: Robert Heaton, EBSCO

☆ Vice President: Anne Hedrich, USU Merrill-Cazier Library, retired

☆ Past President: Debbie Ogilvie, Logan Library

☆ Secretary: Breanna Van Dyke, USU Merrill-Cazier Library

☆ Member at Large (Academic/Special): Kacy Lundstrom, USU Merrill-Cazier Library

☆ Member at Large (Public): Karen Bowling, Smithfield Public Library

☆ Member at Large (School): Jan Jenson, Spring Creek Middle School Media Center

☆ Member at Large (Student/Paraprofessional): Abbie Chesley, USU Merrill-Cazier Library

2023 Annual Meeting

The CVLA board will be meeting at 5:30 PM in the Merrill-Cazier Library on Tuesday, January 31st in order to pass the gavel from Jennifer Duncan to Debbie Ogilvie. We'll provide a few snacks and an opportunity for visiting with colleagues before we kick off the new year.

Anyone wishing to park for up to two hours for free on campus should go to the Gateway Terrace (adjacent to the Performance Center on the East end of USU campus). Please contact Jennifer ahead of time for a parking validation code (jennifer.duncan@usu.edu).

Please help us welcome the new executive committee membership.

2023 CVLA Executive Committee

 Your 2023 CVLA Executive Committee members are:

☆ President: Debbie Ogilvie, Logan Library

☆ Vice President: Robert Heaton, EBSCO

☆ Past President: Jennifer Duncan, USU Merrill-Cazier Library

☆ Secretary: Breanna Van Dyke, USU Merrill-Cazier Library

☆ Member at Large (Academic/Special): Seth Westenburg, USU Merrill-Cazier Library

☆ Member at Large (Public) Lauri Hancey, Logan Library

☆ Member at Large (School): Heidi Grange, Summit Elementary

☆ Member at Large (Student/Paraprofessional): Heather Housley, USU Merrill-Cazier Library

Election for 2023

It's almost CVLA election time! Do you know someone who would make a great leader? Or someone who would like to serve on a committee? Is that person you?

We'll be looking to fill the following positions for next year:

 

►Vice President / President Elect

►Secretary

►Member at Large from an academic or specialty library background

►Member at Large from a public library background

►Member at Large from a school library background

►Member at Large from a student or paraprofessional background

 

To nominate yourself or someone else, email natalie.gregory@loganutah.org.

Bylaws Ammended

For Your Information: At our membership meeting on 26 May, the changes proposed by our Executive Committee to our bylaws were voted on and approved. Click here to review the current bylaws.

2022 CVLA Executive Committee

We realized that we did not publicly send out the election results. Your 2022 CVLA Executive Committee members are:

☆ President: Jennifer Duncan, USU Merrill-Cazier Library

☆ Vice President: Debbie Ogilvie, Logan Library

☆ Past President: Natalie Gregory, Logan Library

☆ Secretary: Jaylene Blair, Logan Library

☆ Member at Large (Academic/Special): Seth Westenburg, USU Merrill-Cazier Library

☆ Member at Large (Public) Morgan Capitan, Logan Library

☆ Member at Large (School): Jennie Little, Mount Logan Middle School

☆ Member at Large (Student/Paraprofessional): Heather Housley, USU Merrill-Cazier Library

10 Years of CVLA!

Join us Tue, Jan 11 at 4 PM at the USU Merrill-Cazier Library in Room 101 for a CVLA birthday party, presentation of the Library Hero Award, and introduction of our new Executive Committee! Bring a friend! Parking will be free! 🎉🎈

Important - Please Read

It's time to hold elections for the CVLA Executive Board for 2022. CVLA is a great place to meet other library minded people who stand for libraries everywhere!! We have a lot of fun and do amazing things in our community. It would be so great to have you on the exec board in 2022!

Please nominate yourself or someone else for the following positions:

• Vice President/President Elect (3 Year Commitment)
• Secretary (1 Year Commitment)
• Member at Large - 4 positions representing different types of libraries/library staff - Public, School, Academic, Student/Paraprofessional. (Each is a 1 Year Commitment)

Please let your fellow coworkers know we are seeking nominations for election to the Executive Board! Send nominations to cachelibraries@gmail.com.

As you're thinking of amazing library service workers, we are also seeking nominations for our upcoming Library Hero Award. Nominations can be made via email, or this online form: https://forms.gle/CT7XAmyXPdQ2NNUZA. For additional information visit cachelibraries.blogspot.com/p/library-heroes.html.

Thanks so much! We are looking forward to hearing from you!!!

Business Meeting and Kahoot Activity

 Come join us for our a general meeting introducing and confirming the 2021 Executive Board, then having a Kahoot competition afterwards (if you don't know what that is, just know, it's fun). Because the meeting will be hosted via Zoom, you are welcome to include anyone in your household.

If you aren't on our email list and would like the Zoom link and passcode, send an email to cachelibraries@gmail.com, and we can get the information to you.

Hope to see you Wednesday!

And, drumroll please.....here is your 2020 CVLA Executive Committee:

President Elect:

Natalie Gregory, Logan Library

Secretary:

Robert Heaton, USU Merrill-Cazier Library

Member at Large Public:

Hollie Dabb, Logan Library

Member at Large School:

Bonnie Odd, Ridgeline High School

Member at Large Academic:

Andrea Payant, USU Merrill-Cazier Library

Member at Large Paraprofessional/Student:

Brynnan Sainsbury, Cache County Library

Congratulations All!

Here is your 2019 CVLA Executive Board!

President:

Sarah Rigby, Newton Town Library

Past President:

Dory Rosenberg, Merrill-Cazier Library, USU

Vice President/President Elect:

Karen Clark, Logan Library

Secretary:

Robert Heaton, Merrill-Cazier Library, USU

Members at Large:

Andrea Payant, Merrill-Cazier Library, USU (Academic/Special)

Frankie Urrutia Smith, Logan Library (Public)

Vaughn Larson, Edith Bowen Laboratory School Library (School)

Hollie Dabb, Logan Library (Student/Paraprofessional)

We are excited to announce the election results for our 2018 CVLA Officers. Further details will be coming regarding our January business meeting, so stay tuned.

Please welcome our new officers:

Vice-President/President Elect: Sarah Rigby

Secretary: Joseph Anderson

Member at Large (Academic): Carol Kochan

Member at Large (Public): Emily Coltrin

Member at Large (School): Katelyn Ballif

Member at Large (Student/Paraprofessional): Diana Huffman

Proposed Bylaws Changes 3/30/17

Per Article 10 of the CVLA Bylaws, the Executive Committee is required to review the bylaws every 5 years. Which, just so happens to be 2017 (happy 5 year birthday CVLA!)

After a thorough review of the bylaws the Executive Committee and Webmaster would like to propose the following changes, which you can find below. For comparison, you can review the current bylaws by clicking here.

As per the bylaws, any changes must be submitted for review a minimum of 45 days before an official vote can take place. We are planning to hold an official vote at the next CVLA Business Meeting, Thursday, May 25th at 6:00 PM. We will also be soliciting an online vote at that same time for those who are unable to be in attendance. 

Please review the proposed bylaws changes and come prepared to discuss and vote on May 25th.

Changes are in bold and underlined.

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Article 2-3: Scope & Mission
Acknowledging the important role of libraries in the Cache Valley area of northern Utah and southeastern Idaho, CVLA seeks to:

• Facilitate communication, networking, collaboration, mentoring, professional development, and socializing among all persons engaged in any aspect of library services 
• Promote awareness of library resources, activities, practices, and goals both within its membership and to the community at-large
• Advocate on behalf of all libraries and their services, resources, and workers

Article 4: Membership
Membership is free and open to anyone or any organization interested in or engaged in library services or librarianship in the Cache Valley area. Membership is established by registering in the official directory maintained by CVLA’s Secretary. Any currently registered member is eligible to serve in a CVLA leadership position, propose amendments to these bylaws, and vote. Membership is continuous unless and until a member asks that their name be removed from the directory or CVLA is unable to contact them.

Article 6: Officers and Their Duties

• Members at Large (4 total)
• 1 year term
• Nominating Committee will make every effort to solicit candidates for members at large to fairly represent CVLA’s constituency.

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Explanations of proposed changes:

Article 2-3: Scope & Mission

• We propose combining these two articles as they are similar. (If approved this will also trigger a necessity to re-number the other existing articles.)

Article 4: Membership

• We propose this change to the bylaws to properly reflect how CVLA actually manages its membership directory.

Article 6: Officers and Their Duties

• We propose this change to attempt to make the CVLA Executive Committee more diverse and to have better representation of our targeted membership. Traditionally the Members at Large positions have been unofficially targeted to have representation from Public, School, and Academic/Special libraries. By adding a fourth Member-at-large position we are hoping to add a voice to the Executive Committee better representing our total constituency i.e., paraprofessional staff, MLS students, and general ‘friends’ of libraries throughout the community.

2017 Annual Meeting

You're invited to our 2017 annual meeting on Wednesday, January 18 at 6:00 PM. Come meet the new members of the Executive Committee, enjoy a short presentation on the amazing teen program at the North Logan Library, and congratulate the winner of the CVLA Library Hero Award. There will also be time to socialize with light refreshments being served. Please invite your coworkers to join us!

2017 Executive Committee!

We're very excited to announce our 2017 Executive Committee!

✴ President: Paul Daybell (North Logan City Library​)
✴ Vice President/President Elect: Dory Cochran (The Merrill-Cazier Library​ at USU)
✴ Past President: JaDene Denniston (Mountainside Elementary, retired)
✴ Secretary: Flora Shrode (The Merrill-Cazier Library at USU)
✴ Member at Large (Academic/Special): Coral Larson (The Logan Family Center​)
✴ Member at Large (Public): Brittany Benson (North Logan City Library & Mendon Library and City Hall​)
✴ Member at Large (School): Nancy Krogh (Adams Elementary)

Thank you to all the great people who ran for office this year and also to all those who served on our nominating committee!

2017 Leadership Election

✔ Did you vote? All CVLA members should have received an email this morning with a link to the ballot for our 2017 leadership (check your spam folder if you haven't seen it yet).

✔ According to our bylaws, voting will take place from December 1-15.

✔ Please take a few minutes and vote. It's simple and important.