Von Sullenger, Paula an alle 04:07 PM Thanks to Dracine, we have a quorum Von Harry an alle 04:09 PM I just glad that we still have Julie for 10 hours/week. Von mir an alle 04:10 PM +1 to Julie Von Dracine Hodges an alle 04:10 PM Sorry I was late! ----------------------------Membership discussion --------------------------- Von Harry an alle 04:13 PM Isn’t that the benefit of prepaying? Prepay and lock in your membership fee. Von Sullenger, Paula an alle 04:14 PM That makes sense to me Von Simeon Warner (he/him) an alle 04:17 PM I also lean toward carrying the $ forward rather than locking in a level. I think it is still early days and we do't know how we will want to adjust the model over the next 5 years Von Harry an alle 04:17 PM So if a library prepaid 5 years in advance and we adjust the levels, one would lose their status even though they prepaid? Von Ian Walls an alle 04:17 PM since there is no significant benefit to Membership, and thus no meaningful difference between the levels, why worry about this? Von Simeon Warner (he/him) an alle 04:17 PM Yes, their status may shift Von Harry an alle 04:18 PM We should encourage all libraries to prepay. They should get benefit of that. Von Marc Johnson an alle 04:18 PM What is the benefit of prepayment? Von Boaz Nadav Manes (Lehigh) an alle 04:18 PM That should be a decision in CC? Von Ian Walls an alle 04:18 PM also, something I learned recently: https://www.npr.org/sections/codeswitch/2013/10/21/239081586/the-racial-history-of-the-grandfather-clause Von Sullenger, Paula an alle 04:20 PM Of the 28 invoices sent out so far, 10 are for more than $5,000. Von Marc Johnson an alle 04:20 PM Ian, thanks for that link Von Harry an alle 04:22 PM I don't know how many years SHL is proposing. I just used 5 years as an example. Von mir an alle 04:22 PM ist 5 years Von Keven Liu an alle 04:24 PM We can accept in the MOU that the funds paid in advance are non-recoverable 😃 Von Sullenger, Paula an alle 04:24 PM I think I can handle the accounting/tracking part. Von Harry an alle 04:24 PM Prepayment provides a guarantee for future funding over the time period. Von Keven Liu an alle 04:25 PM Under any condition Von Simeon Warner (he/him) an alle 04:28 PM How about we put #1 or #2 in the chat, easier to count Von Harry an alle 04:28 PM I select option 2 Von Simeon Warner (he/him) an alle 04:34 PM easier to track change. We could accept $x/year membership and note that the level names and benefits may change ---------------------------END----------------------------------------------- ----------------------EBSCO MOU------------------------------------- Von Sullenger, Paula an alle 04:41 PM Last year $25,000 went to membership fee and the rest ~$84,000 was used for AWS. Von Simeon Warner (he/him) an alle 04:47 PM I was just going to raise this issue of reserve -- I we have planned expenditures we should have a reserve to cover that for some time (perhaps 6-12 months) Von Sullenger, Paula an alle 04:49 PM Money is fungible, what we really need is agreement on what are legitimate expenses for the project and what are not. Von Marc Johnson an alle 04:49 PM Isn’t this a practical thing. The members cannot afford to pay for all of the infrastructure costs? Von Sullenger, Paula an alle 04:50 PM We've received enough in membership dues already to cover expected AWS costs for this year. Von Simeon Warner (he/him) an alle 04:51 PM I note that EBSCO is a member ;-) ------------------ END -------------------------------------------------------
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