2014+Term+1+Minutes

Venue: Bega High School Library The meeting commenced at 1.45 PM. Apologies: Jan Medina and Merryl Whitby Present: Karen Tarpey, Pambula Public School, Leonie Price, SCAC, Anne Moore, Bega Valley Shire Library, Francine Dessaix, Merimbula Public School and John Eastlake of BHS. No items carried over from previous meeting. No agenda for this meeting. __Discussions__ Qualifications of TLs. TL listserv. Link for updated website OZTL. John to send this link on to others. E-readers. Gaye enquiring which is best? Bega Valley Library has platform for ebooks. Kindle not compatible there. Anne also requested electives taken at high schools so they can update exam past papers for students. John to email BHS subjects as too numerous to recall. __Books__ Anne brought along, “Too Many Elephants in the House”. Reading day where everyone will read the same book; this book. John’s books. ‘Koori Stories’ gift from Council. Spare copies to Leonie and Gaye. Francine- Request for Koori map to show different peoples. I advised she may get one from Australian Geographic or Macquarie Online. John-other books. ‘An ANZAC Tale’ and ‘Captain Congo’ by same illustrator and author. ‘The Dream Thieves’. Author very popular at BHS. Gaye mentioned author John Green very popular. Another book, ‘The Bloodhound Boys’. Merimbula Booktique will not continue with present owners. Leonie- Scholastic Bookclub book fairs. They get 30 per cent of sales. Further discussion of working conditions, students sent to library in primary schools. Should not happen when convenient for TL. Premier’s Reading Challenge. Generally agreed it is not worthwhile. Lots of work involved. Next meeting will be at Lumen Christi. Usual time of 1.30 and Week 6. The meeting closed at 3.05. Minutes taken by John Eastlake Bega High School
 * FSCLC Meeting- Term 1- 2014 **