Board Meeting on August 26-28, 2022
Board Resolutions
Resolution Nr. 1
The ALA Board decides to support the ALA marketing film project with 22,000 eiros from the Centennial Fund. Sense Media promises to prepare the first film for the 71st Congress scheduled for October 14-16th in Boston, the second film by December 2022.
Resolution Nr. 2
The ALA Board accepts the proposed 2023 budget.
Resolution Nr. 3
The ALA Board accepts 2021 audit prepared by CLA and decides to seek a new auditing firm for the 2022 audit.
Resolution Nr. 4
Due to the death of board member Lilita Bergs, the ALA Board decides that Kaija Petrovska will replace Lilita Bergs on the board of the Cultural Foundation for the next two months.
Resolution Nr. 5
The ALA Board decides to disseminate information about donation opportunities to support Ukraine through the Latvian good will organization Ziedot.lv. The website is ziedot.lv.
Resolution Nr. 6
In cooperation with the Latvian Embassy to the USA, the ALA Board decides to explore the possibility of preparing a traveling exhibition using the Museum of Occupation’s current exhibition “The USA: A Safe Haven when the Homeland is Occupied, 1940-1991”. Elisa Freimane and Dzintars Dzilna offer to contact the exhibition’s producer Gints Apelis.
Resolution Nr. 7
The ALA Board plans to hold the next board meeting on December 2-4th in Rockville, MD (in person, beginning late Friday afternoon).
Resolution Nr. 8
The ALA Board decides that ALA cannot grant the requested refund for the “Hello Latvia” travel program because the potential participants canceled the trip after the posted deadline for cancellation.
Resolution Nr. 9
The ALA Board decides to support the Kursa summer camp with a $2,000 donation to cover unexpected expenses due to the effects of the pandemic.
Resolution Nr. 10
The ALA Board accepts the financial report dated June 2022.
Resolution Nr. 11
The ALA Board decides to approve the new financial policy 1B and the related donation agreement, the new financial policies in the handbook for incoming donations, effective January 1, 2023.
Resolution Nr. 12
The ALA Board decides to approve the new financial policy 3B, the new financial policy in the handbook for the processing of the payout, effective October 1, 2022.
Resolution Nr. 13
The ALA Board decides to approve the new financial policy 3C, the new financial policy in the handbook for travel costs for board members and office staff, effective October 1, 2022.
Resolution Nr. 14
The ALA Board decides to approve the new financial policy 7C, the new financial policy in the handbook for the office staff whistleblower option, which takes effect on October 1, 2022.
Resolution Nr. 15
The ALA board decides to adopt some new ideas to encourage participation and gather the views of members: (1) surveying ALJA members at their 10/1 meeting, specifically in regards to sporting events; 2) planning smaller, regional measures to listen to the needs of the regions; 3) creating a short annual report with simple numbers and photographs in both Latvian and English; (4) preparing a highlighted document that Congressional delegates could bring back to their cities.