Present: Sylvia Curtis, Sherry DeDecker, Andrea Duda, Janet Martorana, Bev Ryan, Eunice Schroeder. Carol Gibbens sent regrets.

The meeting convened at 3:30 p.m.

Sylvia reported from the statewide LAUC Executive Board meeting on 2 February:

Distinguished step. According to Myron Okada, there are limits on what LAUC can discuss on  this issue, since LAUC cannot advise on matters covered by the MOU. The statewide   Executive Board discussed decoupling the distinguished designation from a particular rank  and step. Cathy Palmer will charge the statewide Committee on Professional Governance to  look at these issues.

Building resolution. Judson King responded to the LAUC resolution. LAUC is working on a  response to Judson King.

LAUC Task Force on Evaluation of UL/CDL Advisory Structure. The Executive Board   discussed how effective it is to have LAUC representatives on these committees, i.e. how  much information goes back and forth and how reps communicate with the membership. The  UL's are interested in the LAUC evaluation of the advisory structure.

Copyright ownership by librarians. Some campuses allow librarians to retain copyright, other do  not. The university's policy is at www.ucop.edu/ucophome/uwnews/copyr.html.

LAUC program proposal. Barclay Ogden and LAUC-B are putting together a program called  "Dancing in the Dark: Libraries as Partners in the Digital Age."

Also discussed was the agenda for the LAUC-SB membership meeting on Friday, 9 February. Included will be discussion of positions needed, the statewide LAUC Web page, criteria for the distinguished step, and evaluation of the UL advisory structure as it pertains to LAUC representatives to the various UL advisory committees. Also, there will be a farewell and some refreshments for Nerea Llamas and Mihoko Hosoi.

The meeting adjourned at 4:45 p.m.