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AALL 2012
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Boson, MA Ju y 21-24
Submitted bj Luie O/ejnikova
The meeting was called to
order by the FCIL-SIS
Chair (2011-2012), Sergio
Stone. The first item was
approval of the Minutes of
the 2011 FCIL Business
Meeting, as published in the
October 2011 FCILNewslet-
ter. It was moved, and se-
conded, to approve the
minutes with no corrections
or objections, and the vote
was unanimous.
The Chair, Sergio Stone,
began with a reminder of
the remaining FCIL-SIS
meetings and programs,
including the IALL/FCIL
reception, Education and
FCIL-SIS Schaffer Grant
Fundraising and Selection
Committees meetings, and
the remaining FCIL spon-
sored programs.
Lucie Olejnikova, Secretar-
Treasurer, reported on the
2012-2013 Election results.
Elections were held from
March 1, 2012 through
March 23, 2012 online. Don
Ford from the University
Of Iowa College Of Law
Librar was elected Vice
Chair/Chair-Elect with a
total of 96 votes. Congratu-
lations, Don!
Secretary-Treasurer's Re-
port: Lucie Olejnikova next
reported that as of March
31, 2012 the FCIL-SIS
budget had a balance of
$23,935.60. As of March 31,
2012, the endowed corpus
balance (restricted fund) of
the FCIL-SIS Schaffer
Grant is $35,000 and the
excess balance is $14,261.
Lucie thanked the member-
ship for their continuous
support and donations to
this important legacy of in-
ternational exchange, and
encouraged all to continue
to do so as we collectively
move toward making the
FCIL-SIS Schaffer Grant for
Foreign Law Librarians self-
sustainable.
The 2012-2014 Strategic
Plan, as proposed by the
2012-2014 committee was
published in the October
2011 FCIL Newsletter. The
current 2012-2014 Strategic
Plan as well as previous Stra-
tegic Plans (2006-2006 and
2008-2011) can be found on
the FCIL-SIS website at
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More detailed reports from
many of the interest groups
and committees' meetings
appear in this newsletter
under separate headings,
including reports from inter-
est groups and committees
that met after the 2012
FCIL-SIS Business Meeting.
African Law IG: Bj Victor
Essien. Meeting was held on
Sunday, July 22, 2012 from 7
-8 a.m. and was attended by
five members. Attendees
discussed the African law
collection strengths and
needs of the represented
institutions. The meeting
resolved to undertake a
Survey of African Law
Holdings in Member Librar-
ies. Alison Shea of Ford-
ham Law School will co-
ordinate the survey and will
be sending out survey ques-
tionnaires over the course of
the year. Yemisi Dina of
Osgoode Hall Law School
will be spending her sabbati-
cal this coming year working
Continued on page 3
Volume 27, Issue 1
October 2012
AA] S Annual Meeting,
Global I Fngagement and
the Legal Acadcmy, Janu
ar 4 7, 2013 in New (Orle
ans, L\.
Joint Study Institute, The
Australian ]Legal ]Landscape:
Global and Comparative
Perspectives, 1February 13-
16, 2013 in Melbourne,
Australia.
ASI] Annual Meeting,
International Law in a
Multipolar -World, April 3
6, 2013 in Washington, lD.
A A]LI Annual Meeting,
Rethink Your Value, July
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