Attendees present:

• Chris Bentley, Rockefeller Foundation
• Lisa Bonifacic, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
• Brenda Burk, IUPUI University Library
• Suzanne Cole, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• Hinda Greenberg, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• Leigh Hallingby, Soros Foundation, Open Society Institute
• Michael Munson, Council on Foundations
• Ellen Nasto, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
• Suzanne Pichler, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
• Bernadette Pierre, Rockefeller Foundation
• Dan Sarescean, Rockefeller Foundation
• Ron Sexton, Carnegie Corporation of New York
• Anita Taylor, Rockefeller Foundation
• David Vega, Rockefeller Foundation

• Michele Butler, David & Lucile Packard Foundation
• John Chalmers, Chicago Community Trust
• Barbara Denmark Long, Greater St. Louis Community Foundation
• Gail Schaub, Council on Michigan Foundation
• Nan Schichtel, Grand Valley State University
• Debbie Summer, California Health Care Foundation

The program component of the meeting started at 12:35 p.m. with Shawn Kershaw presenting "Kick Start Your Personal Productivity." Ms. Kershaw is a professional organizer and presented Consortium members with great tips and tools to organizing your time, space, and information for better productivity.

Call to Order
The Business meeting was called to order at 1:45 p.m.

Acknowledgement of Hosts
Hinda Greenberg welcomed members and thanked Bernadette Pierre, Rockefeller Foundation, for hosting the meeting.

Approval of June Meeting Minutes
The minutes of the June 6, 2005 meeting were approved with the amend change of Cintera to Kintera.

Treasurer's Report
The treasurer's report was distributed to the membership. Barbara Long reported that the current balance was $6,428.40. There were minimal expenses associated with the Spring Meeting. Hinda Greenberg reported that we can use the money for professional development opportunities such as today's program with Shawn Kershaw.

New Business:

Format & Number of CFL Meetings
Hinda Greenberg reported that the Consortium members felt that 3 meetings a year was a good number. As an experiment, the Fall Meeting will be hosted by a member; the Spring Meeting will be held during the Special Libraries Association Annual Meeting, and the Winter Meeting will be a virtual meeting (with a conference call).

Discount on GrantsCrafts Products
Hinda Greenberg received an email from John Naughton, Ford Foundation. As a partner, Consortium members receive a 20% discount on their publications (www.grantcraft.org). If you make purchase, please use the code CFL20 to receive the discount. Likewise as a partner, they will advertise our organization on their website for free.

News/Announcements

Michele Butler, David & Lucile Packard Foundation
The library is now information services and reports to the Communications Dept. They are making changes on their website to reflect these changes.

Debbie Summer - California HealthCare Foundation
In March her supervisor left. A new Director of Communications and Publications was just hired and will start in October. In the interim, she has been busy filling in with publicity and outreach on their services. The healthcare site and chronic disease care conference in November have been keeping them busy.

John Chalmers, Chicago Community Trust
He has been focus on developing the records management component of his position. He used the Cleveland Foundation as a model in developing policy. Kintera is installed and moving forward with it. They have gone thru one grant cycle electronically.

Gail Schaub, Council on Michigan Foundations
She reported the addition of the online catalog to their website and the promotion of its use, an INMagic product. There annual conference is next week so she has been busy with its preparations.

Nan Schichtel, Grand Valley State University
The Johnson Center conducted a shifting paradigm conference.

Leigh Hallingby, Soros Foundation, Open Society Institute
They are setting up a library in the Washington, DC office. The New York office will continue to respond to information requests as they come along. They just celebrated their 10th anniversary.

Ron Sexton, Carnegie Corporation of New York
They are moving into a new space. He has been their records manager in publications for the last 5 years and convinced the organization to give them the necessary space. They are downsizing their Urban High School Reform. With Ford Foundation and the John D. & Catherine T. McArthur Foundation, they are celebrating the 5-year anniversary for African Higher Education.

Suzanne Cole, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
She is working as consultant for the last year indexing their databases & website.

Bernadette Pierre, Rockefeller Foundation
Their biggest project is with Knowledge Management. They are integrating all their library collections into one common ILS.

Suzanne Pichler, Andrew W. Mellon Foundation
Affiliate organizations, ArtStor and Ithaca, are now operating. They have a total of three librarians on staff now. The library is temporarily relocated and all over the place due to renovations. They are involved in research projects dealing with higher education and opportunity and improving access to individuals of lower economic status.

Hinda Greenberg, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
They finally launched PINS (new info management system). It is much better but still with a financial focus. It does not let you learn or evaluate. They have a strong program in documenting grantee products. Articles are now available on their website but copyright negotiation been very difficult (Elsevier & Blackwell problems!!). With their Quality Improvement initiative, they are improving ways grantees interact with RWJF. The Information Center is fortunate to have Susanne Cole and Hinda's assistant returned after 4 months leave. They have been conducting lots of training sessions due to large turnover in staff and program associates being promoted to program officers.

Brenda Burk, IUPUI University Library
They are moving forward with FOLIO (FOundation LIterature Online) in partnership with the Foundation Center. The library will capture and preserve documents from PubHub. PRO (Philanthropy Resources Online) continues to grow with the additional of Giving USA. It is available at http://indiamond.ulib.iupui.edu/PRO/

Michael Munson, Council on Foundations
Their new CEO starts today. The Library is one man shop with 50 requests quarterly and 2400 items cataloged. He is doing brown bags sessions to increase visibility of the library. He is also working with the IT Department testing applications built in-house and working with the web team.
Hinda Greenberg thanked Michael for hosting CFL's website and keeping it up-to-date.

The meeting adjourned at 2:11 p.m.