Attendees present:

• Lisa Abbot, W.K. Kellogg Foundation
• Brenda Burk, IUPUI
• Michele Butler, David & Lucile Packard Foundation
• John Chalmers, Chicago Community Trust
• Josephine Chee, Calfornia Endowment
• Liz Green, William and Flora Hewlett Foundation
• Hinda Feige Greenberg, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
• Beth Hansen, Lily Endowment
• Rebecca Koman, John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation
• Derek Moneypenny, Charles and Helen Schwab Foundation
• Janice Rosenberg, Foundation Center

• Suzanne Cole, Pew Charitable Trusts
• Barbara Denemark Long, St. Louis Community Foundation
• Nan Schichtel, Grand Valley State University
• Debbie Sommer, California HealthCare Foundation

Hinda Feige Greenberg, CFL Chair, led real and virtual attendee introductions. Minutes were approved as amended.

ITEM: Membership

• Derek Moneypenny was officially voted in as new CFL Secretary, serving until 2006, and as CFL Chair at that time.
• Michele Butler, outgoing CFL Chair, was recognized for her accomplishments.
• The Northwest Area Foundation was accepted as a new CFL member.

ITEM: Council on Foundations Conference

• Hinda Greenberg led a discussion regarding various Council On Foundations affinity groups who have contacted CFL.
• These groups are interested in doing joint programming and perhaps having a separate conference of their own.
• No decision was made with regard to a future involvement on the part of CFL with these proposed activities; the topic will be taken up again at a later date.

ITEM: CFL's Status

• The next order of business was a discussion regarding CFL's status as an organization.
• Should CFL become an independent 501(c)3 charity?
• To do this, CFL would have to incorporate.

ITEM: Activity of CFL

• Hinda Greenberg asked the question, "How active/diverse does CFL want to be?"
• She made the point that this step would require CFL to define a specific direction as an organization.
• She requested input from everyone.
• This topic will be taken up by the newly formed Past Chair's Council.

ITEM: Low CFL Attendance

• We then took up the topic of low attendance at meetings.
• Lisa Abbott, among others, stated that travel cost is prohibitive.
• The fact that virtual attendance is an option was cited as very important.

There was consensus agreement on the following with regard to this issue:

• Post times and dates of meetings as far in advance as possible, to help with budget planning -Have meetings coincide with major library-specific conferences (i.e. SLA)
• The next CFL meeting, in New York this coming November, does not coincide with any other conference.
• Hinda Greenberg stated that from now on, every effort would be made to have CFL meetings coincide with major library-specific conferences such as SLA and Internet Librarian.
• She also agreed to present this topic on the CFL listserv for further discussion.

Conclusion

• After lunch, attendees discussed activities within their organizations, after which the meeting was adjourned.
• Attendees were then treated to a
very informative and impressive tour of the Nashville Public Library.
• We were particularly impressed with the children's area and huge puppet theater.