Public and press not allowed in meeting
Chicago, IL -
Gerber/Hart Library and Archives held its first annual meeting since questions surrounding its governance arose at the start of this year.
Nine people attended the Dec. 10 meeting, which was closed to public and press.
Present at the meeting were four board members and Gerber/Hart's head librarian. Don Landers, a board member who lives in Arizona, was absent.
It has been a rocky year for Chicago's LGBT library. In January, news broke that the library was relocating, a move that prompted outcry that the organization had become shut off from the community it was founded to serve. That controversy came to a head when the library's board released a new set of bylaws that stripped member voting rights.
Former President Karen Sendziak transitioned to treasurer in the midst of the fallout and former board member (and past board president) Brad Tucker became president.
This Spring, the library left its Edgewater home and moved to an unfinished building in Rogers Park. It has been closed now for eight months while construction is completed. Its estimated re-opening date has been repeatedly pushed back.
This year's annual meeting is believed to be the first held by the library in at least two years.
Read more in the Windy City Times
Nine people attended the Dec. 10 meeting, which was closed to public and press.
Present at the meeting were four board members and Gerber/Hart's head librarian. Don Landers, a board member who lives in Arizona, was absent.
It has been a rocky year for Chicago's LGBT library. In January, news broke that the library was relocating, a move that prompted outcry that the organization had become shut off from the community it was founded to serve. That controversy came to a head when the library's board released a new set of bylaws that stripped member voting rights.
Former President Karen Sendziak transitioned to treasurer in the midst of the fallout and former board member (and past board president) Brad Tucker became president.
This Spring, the library left its Edgewater home and moved to an unfinished building in Rogers Park. It has been closed now for eight months while construction is completed. Its estimated re-opening date has been repeatedly pushed back.
This year's annual meeting is believed to be the first held by the library in at least two years.
Read more in the Windy City Times
