1. Introductions and establish quorum.

Chairman Waters called the meeting to order at 8:00 a.m., and announced that with all commissioners present, the commission would enter executive session to conduct interviews of the three candidates for the position of Director and Librarian.

2. General Announcements. There were none at this time.

3. Executive Session to conduct interviews of Director and Librarian candidates, as authorized by Texas Government Code §551.074, regarding personnel matters.

The commission conducted separate interviews with each candidate. Each candidate was interviewed for one hour and 45 minutes. During this time, Donna Osborne and Joe Thrash were present in the meeting.

4. Executive session concerning candidate interviews for Director and Librarian position, as authorized by Texas Government Code §551.071, and §551.074, regarding consultations with attorney and personnel matters, respectively.

After the interviews were completed, Chairman Waters continued the executive session and asked the agency’s division directors to appear individually before the commission in executive session to provide input on the Director and Librarian candidates. Jelain Chubb, director, Archives and Information Services Division, Manual Alvarez, director, Information Resources and Technologies, Deborah Littrell, director, Library Development and Networking, Ava Smith, director, Talking Book Program, and Craig Kelso, director, State and Local Records Management, appeared individually before the commission, after which the executive session continued.

At 3:05 p.m., Chairman Waters recessed the commission from executive session announcing that a public meeting would begin at 3:20 p.m.

Administrative Staff Present:      Edward Seidenberg, interim director and librarian

                                                Manuel Alvarez, director, Information Resources Technologies

                                                Jelain Chubb, director, Archives and Information Services

                                                Craig Kelso, director, State and Local Records Management

                                                Deborah Littrell, director, Library Development and Networking

                                                Donna Osborne, director, Administrative Services

                                                Ava Smith, director, Talking Book Program

                                                Cesar Garza, communications officer

                                                Tracy Kuhn Lash, executive assistant

Registration sheets showing others in attendance are on file with the Texas State Library and Archives Commission’s Executive Assistant.

5. Possible action concerning matters discussed in executive session, concerning the Director and Librarian position.

At 3:20 p.m. Chairman Waters called the public meeting to order. Chairman Waters moved to offer the Director and Librarian position to Mark Smith at an annual salary of $140,000. Vice Chair Carr seconded the motion. Chairman Waters called for a roll call vote. The motion passed unanimously.

Vice Chair Carr moved to increase the salary of Assistant State Librarian Edward Seidenberg to $125,000. Commissioner Freeman seconded the motion. Chairman Waters called for a roll call vote. The motion passed unanimously.

Chairman Waters thanked all in attendance for being present and for participating in the process. He adjourned the meeting at 3:25 p.m.