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Draft Chapter Meeting Minutes Treasurer’s Report Linda Frederiksen presented the Treasurer’s Report. Between checking and the CD, chapter assets total $8,979.85, as of October 27, 2004. Scholarship Winners Linda Whang introduced the two conference scholarship winners. Rachel Bridgewater from WSU Vancouver is the first-time attendee winner. Kristen Shuyler from the UW iSchool is the library school student winner. Nominating Committee Maureen called for volunteers to serve on the nominating committee for Board elections. Two positions on the Board need to be filled—Vice-President/President-Elect and one Member-at-Large position. Elections will be held on-line in the spring. Linda Pierce will chair the committee. Karen Diller from WSU Vancouver and Barbaraella Frazier from Whitman College volunteered to serve on the committee. New Membership Maureen brought up the topic of recruiting new members to the chapter. To help promote membership in ACRL, especially to newly-hired librarians at an institution, Linda Pierce will send post-it cubes or other giveaways to each school’s liaison. Sylvia Tag from Western Washington University asked that just one packet of information about ACRL and the chapter be sent to each school, saying that the packet could then be routed to new employees. Linda Frederiksen also had membership forms for people to fill out while at Menucha. Renewal reminders for the coming year will be emailed in January. Maureen closed by encouraging greater participation by all the academic libraries in the state. Pack Forest 2005 The Pack Forest Conference Center has been booked for October 27-28, 2005. The conference is tentatively titled “I Don’t Feel Virtual: The Realities of Librarianship.” The conference planners want to emphasize practical tips and tools with people sharing things that work in all areas of our various jobs. Jessica said that she hopes the practical nature of the 2005 conference theme and the small, informal venue at Pack Forest will encourage participation not only in the conference but also in the chapter. Preconference at WLA Annual Conference Beth Lindsay reported that ACRL-Washington will co-sponsor a half-day preconference at the WLA annual conference in Spokane, ACRL-Washington members who attend the preconference will be allowed to register for the entire conference at WLA member rates, without having to join WLA. The preconference will be a panel discussion by librarians and non-librarians on how to provide library and information literacy instruction to diverse populations. More details will be forthcoming and will appear on the listserv and webpage as soon as they are available. Agenda for 2005 Membership Meeting Maureen distributed the ACRL 5-10 Year Planning Mega Issues document that she got at the Chapter Meeting at ALA in Orlando. She asked everyone to look it over and let her know if there are any topics from the list or others that the membership would like to see discussed in 2005. These are large strategic planning issues that will challenge each institution differently. ACRL National is scheduled to take place in Seattle in 2009. Other national library association meetings scheduled for Seattle in the next few years include ALA Midwinter in 2007 and the Special Library Association in 2008. Although the chapter has not yet been contacted about what role the Washington and Oregon chapters might play in ACRL 2009, it isn’t too early to start planning what role we might want to have. Maureen will talk to local arrangement planning people in Minneapolis to see what role local chapters play in the national conference. There were 25 people in attendance at the membership meeting. Maureen adjourned the meeting and the members proceeded to the conference social in the main hall. Respectfully submitted, Linda Frederiksen Secretary / Treasurer Page 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 |
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