It seems as though each time I sit down to write a message for the newsletter I’m pondering the weather. After an unusually sunny winter, it’s now spring and it’s raining again… Somehow, I find it comforting to be back to the familiarity of the rain.

There is some comfort, too, in having the activities of ACRL-WA be bracketed by the regularity of alternating conferences in Pack Forest and Menucha. We have the cozy familiarity of the venue, coupled with the sometimes revolutionary content of the presentations. A decade ago, sitting amongst the trees at Pack Forest, who could have anticipated virtual reference or D-space repositories? I look forward to Pack Forest this fall (in the rain), wondering what new things may be presented by our colleagues. I hope you will join us at Pack Forest with grand ideas or just a healthy dose of curiosity.

It has been a real pleasure serving on the Board of ACRL-WA as your President. We have an excellent Board and it was a tremendously positive experience working with them for the past two years. As I move into the more comfortable position of past-President, I confidently place you in the capable hands of Jessica Albano and look forward to her leadership over the next year.

Linda Pierce and the nominations committee once again put together a great slate of candidates for next year’s Board and the results of the online voting are now available (see below). Congratulations and welcome to our new Board members.

Our chapter’s Board members will be meeting once again in May at a combined meeting of both outgoing and incoming members. If anyone has any issues to bring before the Board, please contact me with details before May 13th.

Thank you all again for allowing me the wonderful experience of serving as President of ACRL-WA.
 

Election Results The ACRL WA 2005 election process is now complete. The new Board members are: Beth Lindsay, Washington State University, Vice President/President Elect Barbarella Frazier, Whitman College, Member at Large Thank you to everyone who ran for office, including Jan Hartley from Seattle University and Leslie Potter Henderson from Shoreline Community College. I would also like to announce the appointment of Rachel Bridgewater from WSU Vancouver, as the new Newsletter Editor.

Maureen Nolan, outgoing President, University of Washington

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