President's Corner: Off to a Delicious Start Submitted by Shirley Loo, sloo@crs.loc.org
August/September 2005 Volume 65 No. 1
Planning Meeting: On a Saturday morning in late July, a number of the DC/SLA leaders assembled to plan for 2005-2006 at Anne Caputo's lovely home. After partaking of Anne's egg and cheese casserole, Sheryl Rosenthal's spinach pies, Eileen Deegan's blueberry muffins, Kris Sasala's mango mousse, and other delectables, we focused on plans for the year. Vice President Susan Fournier announced a two-part program on taking the sting out of statistics with Dr. Elana Broch of Princeton University in late August. Other informative and stimulating programs will be listed in the events calendar and publicized via the chapter discussion list and the newsletter.
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Volunteers: Shelia Jackson is continuing with the monthly printed calendar and will add keeping track of metrics measuring participation in programs. Corresponding Secretary Jenny Woods is continuing to do the timely calendar on our website while Cassandra Shieh continues as our expert Chapter Webmaster. Allegra Moothart has taken over responsibility for the chapter discussion list. Barbara Ferry continues as newsletter editor while Ana Echerman is the new business manager. We have experienced volunteers and some new faces behind the scenes. Future columns will note other volunteers. New Governance Year: The new governance year of January to December instead of July to June was approved at the annual conference in Toronto. All chapters were then tasked with how they would implement the change to align the governance year with the SLA fiscal year. At the June 22nd Board meeting, we voted to extend the term of board members by six months to December 2006. Thanks to the board members who agreed to this extension. It will be easier to implement the transition with the current board and it would avoid having a second election this year. The next chapter elections will be later in 2006 so that new officers will begin in January 2007. Immediate Past President Sheryl Rosenthal will be in charge of working out the details for our transition to the new governance year. In addition to chapter elections, the Volunteer Appreciation Reception in April, the annual banquet and business meeting in May, and the fall reception may be scheduled for other times. Stay tuned. The June 7 membership meeting in Toronto also approved electronic voting for the Association. Our successful electronic voting in chapter elections earlier this year was reported to SLA by Elections Committee Chair Ellie Briscoe in the April 2005 SLA Leadership Connections. With electronic voting (and the "Get Out the Vote" campaign), our chapter nearly doubled the previous year's voter turnout, reduced election expenses, and made vote counting easier. There were a few minor problems, but on the whole the process worked well. Ellie has agreed to manage the next chapter elections in 2006. Member support is vital to our chapter. Thanks to volunteers like Ellie our chapter maintains a high level of activity and vitality. If you'd like to volunteer for some event or committee, let me or the committee chair know. You'll also see email requests for specific assistance from time to time. Please lend a hand and volunteer. We are off to a great start!
DC/SLA Chapter Notes | August/September 2005
Inside this issue: President’s Corner
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Dine-Around Volunteers
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“Cataloger Cornered”
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Paypal and Phishing Emails
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Military Librarians Dinner; Meet the Author
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DC/SLA Book Club
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September Virtual Seminars
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Lubuto Library Project
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Take the Sting Out of Statistics 9
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