President's Corner: On the Money!
October 2005 Volume 65 No. 2
Submitted by Shirley Loo, sloo@crs.loc.org The first major DC Chapter program for the year with Elana Broch from Princeton University on August 25 was right on the money. Dr. Broch took the sting out of statistics in a two-part program attended by more than a hundred interested participants. Whether you took the mean or the median or some other measure, the Aug. 25th program was a success. A toast to Vice President Susan Fournier for planning informative programs that attract members and encourage nonmembers to join the chapter.
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President’s Corner
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The Military Librarians Group headed by Diane Schnurrpusch held a dinner program Sept. 15 featuring Katherine M. Skiba, the author of "Sister in the Band of Brothers: Embedded with the 101st Airborne in Iraq." During her talk, Katherine mentioned going through media boot camp for 5 ½ days, undergoing a missile attack, and losing weight in Iraq during her two months of embedded service. It was fascinating to be at the head table with her before the program began and to hear the many questions at the conclusion of her talk. Mistress of Ceremonies Sharon Lenius did a great job planning the program and introducing the guest of honor. When Sharon advised us to save Tuesday, Nov. 1 for the next MLG program on "veteran" librarians, I for one did so because I want to hear from Fran Buckley, the interim head of the DC Public Library and the former Superintendent of Documents, and Bill Sitting, Chief of the Science, Technology, and Business Division at the Library of Congress.
Colleagues in the Spotlight
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Benefit Tea & Concert
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DC/SLA Book Club
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October SID/DIW Meeting & Program
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Dine-Around Schedule
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New Member Reception
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The fall reception will be at the historic Hotel Washington on Oct. 19. Come to meet new members, DC Chapter Board members and other members, and members of the SLA Board including our own Anne Caputo and Lynne McCay. Both are past Presidents of the chapter and are now serving SLA as Chapter Cabinet Chair-elect and as Director respectively. Hospitality Chair Lorraine Bell, in her second year serving the chapter in this capacity, is creating a fun reception. Have you exercised your voting rights in the first electronic voting conducted by SLA? The voting began on the SLA Bylaws amendment Sept. 15 and will end at 5 p.m. Oct. 7. The amendment governs the amount of dues increases but limits their frequency. For complete information, visit the SLA Bylaws Information Center at www.sla.org/bylaws. The results of the electronic voting and the paper ballots, for those choosing that mode will be known Oct. 14. We have a chapter member and another past President, Lyle Minter, actively involved. Lyle Minter served as 2004-2005 Bylaws Committee chair for SLA and he is on the SLA Finance Committee for 2005 to 2007.
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In the wake of Hurricane Katrina, SLA is fortunate that we already have a task force on disasters in place. The IPANDA task force (Information Professionals Alliance on Natural Disasters and Accidents) is headed by Dav Robertson, a member of our chapter as well as the North Carolina Chapter. Additional assistance to the task force may be provided by emailing Dav at robert11@niehs.nih.gov. Our active chapter owes a lot to our experienced Treasurer, Erin Clougherty. She is serving a second three year term as Treasurer. With the transition to the new SLA membership year and the Chapter Board voting to lengthen the term of officers, she will serve an additional six months beyond the normal three year term. Erin makes it look easy. She creates the PayPal links for all events in addition to managing our finances and making speedy reimbursements after receipts for authorized expenditures are sent to her. You can tell that I'm glad to have Erin on the leadership team. She's an outstanding volunteer with good judgment and experience and she's happy to share her knowledge. We're on the money with her in our corner.
Next Newsletter Deadline For November issue is October 17. Email bferry@ngs.org
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DC/SLA Chapter Notes | October 2005
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