DC/SLA

Alexander, Estelle, (2nd VP)
Caputo, Anne (Pres.)
Clougherty, Erin (Treas.)
Fifer Canby, Susan (1st VP/Pres. Elect)
Fournier, Susan (Rec. Sec’y)
Gervino, Joan (Dir.)
Johnson, Sue O’Neill (Immed. Past Pres.)
Minter, Lyle (Awards)
Minter, Nancy (Awards)
Ray, Kenlee (Dir.)
Turner, Bill (Corresp. Sec’y)

CALL TO ORDER
Anne Caputo called the pre-holiday party meeting to order at 5:25 pm at the Arts Club of Washington.

AGENDA
Susan Fifer Canby made the motion to accept the agenda and was seconded by Estelle Alexander. The motion passed.

MINUTES
Bill Turner asked that the minutes reflect that Barbara Keiser was elected to chair the International Projects Committee. A motion to approve the amended minutes was made by Susan Fifer Canby and seconded by Joan Gervino. The motion passed.

PRESIDENT’S REPORT
Anne Caputo reported that the Employment Committee’s meeting Job Hunting for Librarians in the Current Market at Sumner School had 32 attendees. A suggestion from the meeting was to set up a discussion list. Since each Chapter has two lists through SLA, a motion was offered by Susan Fifer Canby to use the Chapter’s unused list for this purpose. Estelle Alexander seconded the motion. The motion passed.

Cynthia Holt, newsletter editor, submitted a question as to which version of the newsletter, pdf or printed, mailed version should be the official, archived version. Estelle Alexander moved to use the pdf version of Chapter Notes as the official version. Kenlee Ray seconded the motion and it passed.

Ann Caputo asked Nancy Minter to act in her stead at the SLA Mid-Winter meeting. Lyle Minter will also provide back up when needed.

Anne reported that she would be meeting next year with Susan Fifer Canby and Erin Clougherty to plan for the 2003-04 budget.

PRESIDENT ELECT
Susan Fifer Canby gave an update on the calendar. She also passed out a grid SLA Event Metrics to be used to track what programs members attend. Discussion ensued as to who should be responsible for maintaining these metrics. Although, Hospitality would seem to be the most likely, Barbara Folensbee-Moore, Hospitality Chair does not have time to do this. Erin Clougherty volunteered to handle for the time being.

She also reported that there was little interest from LLSDC for the Patriot Act program.

Erin Clougherty raised a problem about reconciling the dollar amount on checks and the program or programs the checks are meant. This was also seen to be a Hospitality function, but further discussion is needed and the issue was tabled until the January Board meeting.

TREASURER’S REPORT
Erin Clougherty reported that clearing credit card statements has been a problem. She reported that the bill for the New Members Reception had been received, $1900, but an additional $700 for the servers was not included in the original bill and is still owed.

DIRECTORS’ REPORTS
Kenlee Ray reported that the Chapter received $3000 from Factiva. She sent a list of future programs to Dialog. Kenlee also reported that 3 trips had been made to the Sousa library and the cataloging program is up and running. She also reported that a Vendors’ thank you page and a Community Outreach page were now on the Chapter Web site.

Joan Gervino reported that DC-SLA’s share of the Tech Day profits amounted to about $700.

OLD BUSINESS

Awards
Lyle and Nancy Minter presented the list of nominees. Susan Fifer Canby made the motion to approve the nominees. Joan Gervino seconded the motion and the motion passed.

Strategic Planning Committee
Joan Gervino suggested that the junior director might fill this position. Joan will be “placeholder” and further discussion of this matter will tabled until the January Board meeting.

ADJOURNMENT
Susan Fournier moved to adjourn at 7:50. Joan Gervino seconded the motion and the motion passed.

Submitted by:
Susan R. Fournier
Recording Secretary