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DC/SLA Board Meeting Minutes – May 8, 2001

MEMBERS PRESENT:

CALL TO ORDER
David Shumaker called the meeting to order at 6:05 pm.

AGENDA
A motion to approve the agenda for May 8, 2001 was moved by Anne Caputo and seconded by Anna McGowan. The motion passed.

MINUTES
The minutes from the April 10, 2001 meeting were amended and a motion to approve the minutes was moved by Anna McGowan and seconded by Sue Johnson. The motion passed.

PRESIDENT'S REPORT
Bill Fisher contacted Dave Shumaker to find out if our October event will be coinciding with the SLA Board Meeting. Anne Caputo will contact Stephanie Russell at Headquarters to coordinate.

Additions to SLA Awards News – The University of Maryland Student group received 3rd place for creative electronics and 1st runner up for leadership.

The Chapter Annual Report will be available in electronic form and will be placed on the chapter web site.

SLA Conference Events
Sunday, June 10 – SLA Leadership events which Sue Johnson and Anne Caputo will attend

Chapter Cabinet Meeting will take place on Tuesday at 5:30pm.

SLA now has a combined events calendar for all units at www.sla.org/calendar

PRESIDENT ELECT
Transition meeting will take place on Tuesday, June 26 at BNA at 6pm.

Sue Johnson signed a letter asking for support, that was sent to SLA chapters to support international activities through the David Bender fund. SLA requested any money donations by May 15.

A discussion was held on the remaining $6,000 that was raised for Global 2000 to be transferred to the David Bender fund to support the Global 2000 fellows. Sue Johnson motioned that the following language be presented at the SLA Chapter Cabinet meeting: To express the sense of the Chapter Cabinet that funds remaining from the Global 2000 Fellowships be used to fund SLA memberships for the current Global 2000 Fellows. Anna McGowan seconded the motion and the motion passed.

Sue Johnson motioned that a $3,000 donation from the DC chapter be made to the David Bender fund. Anne Caputo seconded the motion. The motion passed.

Two $500 grants have been granted from the World Bank for a Community Project. Money has not yet been received.

Board Meetings will be the first Tuesday of the month.

Membership Committee Chair Joanie Cornwell will be forwarding the names of new members for the Board to call and welcome.

There will be a Transition Committee for Chapter Notes.

RECORDING SECRETARY
No Report

TREASURER
Catherine Kitchell submitted a Cash Flow Report and a Balance Sheet to the Board. There was income of $180 from Career Day, which covered our prepaid cost of lunches.

DIRECTORS
No Report

ARCHIVIST
Kee Malensky asked that committee chairs turn over materials at the transition meeting on June 26. Materials can also be mailed. Please contact Kee with questions.

INTERNATIONAL PROJECTS
The web site is in draft form on SLA’s website. The international e-mail list will be up soon with all of the Global 2000 fellows subscribed.

JOINT SPRING WORKSHOP
The workshop was attended by 45 people and allowed for lots of interaction between attendees. DC/SLA will be holding the workshop for next year.

CHAPTER NOTES
The May/June issue will be published soon.

CHAPTER NOTES BUSINESS MANAGER
Donna Kanin is leaving the position.

AWARDS
Laura Foy reported that the awards have been bought for the Annual Banquet.

MILITARY LIBRARIANS
Connie Wiley announced that May meeting of Military Librarians Group on “The History of Arlington Cemetery with Mike Duggan.” The event will be held on May 9 at Tivoli Restaurant.

GOVERNMENT RELATIONS
No Report

HOSPITALITY
May’s event will be the Annual Banquet being held at the Doubletree Hotel in Crystal City. The room has been guaranteed for 70 people and 40 people have RSVP. A message about the event was sent to the chapter list last week. It appears that this message went into a black hole.

STUDENT AFFILIATIONS
The awarding of the student scholarship checks will take place at the Annual Banquet. David M. Tulanian is planning on attending. Alison J. Ince will be unable to attend as she has started an internship in Texas. She plans to write an article for Chapter Notes in the fall. Linda Paez has sent formal letters of acknowledgement to the winners.

The Spend a Day with a Special Librarian survey received two evaluations from students who both rated the experience as great. An informal survey of participating librarians will be done via the chapter list.
NEW BUSINESS
The Chapter has decided to undertake a new edition of the Washington Area Library Directory. Eileen Deegan has agreed to be chair of the committee. Dave Shumaker proposed a motion to create an Ad Hoc Publications Committee with Eileen Deegan as chair. Sue Johnson seconded the motion and the motion passed.
The new Communications Team that will be responsible for Chapter Notes is Marie Kaddell, Chair with Betty Landesman and Jan Alferi.
ADJOURNMENT
Anna McGowan moved to adjourn the meeting. The motion was seconded By Sue Johnson. The motion passed and the meeting adjourned at 7:15 pm.