DC SLA Board Meeting November 14, 2000

MEMBERS PRESENT:
Erin Clougherty – Recording Secretary
Johanna Cornwell – Membership Chair
Laura Foy – Awards
Laura Hjerpe – Joint Spring Workshop
Catherine Kitchell – Treasurer
Anna McGowan – Director
Nancy Minter – Immediate Past President
David Shumaker – President
Connie Wiley – Military Librarians

CALL TO ORDER
The November 14, 2000 meeting was held at the Urban Institute, and was called to order at 6:10 PM by David Shumaker.

The agenda was amended to move the Awards Report before the Officers Report. Motion was made by Anna McGowan and seconded by Nancy Minter. Hospitality was also moved to after the Awards Report. Motion was made by Nancy Minter and seconded by Catherine Kitchell. Agenda was adopted. Motion was made by Anna McGowan and seconded by Catherine Kitchell. The motion passed.

The minutes from the October 10, 2000 meeting were amended and a motion to approve and post the minutes on the web site was moved by David Shumaker and seconded by Anna McGowan. The motion passed.

AWARDS
Laura Foy moved to accept the seven award nominations that were submitted for SLA’s Fall Awards. Anna McGowan seconded the motion and the motion was passed.

HOSPITALITY
Nancy Minter reported for Gail Kouril. The next meeting is tomorrow, November 15, with the topic “You want me to do WHAT? The Skills You Need Today” featuring Mary Ellen Bates. Twenty-five people had registered as of last Friday with an additional twenty-five registrations this week. The event will pay for itself.

The Holiday Party is December 5th at the Arts Club of Washington. LLSDC has been invited and DCLA will be contacted about the event.

The January event is on professional development with the title “Electronic Collections – Understanding their value to users. The speakers are Judy Luther from Informed Strategies and Denise Davis from NCLIS. A location is being sought for the event, which will be held from 3-6 pm. The proposed cost of the event is $50. There is a possible sponsor for the event, which means a minimal cost for the event to the chapter. Discussion took place about lowering the price. Nancy Minter moved that the price of the January event would be $35 for members provided that the net cost of the event is not more than $1000 to the chapter for the program. Catherine Kitchell seconded the motion and the motion passed.

The board asked for more advanced notice of events, so the events can be advertised in Chapter Notes.

PRESIDENT’S REPORT
A co-chair for the International Projects committee has been identified as Becky Milton, from the World Resources Institute. Becky’s nomination was submitted by Dave Shumaker and seconded by Catherine Kitchell. The nomination was accepted.

Headquarters is asking for nominations for Association Officers. Sylvia James is chairing the committee.

The Association has launched its new web site in mid-October.

Strategic Planning Update – The report found that DC/SLA should have more of a presence in Northern Virginia. There was a meeting of the Northern Virginia Information Specialists early today with 30 people in attendance. All but two of the attendees are DC/SLA members. The group was currently not interested in officially affiliating with DC/SLA.

ADJOURNMENT
Anna McGowan proposed a motion to adjourn the meeting at 7:15 PM. Erin Clougherty seconded the motion and the motion passed.