Executive Board:

President:                                Alison M. Keyes

President-Elect:                      Toni C. Emerson

Past-President:                        Trish Camozzi-Eckberg

Treasurer:                               Pam Cahn

Secretary:                                Rebecca Withington

Director:                                 Melissa K. McBurney

Committee Chairs:

Archives:                                Paula Palmer

Bulletin Advertising:               Anne K. Moser

Bulletin Editor:                       Barbara Lindemann-Orr

Employment/Consultation:      Sue Eipert

Government Relations:            Janette H. Scheuller

Grants and Awards:                Rhe Van Dusen-Jain

Hospitality Co-Chairs:                        Patricia Cary and Kari Anderson

Lending Library:                     Vivienne Burke

Listserv Administrator:           Joan Collins                           

Membership Co-Chairs:          Maureen Nolan and Catherine Burroughs

Strategic Planning:                  Barbara Denzell

Student Relations:                   Judith Bloch

Vendor Relations:                   Katherine R. Harkness

Web Page:                               Christopher Mulready

President’s Report:  Alison M. Keyes, Chapter President 1998-99.

The Chapter has had an interesting and educational year.  Chapter programs were very ably planned by incoming President-Elect and Program Chair, Toni Emerson.  The Executive Board and Committee Chairs all worked extremely hard in maintaining and developing the work of the Chapter.  Much credit and appreciation is due to all the members of this team of volunteers, which, together, continued the best traditions of the professional association whilst making progress towards the best future for the association. 

Of particular note, the Chapter explored a joint chapter program with the Oregon Chapter and the British Columbia Chapter, with a tentative theme of  “Have Your Web and Spin It Too.”  This proposed event would have been held in the Fall of ’99, in Seattle, and would have drawn attendees from all three chapters.  The Seattle Center was proposed as a venue. This was investigated in detail by the Toni Emerson, Ruth Van Dyke, and myself.  We visited the venue and obtained detailed bids for all the services that would need to be brought in (all electrical hookups, all Internet connections, all catering, all supplies and furniture).  I prepared a detailed budget which showed a potential loss of $5000.  Furthermore, the Annual PNW-ASIS event was found to be scheduled the weekend before the proposed joint chapter meeting and would be at the Microsoft Campus.   Ultimately, all committee members agreed that the idea was good in principle, but that the difficult execution, ongoing communication obstacles between the chapters, conflict with the ASIS event, and high financial risk of a loss for all the participating chapters meant that cancellation was the best decision.  All members of the final committee teleconference voted to cancel the meeting.  The idea remains in place, to be re-visited in the future.

The Chapter continues to be challenged with providing service to the members in Alaska, Idaho, Montana and non-Puget Sound Washington.  The listserv addresses part of this challenge, and the imminent web page launch again will help. This is an area that I can continue to be involved in as Past-President of the Chapter.

I would like to thank especially the members of the Executive Board, the Committee Chairs, and in particular individuals who assisted me with advice and support, notably Past-President Trish Camozzi-Eckberg, Sue Eipert, and Anne Abate, Chair of the Chapter Cabinet.

I thank the Chapter for the opportunity to serve during the past two years, and will look forward to being able to assist as Past-President as needed by incoming President Toni Emerson.  SLA is truly a valuable vehicle for professional development opportunities and building a network of colleagues throughout the library and information industry, and I am glad to be part of the leadership of our association.

 1998-1999 Report from the Program Chair: Toni C. Emerson, Chair and President-Elect.

Events this year were planned with a Program Committee that consisted of Alison Keyes (President), Sophia Smith (Past-President), Patricia Carey, Kari Anderson (Hospitality and Registration),  Judy Bloch and Judy Davis (Student Relations co-chairs), and Pam Cahn (Treasurer).  All have excellent planning experience and supported me with great advice and hard work.

The Program Committee organized six events this year.  Judy Bloch planned Student Night with the assistance of Judy Davis (see Student Relations Committee Report).  The attendance was above average for all events.  Patricia Carey and Kari Anderson served as both Registrars and Hospitality Chairs.  They deserve accolades for service above and beyond the call of duty.  Patricia Carey tracked attendance using a Microsoft Access database.  The attendance statistics below are excerpted from her attendance report:

September 10, 1998 - “Lifework Renewal”

Carol Vecchio, Director of Centerpoint Institute for Life and Career Renewal

Paramount Hotel, Seattle, WA

attendance: 60 registered (2 students)

October 15, 1998 - ASIS/SLA/SLIS -  “A New Human Discourse”

SPIRE data mining and visualization software

Dr. James Thomas, Battelle Pacific Northwest Laboratories

The Edmond Meany Hotel, Seattle, WA

attendance: 85 registered (19 students)

December 10, 1998 - Holiday Party

Burke Museum, Seattle, WA

attendance: 55 registered (8 students)

February 5, 1999 - Student Night - Cindy Cunningham, Amazon.com

University of Washington campus

attendance: 91 registered (36 students), see Student Relations report

April 7, 1999 - “What’s New at Microsoft”

Mary Lee Kennedy, Director of Information Services, Microsoft

Jill Burger and Kimberly Engelkes, Researchers, Microsoft

Microsoft Campus, Redmond, WA

attendance: 85 registered (16 students)

May 20, 1999 - Annual Dinner and Meeting with new SLIS Director

Lake Forest Civic Club

attendance: forthcoming, 55 attendees (estimate)

As the event planner, I wanted to know how many people consistently attended each meeting.  Patricia Carey was able to assess the repeating attendance rate.  The following is an attendance breakdown:

Attendance breakdown all registrants:

Attendance breakdown, SLA members only:

Notes:

50 different students attended meetings

Student Night is the only meeting we kept track of how many actually attended.  All other statistics are based on how many registered.

At the time this data was compiled, only five meetings have been held.  However, it is interesting to note that only 4 people attended all meetings.  The strongest repeat rate was 20% attended 2 of the 5 meetings.  This data consists of members, non-members and students.  Next year, I would like to track the number of SLA members consistently attend meetings.  This measure would serve as an indicator of active membership.  The data would also denote how well our meetings serve the individual membership requirements.

This year I tried to plan events that facilitated continuing education, networking with other associations and encouraged higher student attendance. For example, the combined event with ASIS and the School of Library and Information Science (SLIS).  As program chair, I planned the event.  ASIS agreed to advertise the event within their membership and also assist with paying for the event should we not break even.  SLIS assisted with the financing of the students, the tickets were $25 - SLIS sponsored $15/ticket for each student (student tickets were $10). The event combined a stimulating lecturer with the added bonus of networking with students and ASIS.

The Program Committee and Vendor Relations committee did not work as closely together as they could have, partly due to a difference in views on the function and amount of assistance that vendors can provide.  I believe that vendor assistance is vital for providing quality events that are affordable to members.  The vendor relations chair felt that vendor support should be pursued with considerable care and not be seen to influence the events planned by the Chapter.  As a result, event planning was more cautious than it might have been.

The event notification by mail seems ineffective to me.  I did post notifications on our listserv.  The April, 1999 event is an interesting example.  The mail notifications went out as planned.  We received little response.  Similar events had huge attendance rates (100-125).  I sent out 3 email responses.  No replies.  I contacted the listserv maintainer, Joan Collins.  She discovered that  the listserv was not functioning properly.  Through the assistance of Patricia Carey (Hospitality), I was able to compile an email list of members.  I then sent out a series of emails to that list.  The majority of replies were received after the email notifications and reminders. I believe that it would have also helped to have the pages on the WWW.

Planning in advance is crucial.  For 1999/2000,  we have already begun to plan next years events.  The September event has a program (“The Virtual Chapter: Plans for SLA-PNC”) and a sponsor (The Gale Group).  The October event has three sponsors planned and a program as well.  The Holiday party’s venue is already reserved. Nola Sterling, the incoming President-Elect, and I are planning the programs not only to meet with SLA’s strategic plan, but our chapter’s goals for the upcoming year.  Next year we will be focusing on the virtual chapter.  A further goal will be  taking up the recommendation of Alison Keyes, 1998/99 President:  affordable events with outreach to distant members.  Our final goal is to expand the community of the other states in our programming, trying to reach them virtually--if not physically.  We are trying to plan an April event in 2000 that would be geographically accessible to Idaho and Montana.

Finally, the support that I received locally from President Alison Keyes and Past Presidents -- Sophia Smith, and Lyn Sauter was thoughtful, relevant and kind.  Anne Abate, nationally, was an excellent resource.  The DACOLT sessions I attended at the Winter conference inspired and informed my work.  I would like to thank SLA for the opportunities that this year and the next two offer me.

Regards,

Toni C. Emerson

President-Elect

Special Libraries Association - Pacific Northwest Chapter

Secretary: Rebecca Z. Withington.

As secretary for the 1998-99 chapter year, my primary responsibility was to take minutes at the chapter board meetings held on September 10, 1998, October 15, 1998 and February 5, 1999.  These minutes were published in the chapter’s newsletter, the Interface, in order to communicate board activities to chapter members.  Any corrections were noted and the minutes for each meeting were approved at the next subsequent board meeting.  I also kept a record of three executive board votes conducted by email:

·       Decision to move forward in planning a joint chapter event with the Oregon & British Columbia chapters (November, 1998) (This decision was rescinded in February, 1999 due to budget and scheduling concerns.)

·       Decision to approve $500 travel expenses for President-Elect Toni Emerson to attend the SLA Midwinter Conference (December, 1998)

·       Decision to approve Student Night awards of one $25 student membership to SLA and one free attendance to a chapter dinner meeting (January, 1999)

All votes taken by email were confirmed at the next board meeting.

Treasurer: Pam Cahn

The Chapter’s net assets total $11,277 as of March 31, 1999, up approximately 15% from the same time last year.  The Chapter’s audited 1998 Annual Financial Statement showed a year-end closing balance of $7,671.

The National SLA allotment to the chapter was increased in 1999 from $10 per member to $12 per member, so although our membership dropped from our 1997 high of 419 (related to the 1997 Annual Conference) to 390 at the end of 1998, our dues allotment increased 12% to $4,680.  Meeting income and contributions totaled $8,041.   Other significant income was Interface advertising income of $905.

Major expenses during this period included meeting expenses of $8,812,  production of the quarterly Interface, $1,079, postage and supplies, $828, and travel allowance to Alison Keyes for attendance at the 1998 Annual Conference, $300 and Toni Emerson for attendance at the 1999 DACOLT Conference at the Mid-Year Conference, $500.  Additional expenses included Annual Chapter awards, $135, Lending Library, $293, and partial year discussion list hosting by WLN $125.  The chapter discussion list is now hosted by SLA at no direct cost to the chapter.

As required by National SLA, the Pacific Northwest Chapter now operates with a budget, approved by the Board on a calendar year basis, and uses Quicken software for the preparation of all required financial reports. 

Respectfully submitted,

Pam Cahn, Treasurer,  March 31, 1999.

SLA PNW Chapter Budget for Calendar Year 1999

                    Category Name                    1999

INFLOWS

  Bulltn Adv Inc                                    1,200

  Bulltn Subs Inc                                       0

  Contributions                                         0

  Directory Adv                                       200

  Directory Sales                                       0

  Dues Allotment                                    3,900

  Interest Inc                                        200

  Meeting Income                                    7,500

  Miscellan Inc                                         0

  Sponsorship                                       1,500

Total Inflows                                      14,500

OUTFLOWS

  Bank Charges                                          0

  Bulletin - Adv                                     -200

  Bulltn -Non-Adv                                  -1,400

  Contribution Ex                                    -145

  Directory - Adv                                     -70

  Directory-NonAd                                    -630

  Group Allotment                                       0

  Meeting Exp                                      -9,500

  Miscellan Exp

    Gifts & Awards                                   -160

    Lending Library                                  -250

    Listserv                                            0

    Travel                                         -1,200

    Miscellan Exp - Other                               0

  Postage&Supply                                   -1,000

Total Outflows                                    -14,555

Total Inflows                                      14,500

Total Outflows                                    -14,555

Difference                                            -55

Director: Melissa K. McBurney

I'm afraid this was not a productive year for the Director's position. Because of travel distance and meeting timing I was only able to attend one board meeting. I was not given any direct tasks by the President, but I volunteered to assist with the joint conference which was canceled.

Membership Committee: Maureen Nolan and Catherine Burroughs, Co-Chairs.

Current chapter membership numbers 380. The entire database numbers 463, which includes inactive members.

The membership committee produced and mailed an updated membership directory. To prepare the directory, the chapter's 400+-member database (in Microsoft Access) was compared with the membership printout from National and corrected. The Access database was merged into Word and a master copy printed. Five hundred copies of the directory were printed at Costco, with the help of Eileen Wood-Lim, for $716. Postage costs were additional. To offset the cost of printing the directory, spaces for three full-page ads were sold at a cost of $100 each.

All new chapter members were sent a welcome letter, along with a copy of the Interface, roster of chapter officers, and a new member report form. Short biographies of new members were printed in the Interface when furnished by the members. Members reported as not renewing their membership were contacted by email or letter to encourage their renewal. Inquiries for membership information were sent the SLA brochure and applications, along with the chapter brochure.

The chapter database was mounted onto a shared network at the University of Washington so that both co-chairs could access the information without duplicating the file. Revisions were made for additions, drops and changes as information was provided by the chapters or by the monthly updates from headquarters.

Nominating Committee: Sue Eipert, Chair, Sophia Smith and Nancy Gershenfeld.

The nominating committee announced its list of candidates at the Chapter meeting on April 7th, 1999. No further names were placed in nomination by the membership, so the following slate will be presented for acceptance at the Chapter annual business meeting on May 20th, 1999.

President-Elect:          Nola Sterling

Secretary:                    Dawn Duddleson

Treasurer:                   Corey Murata

Director:                     Mary Frances Lembo

Lending Library Committee:  Vivienne Burke, Chair.

Technology contributed again to the activities of the Lending Library: most requests for materials were received by e-mail and two newsletters renewed for the 3d year focused on the use of the Internet in research/reference activities. These monthly newsletters, a departure from the usual books/videos/cassettes acquisitions, are now routed  on a regular basis to a distribution list

.

SIGNIFICANT ACTIVITIES

1.  Updated Lending library inventory; made copies available upon e-mail requests .

2.  Circulated approximately 5 items from the collection and currently route newsletters to 12 individuals each month.

3.  Renewed for 1- year subscriptions to 2 newsletters after gaining approval from Executive Board.    

CONCERNS:

1.     A recent SLA Publications brochure focusing on self-paced learning titles shows that we have not acquired a good number of them since we opted to renew the 2 monthly newsletters. Since the budget for this activity is limited, I believe that the incoming Board will need to make a decision on whether it is more valuable to continue with the monthly newsletters or to purchase updated texts in the coming year (1999-2000).

2.     A recent review of the Lending Library Collection shows a good number of materials (books, audio-cassettes, videos) from the 1980s. Some of the audio-cassettes are recordings made during past meetings - it would seem appropriate to transfer those into the Archives.    It would also make sense that it's now time to weed the collection as we leave the 20^th century and go into the 21^st!!! 

3.     The Lending Library Committee was formerly the Archives/Lending Library and in response to my request of last year was divided into 2 committees.  Since no one has come forth to take on the Archives work, I will endeavor to organize the materials that have accumulated & do some recordkeeping before passing on the responsibility for this position.  There still remains these tasks:

A)             reminding committee chairs to transfer materials to the Archives - they each should have a recommended Retention Schedule ;

B)              transfer materials to the UW Archives as needed.

EXPENSES INCURRED 

     1 Year Subscriptions to 2 Newsletters                    248.00

           Information Advisor

           Cyberskeptic’s Guide to Internet Research                         

           TOTAL                                    $ 248.00

Government Relations Committee:  Jan Scheuller, Chair.

The primary function of the chair continues to be serving as conduit for
the governmental and legislative information disseminated from the national
SLA Government Relations Program, directed by John Crosby, now SLA's Public
Communications Director. The program has continued to make extensive use of
newly available or improved technologies to increase interaction between
national SLA and the chapter chairs. Along with the regular column in
Information Outlook, and the SLA website, available to all
members/readers/surfers, there are frequent postings to the Government
Relations listserv.

Of particular concern this year was passage of the Digital Millennium
Copyright Act, legislation designed to protect the interests of copyright
owners in the world of electronic information and entertainment. The
legislation addresses two major issues: circumvention of protection systems
(passwords, encryption codes, etc.) to infringe on a copyright; and online
service provider liability (OSP).

Goals for the rest of the year are similar to those for previous years and
include: determine ways to focus attention on regionally relevant
legislative issues/concerns; increase awareness of SLA's GR activities and
resources within PNC, as well as those of other relevant organizations;
determine needs of PNC members in the areas of legislative and governmental
activities , both nationally and regionally; provide timely notice of
important governmental actions to the membership; and, further clarify the
function of this committee within the Chapter structure.

Bulletin Committee: Barbara Lindeman-Orr, Bulletin Editor and Committee Chair; Anne Moser, Advertising Manager, and Anne McBride, Library Profile Coordinator.

Production

Four issues of Interface were produced: Summer (Vol.  32, No.  4), and Fall, Winter, Spring (Vol.  33, Nos.  1-3).  Issues were provided to each member, as well as to the Advertising Manager, Archives Committee, Membership Committee, the University of Washington School of Library and Information Science, Chapter Presidents of the Oregon and Western Canada SLA Chapters, and the SLA President, Chapter Chair, Executive Director, Editor of Information Outlook, Public Relations Director, and Information Resources Center Manager. 

From 440 to 400 copies were made of each issue (as membership fluctuated).  Issues averaged 16 pages.  Current costs approximate $.99 per copy made  ($.80 copying, $.19 mailing).  Total current costs per issue produced approximate $420.  Total current revenues per issue approximate $180. 

To improve the timeliness of information in Interface, a new production schedule was established, shortening the time between the copy deadline and the mailing deadline.  Copy deadlines are the 15^th of July, October, January, and April.  Mailing deadlines are the 1^st of August, November, February, and May.

A detailed set of procedures were written for compiling, copying, and mailing Interface.  Two forms were made to aid in determining the print-copy order and the bulk mailing.

Content

Regular features were continued: President’s Message, Board Meeting Minutes, Treasurer’s Report, Program Reports, Committee Reports.  The Library Profiles this year highlighted the Museum of Flight Library, the Forintek Canada Vancouver Library, the Naval Undersea Museum Library, and the U.S. Courts Library.  Inside the Pacific Northwest Chapter highlights included the Employment/Consultation Committee and Bulletin Editor.

The results of a customer survey were printed.  Those members responding (4.9%) were overwhelmingly in favor of an electronic version of Interface.  A Board discussion is currently underway to examine how to accomplish this. 

Special thanks go to longtime Bulletin Committee members Anne Moser and Anne McBride.  Anne Moser has done a superb job as Advertising Manager, and Anne McBride has faithfully coordinated the Library Profile, issue after issue.  Thank you to both, they help ensure the Interface is an interesting and informative publication. 

Web Page Committee: Christopher Mulready, Chair.

The Web Page Committee has approved the final layout of the web site and is
currently readying the site for publication on the web.

Rebecca Withington is handling the maintenance of the Administrative section
(i.e., annual report, minutes, etc).
Trish Camozzi-Ekberg is handling the maintenance of the Services area
including listserv data, the chapter lending library, and information on how
to join the chapter.
Sue Eipert is overseeing the remaining service offerings including
employment and consultation, and grants and awards and will maintain the
list of officers and chairs.
Corey Murata is maintaining the Outside link section, which includes links
to local and national library resources;
Britt Tangen in handling the design of the pages, and will be the central
point for all content.

The Committee is planning meet one more time in late April to finalize the
design, and discuss the process for contributing content to the site. We're
hoping for a May 31st launch, which we'll publicize through the listserv,
and other channels.

We've been facing some resistance to making our chapter publication, The
Interface, available electronically. Some of the issues have been access to
the web site, and the loss of advertising revenue. The Committee is hoping
to make an electronic version available in tandem with the paper copy, so
all members can be served in an appropriate manner.

Vendor Relations Committee:  Katherine R. Harkness, Chair.

The Vendor Relation Committee contacted at least 12 different vendors in the
first part of the Chapter year. Many vendors were reluctant in providing
sponsorship for two reasons: most frequently, vendors responded that they
would be focusing their sponsorship at the National level, and secondly,
many vendors had already provided substantial support to the Chapter when
the SLA National Conference was in Seattle in 1997, and were not ready to
sponsor again.  Major vendors who have been supportive in the past, including Dialog, Dow Jones, and Readmore (Blackwell) were not yet contacted, due to a regional conference tentatively planned for the fall. That conference was canceled, so I would be willing to continue on this committee and try to garner support from these vendors for next year's activities.  Ultimately the following amounts were generously provided:

$500 from Reuters

$200 from Information Handling Services

$300 from Ebsco (solicited by Sophia Smith, Hart Crowser)

$100 from Lexis/Nexis (solicited by the Law Librarians of Puget Sound for Student Night).

Strategic Planning Committee:  Barbara Denzell, Chair.  

This committee has been largely inactive during 1998-99, partly due a mid-year switch in Chair on the committee.  However, future revisions of the Strategic Plan should consider these content items: First, in the sentence '....special librarianship within the community', does this mean the professional community, the global information community, the community of one's operation....... etc. Second, the Environment section doesn't reflect as much urgency as I think actually exists. The growth of information isn't 'continued' it's exponential. Competition among high fliers is forcing information-related response times to approach zero. New concepts need to be developed as soon as possible.

Student Relations Committee: Judith Bloch, Chair.

Committee Members:

Judith Bloch, co-chair

Shannon & Wilson, Inc.

jab@shanwil.com

Judy A. Davis, co-chair

Hart Crowser, Inc.

JAD@hartcrowser.com

Fred Hanson, LLOPS representative

Preston Gates & Ellis

Fhanson@prestongates.com

Toni Emerson, SLA President elect

HIT Lab, University of Washington

temerson@hitl.washington.edu

Peg Walther, ASIS representative

City University

Pwalther@cityu.edu

Maryanne Blake, MLA representative

UW Medical Library

blakema@u.washington.edu

Beth Clothier, SLA Student representative

UW Library School

bclothier@u.washington.edu

Fred Brown, ASIS Student representative

UW Library School

fbrown@u.washington.edu

Major accomplishments and activities:

The Student Relations Committee continued the tradition of Student Night in 1999.

Details of the event are listed below:

Date:   Friday, February 5, 1999

Time:   6:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Place:  HUB Room 108, University of Washington

Program:         6:00 - 6 :45     Social Hour & Buffet Dinner

                        6:45 - 7:00      Business Meeting/Announcements by SLA President Alison

                                                Keyes; presentations of student memberships in professional

                                                organizations

                        7:00 - 8:00      Presentation by Cindy Cunningham, amazon.com

                        8:00 - 9:00      Resume Review

Food:   Catered by Eleanors:  lasagna (meat or vegetarian), salad, bread, soft drinks, wine

The numbers:

                                         Pre-Reg.    Drop-in        Attended (includes drop-ins)  

Students                            41                                             36                                 

ASIS                                 6                                               5                                   

LLOPS                              3                                               3                                   

MLA                                 2                                               2                                   

SLA                                  33                  1                         33                                 

ASIS,LLOPS,SLA            1                                               0                                   

ASIS,SLA                         2                                               2                                   

LLOPS,SLA                     3                                               2                                   

LLOPS,MLA,SLA            1                                               1                                   

MLA,SLA                         1                    1                         2                                   

Unaffiliated                      5                                               5                                   

Totals                               98                  2                         91                                 

Financial Report:

Student Registration =  $12.00     Member Registration = $15.00

 Date    Description        Memo              Amount

INCOME

02/06/99                    revenues        1,175.00

02/27/99 IHS Group          sponsorship       200.00

03/30/99 Lexis-Nexis       sponsorship       100.00

TOTAL INCOME                                1,475.00

EXPENSES

01/20/99 UW                 room rental     -445.26

02/06/99 Eleanor's Catering catering        -926.35

02/06/99 Judith Bloch       meeting expenses-155.44

02/06/99 UW                 microphone       -38.01

01/20/99 Kari Anderson      mailing           -6.58

TOTAL EXPENSES                            -1,571.64

MEETING TOTAL                                -96.64

Committee Work:

The Student Relations Committee met once in person on Tuesday, October 20, 1998.  Present at that meeting were:  Judy Bloch, Judy Davis, Fred Hanson, Fred Brown, Beth Clothier.  All subsequent planning was conducted via email.  Planning of the meeting was done entirely by the SLA members.  The ASIS, LLOPS, and MLA representatives recruited resume reviewers from their members, solicited funding from vendors, and contributed gift memberships for the student raffle.

Toni Emerson arranged for Cindy Cunningham of amazon.com to speak about her experiences in various jobs and the specialized skills that librarians have.

In addition to mailing flyers, Fred Brown, the student ASIS representative, posted the announcement on the ASIS student chapter's web site.

The following people agreed to be resume reviewers:

Recruited by SLA:

            Cindy Cunningham, amazon.com

            Nancy Gershenfeld, Microsoft

            Laura Grove, Corbis

            Dan Trefethen, Boeing

            David Motson, Experience Music Project

            Marsha Maguire, Experience Music Project

Recruited by ASIS:

            Ernie Dornfeld, City of Seattle Legislative Department

            Robert Stumberger, Microsoft

            Peg Walther, City University

Recruited by MLA:

            Julia Parker, Pathogenesis Corporation

            Cheryl Goodwin, Swedish Medical Center

            Martha Means, UW Research Funding Services

Recruited by LLOPS:

            Fred Hanson, Preston, Gates & Ellis

            Mary Whisner, UW Gallagher Law Library

            Barbara Rothwell, Foster, Pepper, & Shefelman

Considerations for the 1999/2000 Student Relations Committee:

Regarding the Student Night event:

1.     Date of event:  In addition to checking with the UW Library School to avoid conflicts, we should also check with the School of Library and Information Management at Emporia State University.  I received an email from a student there who expressed a desire to attend this event, but we had scheduled it on a night that these students had classes.  The contact name at this school is:
Donna Naab, Regional Coordinator - Oregon and Utah
School of Library and Information Management
Emporia State University
800-236-7302 or 503-236-3003
donna@spiritone.com

2.   Location:  For the past two years this event has been held on campus.  Both these events had good student turnouts.  We should continue to hold the event on campus.

3.   Sponsors (Professional Organizations):  ASIS, MLA and LLOPS all get billing as co-sponsors for this event, but do not contribute money to this event.  In addition, SLA takes care of all the planning for this event.  The majority of attendants are also from SLA.  We should try to more actively involve these organizations in the planning phase as well as encourage their members to attend.  In addition, we should decide up front about financial contributions.  At a minimum, these organizations should pay for the registration fees for their resume reviewers.

4.   Sponsors (Vendors):  There was some confusion this year about raising vendor money for this event.  Each sponsoring organization should be responsible for trying to get sponsor money.  In addition, it needs to be made clear who within SLA is responsible for getting money - the Student Relations Chair or the Fundraising Chair.

5.   Resume Reviewers:  The large number of resume reviewers that participated this year helped to make the night a success.  We should continue to recruit large numbers of reviewers.  Before reviewers are asked, a decision should be made regarding payment of their registrations (see #3). 

Regarding other activities:

1.   The title of this committee is Student Relations Committee, but the only thing it does is organize an annual Student Night event.  The Pacific Northwest Chapter of SLA should consider taking a more active role with the students at the UW Library School, especially the student chapter of SLA.  At a minimum, we should encourage the students to attend our meetings.