The meeting was called to order at 6:50.

The October 4, 2000 Executive Board Meeting minutes were approved.  The email vote to provide a $500 travel stipend each for the President and President-Elect to attend the 2001 Winter Meeting passed unanimously and was confirmed.

Corey Murata presented the Treasurer's Report, which included a summary report for 2000, a 2000 meetings report, information on exhibitors and sponsors for the Joint Regional Meeting in April, a Pacific Northwest Chapter balance sheet as of 12/31/00 and year-end financial information for 2000, a summary of bank accounts, and a statement of liabilities as of 12/31/00.  Corey will provide additional information concerning the category "Other" under "Meeting Expenses" in the 2000 Summary Report.  Anticipated differences between the 2000 and 2001 budgets include expenses for the Joint Regional Meeting, and cost savings from the elimination of the hardcopy mailings of Interface (although this may be offset by a loss in advertising revenue).  It was noted that we do not do an annual budget every year, but if we wanted to it would be best to do it in November or December.

Frances DeMarco reported that the pricing structure has been established for Chapter Website sponsorships and online Interface advertising.  On the Website, sponsorships and advertising are similar but are placed in different locations.  A directory of sponsors has been placed on the Website.  Sponsorship opportunities will be addressed with the Vendor Relations Chair for the coming year.

It was noted that Barbara Wetzel has still not submitted a trip report from the SLA Annual Conference for the Interface, as was requested in her grant notification letter.

Chris Mulready provided a high-end cost estimate of $17,380 for the Joint Regional Meeting from the W Hotel.  He feels that we could drop the prices on all food items if necessary, and noted that we are currently only contracted for $2600 with the W Hotel.  Other expenses will include programs, travel and one night's lodging for speakers.  We assume that the Western Canada and Oregon Chapters will take care of their own mailings for the meeting.  Chris reported that sponsors are being charged $700, that we have 8 or 9 so far, and that he anticipates lining up additional sponsorships.  Chris will organize a publicity committee that will be responsible for developing a slogan, theme, and colors for the meeting.  He will also determine pricing for a program in black and white.   The meeting agenda was discussed, particularly the start time and timing for the vendor fair.  Chris requested that people send him their suggestions for a revised agenda within one week so that he can generate a new proposed agenda.

Dana Bostrom provided a list of discussion points concerning the annual Student Night.  It was generally agreed that we should modify our approach to iSchool students in order to better support our primary objective, recruitment.  Among the ideas discussed were providing an SLA presence at iSchool Brown Bags, organizing a Resume Review Booth for the upcoming Career Fair, locating some of our regular meetings near the UW and gearing them to students, providing more frequent small events (like the Brown Bags) instead of a "student" meeting, and providing a Fall social instead of a Winter student night.  It was agreed that next year's Student Relations Chair should use these ideas to organize a change in our approach.  Chris Mulready will attend a student meeting in late February in order to provide information concerning SLA.

There was a brief discussion of the Nominations Committee for next year.  It was confirmed that Nola Sterling is responsible for naming people to the Committee.

Vince Kueter provided a brief Communications Group report concerning the Website.  Sue Eipert reminded people to send items to her if they belong on the Website or update information already on the Website.  These include the Interface, columns, news items, committee reports, updates to the sponsor directory, and events and registration forms.  She also requested that people be responsible for checking their information as it appears on the Website.  Sue notifies people when she updates their information and sends announcements to the list concerning major items posted on the Website.

It was confirmed that the 1999 Chapter Directory is the most current available.  SLA Headquarters wants to phase out hard copy directories and our chapter is not planning on doing another one.  It was agreed that we should have a link to the full SLA membership directory on our Website, and there was a discussion concerning how to provide our chapter's membership as a subset, in a printer-friendly format, with regular updates.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:40 PM.  

Minutes submitted by Dawn Duddleson.