Board Meeting Minutes

Tuesday November 11, 2003
Microsoft Corp. campus

Present: Christina Byrne, Katherine Foster, Frances DeMarco, Jim Foti, Sue Eipert, Becky Withington
Lauri Ellis

The meeting was called to order at 4:35 PM.

Minutes Approval and Confirmation of Email Board Votes
There were no meeting minutes to approve. There were no email votes to be approved..

Committee Vacancies
Public Relations Chair – Susan Smith has stepped down.
Student Relations Chair – Linda Shippert has resigned.
Hospitality Chair – Open position, Barbara agreed to fill in for tonight’s meeting.
Christina is looking for volunteers to fill these positions; she will be making an announcement at tonight’s meeting.

Treasurer’s Report
The Treasurer’s report will be distributed to the board members by email.

Job Descriptions
Carolyn was gathering these and is going to put them into a standard format. Christina will follow-up with her to check on the status of this.

President-Elect report
The Holiday gathering will be held at Tost in Fremont. The event is scheduled for Wednesday night, December 17th. 6-9pm.

SLA Mid-Winter Conference
Christina and Katherine plan to attend thiis.

Archives Report
Jim has deposited latest set of archive materials to the University of Washington Archives. One standard size box was submitted. Jim is going to check into the guidelines doc for all committee chairs and what their archiving responsibilities are so that Sue can post this information on the chapter’s web site.

Lending Library
The Chapter’s subscription to the Cyberskeptics Guide was renewed. There are plans to purchase the new SLA salary survey.

Web Site
The Fall issue of Interface will be posted on the web soon.

Historical list of awards through the years
There are some questions about the chapter’s documentation around grants and awards – specifically the criteria for the awards etc. Becky is going to help Sue track down information on what should be posted on the web site.

Code of Responsibility Form
Voting members of the Board need to fill out this form and send to SLA headquarters. Christina will send a copy to Barbara and Caroline.

The meeting was adjourned at 5:15 PM.   
Minutes submitted by Lauri Ellis.