Present: Dana Bostrom, Vivienne Burke, Dawn Duddleson, Toni Emerson, Alison Keyes, Mary Frances Lembo (via speaker phone), Corey Murata, Nola Sterling, Dan Trefethen

Guest Speaker: Bill Gembala, UW SLIS Alumni Association

The meeting was called to order at 5:10 PM.

The October 19, 1999 Board Meeting minutes were approved. The email Board vote on the Strategic Plan will be confirmed at the next meeting. Toni will forward additional votes to Dawn.

Association Headquarters have asked that SLA Chapters contribute to a fellowship fund being raised to help overseas librarians attend the Global 2000 meeting in Brighton. It was proposed that our Chapter contribute $200 to the fund. The motion was passed unanimously.

The Lake Washington Technical College has a program for Library Technicians and would like SLA to participate on their Visiting Committee in order to provide guidance to the College. Participation would include attending two meetings per year and providing email feedback on any questions that arise. The representative would also submit a report to the SLA Chapter Board after each meeting. This position will be open to the general Chapter membership, and Alison will post a notice in the Interface and on the listserv to inform everyone of this opportunity.

Alison reported on the latest UW Visiting Committee meeting, which concerned current changes to the vision and purpose of the newly renamed Information School, or "I-School." The Visiting Committee will be adding three or four new members, and it was proposed that the Chapter might want to nominate someone for these new positions. Nola and Mary Frances volunteered, and Alison will put their names forward to the Committee.

The Chapter subscribes to two journals, The Cyberskeptic's Guide to Internet Research ($99.00/year) and Info Advisor ($159.00/year). These two journals plus the SLA Salary Survey use the Chapter's entire publications budget. Vivienne suggested that current usage of the journals through routing might not justify renewal and that we could purchase other material with the money saved if we do not renew. Dan offered to provide a summary for each issue of the Cyberskeptic's Guide, including hot links, in order to get more use from this subscription. With that in mind, it was proposed that we renew this subscription; the motion passed unanimously. Vivienne will prepare a budget and a proposal of what she would like to purchase if we do not renew Info Advisor.

The current Grants and Awards Committee Chair has resigned. Toni will make an announcement at tonight's general meeting that we need someone to fill this position.

Dana announced that Student Night will be January 28. We need sponsors and resume reviewers for this meeting. Deborah Jacobs will be the speaker. Dana introduced Bill Gembala from the UW SLIS Alumni Association mentoring program. He discussed the program and said that he would like to see year-round mentoring rather than a single annual event. The Alumni Association is trying to put together a database of mentors on their web page. Toni will talk to Chris Mulready about providing a link from our web site to theirs.

The meeting was adjourned at 5:55 PM.
Minutes submitted by Dawn Duddleson.