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Chapter Annual Meeting
Museum of History and Industry - May 21, 2003
Report from event
Renee Remlinger
Chapter Reporter
Becky Withington
Chapter President
From Renee:
Members of the Special Libraries Association Pacific Northwest
Chapter (SLA-PNC) gathered at the Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI) in
Seattle for the
annual meeting on May 21, 2003. With the museum's Seattle 1890 exhibition
as a backdrop,
Becky Withington began the meeting by sharing her heartfelt appreciation
for all the help and counsel she has received as president of SLA-PNC this
past
year. The program included a vote for candidates nominated to the chapter's
Executive Board positions (see below),
presentation of chapter awards, a buffet dinner and a tour of MOHAI's library.
The chapter recognized
Maryanne
Ward's
professional
accomplishments by awarding her with the Career Achievement award, presented
by colleague Jean Sansobrino (photo
below). In
addition, a travel stipend to attend the SLA 2003 Annual Conference in New
York City
was presented to Donna Takeuchi, an MLIS student at UW by Grants & Awards
committee chair Nola Sterling (photo below).
Eight new
members, including five MLIS students from UW's Information School, attended
the event.
One of the evening's highlights was a tour of The Sophie Frye Bass Library
given by Carolyn Marr, MOHAI Librarian, and Kathleen Knies, MOHAI Photographer.
Marr displayed a variety of materials from the collection—including a
Curtis First Edition, photographic glass plates brought to the area by
early settlers and an opening program of The Fifth Avenue Theater. Opened
in the 1950's, the library houses a collection of 1.5 million photographic
images, 10,000 monographs as well as manuscripts, maps and ephemera.
The library's mission is to collect and preserve information about the
history of the greater Seattle area.
From Becky:
Along with the PNW/SLA 2003 nominating committee (Jean Sansobrino,
Kathy Harkness and Nancy Gershenfeld), I'm pleased to announce the nominees
for the 2003-2004
Executive Board were unanimously approved at the chapter annual business meeting
on May 21st, 2003 (photo of
board below). The new Executive Board
members are:
President-Elect: Katherine Foster:
Katherine is currently a Research Librarian in Microsoft Corporation's Law
and Corporate Affairs department. After getting her MLS from the University
of North Texas in 1991, she worked with law firms in Dallas and Seattle.
She has been active in AALL holding various chapter positions as Newsletter
Editor, Chapter President and local arrangements Co-Chair for AALL's 2003
annual meeting to be held here in Seattle this July. She has been a member
of SLA since 1993.
Treasurer: Barbara Wetzel: Prior to her current position of Information Specialist
at the ZymoGenetics Research Library, Barbara worked on cataloging projects
at UWTV and Microsoft Corporation. She was Chair of the UW student chapter
of SLA 1999-2000 and received her MLIS from UW in 2000. She has been active
in the local SLA chapter serving currently as Hospitality Chair.
Continuing their terms are:
President: Christina Byrne
Secretary: Lauri Ellis
Director: Carolyn Ruby
Past President: Becky Withington
The 2003/2004 term of office officially begins at the conclusion of the association-wide
annual business meeting, which will be held on June 11, 2003.
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