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Elections 2004/2005 SLA Board of Directors

This is your opportunity acquaint yourself with each candidate running for SLA Office to serve on the 2004/2005 Board of Directors by reviewing their biographies along with their views on the information profession and leadership. Candidate speeches made at the Leadership Summit on January 22, 2004 will be added at the end of January. Remember to exercise your right to vote!

Ballots for the 2004 Spring Election were mailed to the membership on January 26, 2004 and are due back March 8, 2004.

You will be electing one person for each of President-Elect, Division Cabinet Chair-Elect, Chapter Cabinet Chair-Elect, and two Directors.

Candidate Speech presented to Association Leadership
January 22, 2004

Patricia Cia, Candidate, Chapter Cabinet Chair-Elect *

The Special Libraries Association mission to promote and strengthen its members through learning, advocacy and networking concisely shows our strengths as well as areas for continual improvement. Learning and networking opportunities are Association, Division and Chapter strengths. Whether at the local meeting or annual conference, our members connect through social and professional development opportunities.

We continue to live through changing times at SLA. We are again finding our path to the future and are ready to communicate it to the world. Communication is vital for advocacy or promoting our value as information professionals to our colleagues and management as well as to the business, government, academic and other special communities we serve. The unveiling of our new branding initiatives provide an opportunity to open discussions on our profession and our value to the community.

Communication has been a major theme during my six years on the Western Canada Chapter Board. Whether as Treasurer, Bulletin Editor, Communications Director or President, I found it important to actively encourage communications among members, the Chapter Board and the Association.

Our Chapter embraced technology such as the discussion list, web site and now virtual programming in order to exchange ideas, learn and to ensure continuity for our Chapter . . . all especially important when board members may live over 2000 miles apart and the Chapter's area is two million square miles.

No matter the challenges, we should all take advantage of SLA's tools and guidance in exploring new ways of providing value to our members. I hope to bring my diverse experiences with the Western Canada Chapter to the position of Chapter Cabinet Chair-Elect. I look forward to working with you, learning about your Chapters and helping you in any way, including to communicate with your members and the Association.

Thank you!

Patricia Cia

* The Chair-Elect assists the Chapter Cabinet Chair who serves on the SLA Board of Directors and serves as the focus for Chapter concerns, from the smallest to largest Chapters

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