INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DIVISION
SPECIAL LIBRARIES ASSOCIATION
EXECUTIVE BOARD MEETING
JUNE 10, 1998
HYATT REGENCY, INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA

PRESENT:

Officers: Hope Tillman, Chair; Karen Bleakley, Chair-Elect; Lillian Mesner, Past Chair, Dee Magnoni, Treasurer; Lynne Bidwell, Secretary

Committee Representatives: Charlotte Kohrs, Archives; Alice Marksberry, b/ITE Business Manager; Vandana Ranjan, AAC Chair -Elect; Debbie Sharp, Minneapolis Program Planner

Section Representatives: Tony Hall, (representing Libby Trudell), Virtual Section Chair; Erlinda Compton, Technical Services Chair-Elect; Connie Sheridan, Technical Services Chair; Karalyn Kavanaugh, Information Systems Chair-Elect; Seymour C. Satin, Digital Content Chair; Holly Chong-Williams, Government Information Section Chair-Elect/Membership; Ty Webb, Virtual Chair-Elect

Carol Gehringer, ITE Member, Walt Howe, ITE Member

CALL TO ORDER:

Chair Tillman called the meeting to order at 4:05 p.m.

MEETING AGENDA:

Tillman circulated the meeting agenda.

MINUTES:

Bidwell circulated the minutes of the June 7, 1998 Executive Board Meeting. Magnoni moved for approval of the minutes; Bleakley seconded the motion; the motion carried unanimously.

OFFICER’S REPORTS:

Chair: Tillman commented that she has been very pleased to work with Mesner this past year and believes that we have laid the groundwork for a more responsive division. Now that we have updated section names and charges, she looks forward to being able to use these directions to be meaningful to our members. She looks forward to Mesner’s support as Past Chair, and welcomed Chair Elect, Bleakley, and the rest of the ITE Board of officers and committee chairs. We will be working closely together to keep the momentum going.

- Report from the Division Cabinet: Tillman has a copy of the Division Cabinet report.

- The New Brighton Conference has been renamed the Global 2000 Conference. The goal for attendance is 800-1,200. This conference is a great opportunity to get attendance from Asia. If the conference is successful, SLA may decide to hold it every 2-3 years.

- Mesner moved to suspend our bylaws and have a single slate of officers pending revision of bylaws; Kavanaugh seconded the motion; the motion carried unanimously.

- New sections: communications, goal setting, development of position descriptions: Tillman invited discussion of the new sections. Mesner will be mailing the information about the new sections to all Chapter newsletters, SLA listservs, list of lists, and to other websites.

- Use of chat, board and division listservs, and forum: We will be moving the division’s listserv to SLA because they will support the division listserv and Board listserv. We may do a conference wrapup in chat format. Our goal is to use chat, and the listservs more this coming year.

- 50th Anniversary planning: Tillman will verify with Headquarters that the Documentation Committee, the predecessor the ITE Division was founded in 1949. The 50th anniversary of the division will be celebrated in 1999 at the Minneapolis Annual Conference.

TREASURER’S REPORT:

Compton has turned over the books to the new Treasurer, Magnoni. Compton commented that it would be a good idea to have all expected expenses for the Minneapolis Annual Conference submitted to Magnoni by October 1, 1998

Balance ending May 31, 1998
Checking/Operating Fund $24,417.87
Savings/Reserve Fund $37,367.17
Total Available Funds $61,785.04

Webb moved to have Compton retain signature power on CD until they mature; Mesner seconded it; the motion passed unanimously. Bidwell moved to accept the Treasurer’s report; Satin seconded it; the motion passed unanimously.

SECTION CHAIR REPORTS/REMARKS:

- Technical Services Section: Compton and Sheridan will be working closely together on this section.

- Virtual: Hall reported for Trudell that she will be looking at case studies.

- Webmaster Section: The web site needs attention of many people. McCulley wasn’t able to attend this meeting. Tillman reminded the section and committee chairs to update the information on the web site.

COMMITTEE CHAIR REPORTS/REMARKS:

- 1999 Minneapolis Program Planner: The SLA Conference Planning Guide is online at www.sla.org/conf_meet/guide. This web site requires a password. Contact Katz for the password to access the 1999 Planner’s information online.

- Global 2000 Program Planner: Tillman reported for Wiley that Blackwell’s will be one of the sponsors for this conference. We will be looking for vendor sponsorship. Contact Wiley with ideas for vendor sponsorship.

- Affirmative Action: Ranjan has the handbook for affirmative action, if anyone needs to see it.

- b/ITE: Mesner moved to authorize the purchase of PageMaker for b/ITE; Bleakley seconded it; the motion passed unanimously. Howe requested that new words for the b/ITE glossary be submitted to him.

- Bylaws and Strategic Planning: Mesner will be working on revising the division’s bylaws and the procedures manual. She will need a lot of input from the Board.

- Membership: Chong-Williams plans to send postcards to new members.

- Professional Development: Sharp reported that the deadline for CE Courses is August 1, 1998.

OLD BUSINESS:

There was no Old Business.

NEW BUSINESS:

- Letterhead design: We need to update our letterhead. An announcement for soliciting new designs will be placed in b/ITE.

- South Atlantic Regional Conference, “Networking 2000:” Gehringer reported that the conference will be held in Charleston, South Carolina, March 11-13, 1999. Kavanaugh moved to support the South Atlantic Regional Conference by offering $750 in seed money; Sheridan seconded it; the motion passed.

ADJOURNMENT:

Mesner moved to adjourn the meeting; Bleakley seconded it; the motion passed unanimously. The meeting was adjourned at 5:30 p.m.

Respectively Submitted,
Lynne Bidwell, Secretary
June 1998


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