Information Technology Division
Special Libraries Association
Annual Membership Meeting
Tuesday, June 13, 2000
Philadelphia Marriott, Philadelphia, PA

PRESENT:

Officers: Karen Bleakley, Chair; Trudy Katz, Chair-Elect; Hope Tillman, Past Chair; Dee Magnoni, Treasurer; Deborah Sharp, Secretary

CALL TO ORDER:

Chair Bleakley called the meeting to order at 12:22 p.m.

ACCEPTANCE OF AGENDA:

Bleakley circulated the meeting agenda. Motion made to accept agenda. Motion carried.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF SPONSORS:

Bleakley acknowledged the following sponsors for their generous support throughout the conference.

Access Innovations, Inc.

The Dialog Corporation

EBSCO Subscription Services

Factiva, A Dow Jones & Reuters Company

Faxon, Rowecom Academic & Medical Services

Information Today, Inc.

Inmagic, Inc.

LEXIS-NEXIS

Library Associates

Micromedia Limited, IHS Canada

Northern Light Technology, Inc.

NOTEbookS Library Automation

OCLC

Rowecom, Inc.

SilverPlatter Information

MINUTES FROM THE JUNE 7, 1999 MEETING:

Motion made to accept the minutes from June 1999. Motion carried.

TREASURER'S REPORT:

Magnoni reported the following:

DITE Mid-Year Financial Statement

1/1/2000 through 5/31/2000

INCOME

Dues Allotment 26190.00

Interest Income  46.27

Meeting Income 3364.00

Sponsorships               2700.00

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TOTAL INCOME                        32300.27

EXPENSES

Bank Charges                92.82

Bulletin -- Non-Adv 3873.82

Meeting Expense          1607.12

Miscellaneous Exp 78.08

Postage & Supply         22.80

Void     0.00

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TOTAL EXPENSES                   5674.64

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TOTAL INCOME - EXPENSE      $26,625.63

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DITE Balance Sheet by Year

As of 5/31/2000

ASSETS

Cash and Bank Accounts

BankBoston Checking                9606.95            36232.58

BankBoston Savings                             10219.07           10329.99

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TOTAL Cash and Bank Accounts            19826.02           46562.57

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TOTAL ASSETS                                                19826.02           46562.57

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LIABILITIES & EQUITY

LIABILITIES                                                       0.00      0.00

EQUITY                                                            19826.02           46562.57

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TOTAL LIABILITIES & EQUITY                19826.02           46562.57

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Motion made to approve treasurer’s report. Motion carried.

REMARKS FROM THE CHAIR:

Bleakley reported that this had been a busy year. Division has changed with improvements for membership. Strategic Planning session held at Winter Meeting 2000 developed goals of enhancing services and growing the membership and created two Task Forces. Over the past year the ITE by-laws were updated and changed, the ITE discussion list was improved, and b/ITE went 100% electronic thanks to Jim Smallwood. Bleakley thanked the current Committee and Section Chairs. She announced the Education & Training Task Force would be combined with the Learning Community Task Force. She also announced that the Programming/Systems Analysis & Design Section would be absorbed by the Information Systems Section, and three Committees: Awards, Career Guidance, Membership, and a new committee, Mentoring, would be combined into one committee called Member Services. Finally, the Communications Division has approached the ITE Division with a merger proposal. Discussion between ITE and COM were favorable. Over the coming year, COM will take the proposal to their entire membership with plans to vote on the merger at next year’s annual business meeting. Bleakley thanked Lynn Bidwell for her excellent job as Philadelphia Program Planner and Trudy Katz for the wonderful job she did at fund raising.

REMARKS OF THE CHAIR-ELECT:

Katz presented Bleakley with a beautiful Amish wall hanging.

NOMINATING COMMITTEE REPORT:

Chair Tillman announced following slate of nominees:

Chair-Elect: Dianna Magnoni, Treasurer: Holly Chong-Williams, Digital Content: Gary Price, Information Systems: S. Michael Kim, Virtual: Lois Weinstein, Webmaster: Patricia Suarez. Motion made to accept the slate. Motion carried.

OLD BUSINESS:

Bylaws and Strategic Planning: Tillman explained bylaws changes. Motion made to approve bylaws changes. Motion carried.

Learning Community Task Force: Andy Breeding explained the beginning of the Task Force, described what it might include and asked for interested members to join.

50th Anniversary Celebration: Sharon McKay described the event to be held in San Antonio at a nearby hotel. It will be ticketed at a modest price. Event will include a champagne toast, entertainment, a commemorative booklet, history and photos. Watch ITE web site for more information.

NEW BUSINESS

There was no new business.

ADJOURNMENT

There being no further business, the meeting adjourned at 1:10 p.m.

Deborah Sharp, Secretary
June 2000

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