Officers: Zohreh Imam, Chair; Mary Marshall, Past-Chair; John Piety, Chair-Elect; Lillian Mesner,Treasurer; Jeanne Spala, Secretary.

Judy Field acted as Parliamentarian for this meeting.

CALL TO ORDER:

The meeting was called to order at 12:15 pm by Chair Imam.

The minutes of the 1995 Annual Meeting and the Slate of Candidates were distributed.

INTRODUCTIONS:

Imam introduced all Division officers and Chairs to the attendees.

MINUTES:

The minutes of the 1995 Annual Business Meeting were accepted by acclamation.

CHAIR'S SUMMARY:

Imam reported on the successful establishment of our Division WEB page as a means to improve member communication. She introduced Sharon Ladner, WEB Master, and thanked her and her Committee for an excellent job. Ladner introduced her Co-WEB Masters for the coming year and solicited feedback and encouraged assistance from all interested Division members.

Imam also commented on the challenges faced by the Division specifically to identifying members willing to assist in the operation of the Division as committee members and officers. She encouraged all to participate as more involvement is critical to a successful future for the Division.

Imam reported that a Strategic Planning Committee has been formed and charged with conducting a needs assessment and making recommendations to the Board. Piety and Imam are spear-heading this effort. Members were asked to please share their ideas.

TREASURER'S REPORT:

Mesner distributed her report and reviewed our financial position.

KEYNOTE SPEAKER:

Ethel Daly, Sr. VP Marketing and Product Management, Knight-Ridder addressed the group.

NOMINATIONS:

Due to the difficulty in recruiting willing candidates, Imam referred to the need to suspend our existing bylaws for the purposes of conducting this year's election. Piety read the sections of the Bylaws in question and then moved to suspend Article 9, Sections 2 - 7 of the ITE Bylaws for the purpose of this election. The motion was seconded by Spala; after discussion, the question passed.

Marshall submitted the slate of candidates:

Officers:

Chair Elect - Lillian Mesner

Treasurer - Erlinda Compton

Sections, Chair Elects:

Government - Christie Robinson

Microcomputers - Karen Bleakley

Networking - Dianna Magnoni

Online - Deborah Lynne Wiley

Technical Service - open

Tchobanoff moved to accept this slate as presented; the motion was seconded by Piety and passed by affirmation.

ANNOUNCEMENTS:

Piety was introduced to the group by Imam. He set a time-table for the strategic plan for completion in the next three months and asked for volunteers to consider becoming involved in the Division. He commented that plans are moving forward for programs in Seattle. Finally, he stated his goal to provide 4 issues of b/ITE in the next year.

The new Board assumes their duties at the close of this meeting.

ADJOURNMENT

The meeting was adjourned at 1:15 pm.