PAMwide Roundtable
Susan Fingerman
Susan.Fingerman@jhuapl.edu
June 5, 2005
Notes by Christina Pikas
Moderated by Susan Fingerman
The meeting was called to order at 8:35. A reminder was given about feedback forms. Cynthia Holt passed out the Annual conference directory of PAM attendees. Attendees introduced themselves.
Divison News
Presented by Cynthia Holt – PAM directory (100 members attending), Yellow cards with social dance card
Timetable for PAM officer appointments -- moving to a calendar year model from a conference to conference schedule
- Past
- June, elections, chair-elect becomes chair, elect new chair-elect. Secretary and treasurer are staggered, so we elect one or the other each year.
- Chair elect fundraises for the chair’s conference. Chair elect plans for the next (1.5 years later) conference at the winter meeting
- Proposed
- Elections in the fall (electronically if approved)
- Current officers will be in for 6 months extra, with the exception of treasurer (6 months less) and the secretary (6 months more)
- The bulk of the conference is planned as chair-elect
- Past chair will take over fundraising for their conference
- New position – conference assistant, appointed June-June
- Feedback requested
Note: these changes are necessary to support SLA’s proposed bylaws change. If the proposed bylaws don’t pass then this won’t all happen
Discussion of new way of programming the conference
- To avoid duplications
- Fewer programming spots
- Proposed sessions will have to be approved by SLA so that they don’t duplicate other
New Logo
- Presented by Melissa Hilbert, Kristi Jensen
- IOP graphics department donated their time and proposed two designs based on information provided by the committee
- Goal to
- Make it more usable across different media
- More modern/professional look
- Tie in to SLA
- Still represent the p-a-m aspects
- There will be a poster copy of the logos in the suite, fill out a feedback card
- Options
- Take one of the new logos
- Keep old logo
- Ask the designer to change one of the logos
