SLA/PAM Business Meeting
Tuesday June 5, 2007
7:00-8:30AM
Session Theme: PAM really rocks!
Sponsored by APS
Hyatt Regency, Capitol 4
70 people in attendance
Moderator: Joe Kraus
Scribe: Sally Bosken
1. Call to order & welcome at 7:30 a.m. A special welcome was given to Sylvia James, our SLA liaison and current SLA treasurer. Thanks to the American Physical Society and Barbara Hicks for supporting us this morning with a lovely breakfast.
2. The Secretary’s report of the 2006 business meeting was distributed to all the attendees. Michael Blake approved and Kathleen Robertson seconded the minutes and they were accepted.
3. Governing Document Modification: A handout was distributed. Changes were proposed concerning the “Nominations and Elections” section of the Governing Document. This will allow a web-based election during the Fall. Notification of the Fall election will be sent by email, PAMnet, and paper mail. Ruth Kneale moved to accept the changes; Alison Verbeck seconded. Voted and passed as presented.
NOMINATIONS AND ELECTIONS
Officers will be elected by the division membership. A Nominating Committee for each election of members to the board shall be appointed by the board. Procedures for nomination and the election of candidates shall be determined by the PAM Division Practices Manual.
4. Nominating Committee: The candidates for office will be elected in the fall so people who do not attend SLA conferences can have a voice.
5. Treasurer’s Report: Our balance is $33,794.69. See the treasurer’s report for specific expenditures. Our thanks go to all of the organizations and people who have supported us this past year.
6. Committee Reports:
a. Awards: Stella Ota presented the 2007 PAM Achievement Award to Robert C. Michaelson; pictures were taken. Bob gave a gracious and humorous acceptance speech. He thanked all who participated and thanked PAM for this honor.
b. PAM Division Award: No award was presented this year, but Stella read the criteria so we can all think of a possible winner for next year.
c. Archives: JoAnn Sears (not present) She is continuing to scan the archival PAM bulletins; this should be finished this summer.
d. Fundraising: Kristi Jensen (not present) $33,750 was raised for this year. This was a fabulous achievement!
e. International Relations: Nisa Bakkalbasi will post information on the IRC section of the PAM Website. She was delighted to have Shahid Soroya with us this year for our SLA/PAM conference.
f. Membership: Cindy Mader – The membership directory is circulating; please update your listing. Please keep Cindy up-to-date when changes are made to your contact information. Membership is at 244 people, up from last year by 5%.
g. Networking: Julie Arendt (no comment)
h. Nominating: David Stern – People are needed to work on this committee.
i. Professional Development: John Dupuis (not present)
j. Mentoring: Karen Croneis (no comment)
k. Publisher Relations: Liz Bryson (no comment)
l. Strategic Planning: Peggy Dominy – please fill out your evaluation forms.
m. Practices Manual: Joe requested that all committee chairs update their section of the Practices Manual.
7. Joe reported the following items that were discussed at the 2007 PAM board meeting on Sunday afternoon:
a. Discussed the governing document change
b. Sponsorship of the bulletin & other PAM activities
c. Newcomers luncheon at Brown Palace – 6 new members
d. International award winners for 2005 and 2006 – The two men from the past two years who were unable to attend because of visa problems were awarded $200 each, a collection of books, and an award certificate.
e. 2008 Seattle conference information
8. 2008 Seattle conference: Parker Ladwig. Seattle’s theme is “Breaking rules, building bridges”.
Changes for next year are based on past surveys from SLA
a. Conference will begin Sunday evening and end Wednesday afternoon. This will give a feeling of a defined start and finish to conference.
b. Too many activities – divisions will be limited to 10 sessions.
c. Length of programs will vary between 60, 90, and 120 minutes.
Proposed programs
a. Gaming with the Military Division
b. Newcomers lunch
c. Board meeting
d. Science of coffee: co-sponsor with SciTech
e. PAM-Wide roundtable & international award presentation
f. PAM networking breakfast combined with the business meeting
g. Computer science roundtable
h. Physics roundtable
i. Poster session
j. Astronomy roundtable
k. Mathematics roundtable
Thoughts:
a. There is interest in adding “computer science” to the PAM Division. Parker will survey SLA membership to see what the member preferences are. He will discuss and announce the proposed survey to the Computer Science Roundtable session later this morning.
b. 30% of our members are not on PAMnet. Currently, when new members join we have an opt-in policy. He would like to subscribe new members automatically. For those who don’t want to be on PAMnet, they can opt-out. International members might prefer the current policy because of additional expenses.
c. Still looking for roundtable moderators for next year. Please contact Parker if you can volunteer.
d. Question: When will the early bird dinner occur in Seattle? Answer: Saturday night. On Sunday, we will have the newcomers lunch and the board meeting.
e. Parker thanked all of the sponsors who contributed to making our PAM activities so successful this year.
9 Joe presented thank you gifts to many members who contributed:
1. Laurel Kristick - newcomers lunch
2. Parker Ladwig – chair elect
3. Ruth Kneale – PAMwide roundtable moderator & Spectacles talk
4. Sara Thompson – e-books on steroids session
5. Donna Thompson – ADS & E-books on Steroids moderator
6. Ken Harper – physics roundtable moderator
7. Joe Murphy – astronomy roundtable moderator
8. Holly Flynn – mathematics roundtable moderator
9. Karen Croneis - mentoring
10. David Stern – nominating committee
11. Kathy Wolcott- public relations
12. Peggy Dominy – strategic planning
13. Thurston Miller – PAMnet listserv moderator
14. Robert Fowler – cataloging liaison
15. Stella Ota – awards
16. Kristine Fowler - practices manual editor
17. Liz Bryson – publishers liaison
18. Mohammed Shahid Soroya - international award winner
19. Cindy Mader– membership work
20. Nisa Bakkalbasi– International Relations
21. Sally Bosken - Secretary
22. Susan Koskinen – hospitality
23. Julie Arendt – webmaster
24. Sara Russell Gonzalez – PAM bulletin & astronomy roundtable moderator
25. Bob Noel – treasurer
10. Parker presented an award to Joe for his outstanding leadership. He was the first PAM chairperson to start in January. His gift was a set of book plates with an illustration of a cowboy herding cattle with the inscription “PAM Chair 2007 +”.
11. Other Announcements: Liz Bryson reminded everyone that Dave Stern is looking for contributions to the Haworth journal he edits, Science and Technology Libraries.
12. The meeting was adjourned at 8:15 a.m.
