Transcript Year in Review - SLA

Annual General Meeting
May 30, 2002
Welcome!
AGM Agenda
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Call to order
Approval of minutes of last AGM
Bylaws
Year in review
Election of officers
Incoming President’s remarks
New business
Motion to adjourn
Approval of AGM
Minutes May 28, 2001
Bylaws
AGM - May 30, 2002
SLA WCC Bylaws
Process
 Feb to May 2002
 Review, Revise
 Drafts to Final Drafts
 Ballots to SLA WCC Membership
(e-mail, by mail or fax, and also to Chapter Discussion List)
 Amendments approved - 100%
 Ratification of amended Bylaws
Bylaws
Motion
I move that the amended SLA WCC Chapter
Bylaws, as revised by the Chapter Bylaws
Committee and approved by ballot of the
membership, be ratified by the assembled
members of the SLA WCC Chapter at this
annual business meeting.
Treasurer’s Report
AGM - May 30, 2002
Overview
An
overview
of our
financial
condition
• Current balances
• Expenditures
• Income
• Budget report
Current Balances
Operating Account Balance
Reserve Account Balance
Total cash in bank accounts
Liabilities
Equity
May 2001
May 2002
$7,718
$8,125
$15,843
$0
$15,843
$6,919
$8,547
$15,466
$0
$15,466
2001-2002 Expenditure Pattern
Donations
2%
Other
0.2%
Executive expense
15%
Virtual Meetings
16%
Programming
67%
2001-2002 Income Pattern
Interest
3%
Virtual Meetings
9%
Programming
56%
Sponsorships
4%
SLA HQ dues
allotment
28%
Budget Report
Budget 2002 Actual 2002 Comments on YTD
SLA HQ dues allotment
Meeting income
Interest income
Sponsorships
Total Income
Meeting expense
Executive expense
Donations
Special Projects &
Communications
Misc. expenses
Total expenses
$4,400
$10,650
$450
$2,150
$17,650
($12,800)
($3,300)
($500)
($900)
($150)
($17,650)
$4,260
$9,721
$425
$555
$14,960
($12,836)
($2,290)
($319)
Membership decline
OK
Realized
No major Fund Dev. activities
OK
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OK - student scholarships pending
Membership survey, mailings …
($32) Fall 2002
OK - No advertising costs
($15,478)
Year in Review
AGM - May 30, 2002
Mission
SLA WCC provides dynamic individuals and
groups involved in the business of information with
an energizing environment in which to build and
share the skills and expertise they need to thrive
and prosper in a changing economy. We achieve
this through enterprising leadership, timely
communication, meaningful mentoring and the
provision of outstanding learning opportunities.
Strategic Initiatives
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2001 - 2002
Operational Goals
Strong, diversified, active,
satisfied membership
Member Needs Survey
• Survey coming soon
• 222 members
Employment Resources
• 278 postings to Discussion List
• Revised Web Page
Strong, diversified, active,
satisfied membership
Student involvement
• Student Scholarships
• Mentors for Students
• 2nd Annual Student/Practioner Pub Nite
• Presentations to students
Flexible, responsive human and
technical infrastructure
Behind the Scenes
• Operational Plan
• Financial Reporting
• Bylaws
Flexible, responsive human and
technical infrastructure
Communicating Chapter Business
• Web Site - www.sla.org/chapter/cwcn
– Chapter’s Financial Summary - Treasurer
– Mentors for Students section – Tracey Carmichael
– Updated Bylaws – Bylaws Committee
• Discussion List
– 396 subscribers
– Changes coming
• Greater security, better speed in posting
• Archiving & searching capabilities
• No attachments
Flexible, responsive human and
technical infrastructure
Communicating Chapter Business
• Wired West - www.sla.org/chapter/cwcn/wwest/
– A Special Collection (Spring 2002)
– Learning (Winter 2002)
– Flexibility (Fall 2001)
– SLA Annual Conference Reports (Summer 2001)
Innovative, quality, responsive & timely
professional development experiences
Wired West Spring 2002
• Volunteer Workers at the YWCA Women's
Information Centre
• Letter from London, Internet Librarian
• Special Libraries and the Saskatchewan
Multitype Library System
• WWW: Writing for the Wired World
Innovative, quality, responsive & timely
professional development experiences
Wired West Winter 2002
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A Librarian's Experience in an MBA program
Archives: An Overview
It's About The People
Strategis: Hot Tips and Pet Peeves
The Adventures of the Practicum Student
Conference Report: Internet Librarian 2001
Who's Hiring Where
Innovative, quality, responsive & timely
professional development experiences
Wired West Fall 2001
• Setting up a Library from Scratch
• Learning valuable lessons, and painful ones, on
the "cutting edge"
• Knowledge Champions Institute
• Virtually Yours - Yours Virtually
• Invitation to Mentor a Student
Innovative, quality, responsive & timely
professional development experiences
Wired West Summer 2001
• SLA Annual Conference in San Antonio
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Motivating the Team
New Web Order
Gary Hoover
First Time Experience
Conference Report
Best International Business Sites
Image of Librarians
• Seattle Meeting, April 21, 2001
Innovative, quality, responsive & timely
professional development experiences
Wired West Contributors
Ana Rosa Blue, Arden Matheson, Arlene Higgs
Barbara Holder, Carol Shepstone, Coral Payne
Daphne Bruce, Debbie Schachter, Debbie Millward
Gordon Coleman, Jennifer Bobrovitz, Joel Minion
Joleen Wright, Karol Sinats, Lorinda van Kleek,
Lynne Foster, Michelle Mallette, Patricia Cia
sRhona Karbusicky, Robyn Wanner, Rosemary Griebel
Shelley Tegart, Suzanne Ottewell, Tracey Carmichael
Innovative, quality, responsive & timely
professional development experiences
Quality Events
• 32 programmes in 7 cities
• Calgary
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The San Antonio Experience
Beyond Libraries: Leveraging Skillsets in the Information Age
Electronic Licensing *
Taming Wild Content: Making Information Useable & Searchable
Generational Change
Business Information Sources and Analysis
Innovative, quality, responsive & timely
professional development experiences
Quality Events
• Manitoba
– New Applications, New Challenges: Technology Trends *
– "Powerful Talk": Effective Business Communications
• Vancouver
– Bill Fisher, SLA President Elect
- How to be a survivor and stay that way!
– Holiday Networking Event SLA/VOLUG
– Due Diligence
– Competitive Intelligence in Review (tonight)
Innovative, quality, responsive & timely
professional development experiences
SLA WCC Virtual Initiative
• SLA WCC Virtual Events
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Inaugural year
3 programmes
48 sites (Swift Current, Nanaimo, Edmonton, Saskatoon…)
161 participants
• SLA International Virtual Events
– 3 seminars
– Calgary, Edmonton, Regina,
Saskatoon, Vancouver, Victoria
Leader in the Western Canadian
information management community
Exploring Partnerships
• Co-sponsoring events
– BCLA, CASLIS, GLABC, SAIT, SCIP
VOLUG, VALL, HLABC, Saskatchewan Library Assn
• Extending members rates to SLA WCC
– BCLA annual conference
• Vendors
Partnership with SLA International
Information conduit
• Chapter Cabinet meetings
• Board Watching
• Focus Group Participant
• Obtained SLA Chat Transcripts
• SLA International updates
Who made it happen
• Directors
• Chairs
• Committees and volunteers
• SLA International
. . . and YOU the members!
Officers
• Debbie Millward - Past President
• Gael Blackhall - President Elect
• Diane Walker - Secretary
• Lynne Foster - Communications
Directors
• Susanne Barker - Vancouver Island
• Carol Saxon - Vancouver
• Nancy MacKenzie - Calgary
• Christina Andrews - Edmonton
• Carol Shepstone - Saskatchewan
• Shu Huang - Manitoba
Chairs
• Joleen Wright - Archives
• Susannah Tredwell - Bulletin Editor
• Kim Nayyer - Discussion List
• Gordon Coleman - Employment
Chairs (continued)
• Marissa Poratto - Membership
• Coral Payne - Public Relations
• Tracey Carmichael - Student Liaison
• Barbara Holder - Virtual Programmes
Programme Committees
• Calgary
– Lorraine Bedet
– Gael Blackhall
– Mary Holden
– Erika Scott
– Valerie Swanson
• Saskatchewan
– Teresa Wright Eastley (Regina)
Programme Committees
• Edmonton
– Debbie Hunter
– John Sinclair
• Vancouver
– Shawna Ford
– Linda Levar
• Virtual Initiative
– Lorna Adcock
– Keith Low
– John Sinclair
Special Committees
• Bylaws
– Debbie Millward (Chair)
– Susanne Barker
– Christina Andrews
– Gael Blackhall
• Member Needs Survey
– Marissa Poratto (Chair)
– Debbie Millward
– Coral Payne
– Diane Walker
Special Committees
• Student Scholarships
– Tracey Carmichael (Chair)
– Robyn Wanner
– Susannah Tredwell
• Nominations
– Barbara Holder (Chair)
– Katy Nelson
– Elva Simundsson
Our Thanks! ...
Thank You!
Volunteers
Without whom none of the initiatives
and accomplishments of this last
year would have been possible
And our Members
Without whom we would not exist
Nominations and Election
AGM- May 28, 2001
Nominations
• President Elect
– Claudette Cloutier
• Communications Director
–Christina Zeller
• Treasurer
– Darren Hamilton
• Director, Calgary
–Lorraine Bedet
• Secretary
– Diane Walker
• Director, Edmonton
–Debbie Hunter
SLA Conference
Los Angeles, CA June 8-12, 2002
• Informal SLA WCC chapter dinner
– Discussion … check Bulletin Board (WCC)
• Canadian Reception
– June 10th (5:00 PM- 7:00 PM)
– Beaudrey B at Westin Bonaventure
Passing of the Gavel
Gael Blackhall
President, 2002-2003
Continuing Officers
2002-2003
Past President
Patricia Cia
Manitoba Director
Shu Huang
Saskatchewan Director
Carol Shepstone
Vancouver Director
Carol Saxon
Vancouver Island Director Susanne Barker
Continuing Chairs
2002-2003
Bulletin Editor
Susannah Tredwell
Discussion List
Kim Nayyer
Membership
Marissa Poratto
Student Liaison
Tracey Carmichael
Incoming Chairs
2002-2003
Archives
Cheri Rauser
Employment
Amber Lannon
Public Relations
Joleen Wright
Virtual Programmes
Maria Swarbrick
New Business
AGM - May 30, 2002
Motion to adjourn
AGM - May 30, 2002
Next up . . .
5:30 - 6:30 PM - Reception
6:30 - 7:30 PM - Featured Speaker
Kim Burkhardt
Competitive Intelligence in Review:
Current Practices & Perceptions