By TERRY OBLANDER Newhouse News Service, Aug. 2, 2008
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Results of VLA Election for Bylaws Changes
Thanks to everyone who voted on the proposed changes. All of the proposed changes were approved and an updated version of the Constitution and Bylaws has been posted. See the Secretary’s Report on Constitution and Bylaws Election for an explanation and graph of the vote count. Also see the election of officers results previously announced.
Government Relations Committee meeting June 12, 2008
The VLA Government Realtions Committee met at Mid-State Regional Library.
Members present: Lisa von Kann, Hilari Farrington, Paula Baker, John Shullenberger, Marty Reid, Deb Spackman
In May, Lisa, Martin Hahn (leaving the committee having served with Lisa as co-chair) and John Shullenberger had a wrap-up meeting to review the year and make some plans for the future. An agreement was reached to pay John a stipend of $1000 during the 2009 legislative session to keep us “in the game” despite the expectation of a poor economic outlook. The committee all agreed. We are deeply grateful for the work that John did for us and feel that his connection to the legislature on our behalf us is vital.
We plan to have conference call meetings when possible to avoid driving.
Marty and Paula reported on their day at the
Martha Reid Appointed New State Librarian
Secretary of Administration Mike Smith announced that Martha Reid of South Burlington has accepted the position of State Librarian. A copy of the press release may be found here:
http://www.libraries.vermont.gov/libraries/misc/appt.pdf
Conference: Genealogy and Local History for All
“Genealogy and Local History for All: Services to Multicultural Communities” will take place in Ottawa, Ontario on August 6 and 7 at Library and Archives Canada, and will include tours of the Canadian Genealogy Centre and Gatineau Preservation Centre. For full details, please see the conference website at http://www3.telus.net/public/cv910081/GenLoc
VLA 2008 Annual Meeting Highlights
The VLA Annual Meeting took place on May 13, 2008 at the Vermont Library Conference in Burlington. The results of the election are:
- Vice-President/President Elect – (1 year each) John Payne
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Treasurer (2 years) – Wynne Browne
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NELA Representative (2 years) Kip Roberson
The approved minutes of the May 2007 Annual Meeting and the Year End Budget Report 2007 have been posted (under Publications – Meeting minutes). The ballot for the Proposed Constitution and Bylaws changes will go out next week. Those members with email addresses on file will receive their ballot electronically. All other members will be sent a paper ballot. The deadline to vote is June 10th. VLA sections will be posting their annual reports soon if they have not done so already. The Government Relations Committee Report and the Intellectual Freedom Committee Report have already posted theirs.
VLA–Drexel Partnership Offers VLA Members a 20% Tuition Reduction!
Advance your career with a degree from Drexel University Online. For details see: vla-drexel-discount.pdf
Government Relations Committee End of Year Report
For an update on the work of the committee this past year (2007-2008), see the committee’s report: vla-grc-report-may-2008.pdf
Proposals for ACRL 14th National Conference
Contributed papers, panel sessions, preconferences, and workshops are due May 12, 2008. The ACRL 14th National Conference, to be held in Seattle, March 12-15, 2009, will offer a forum for an exciting and energizing exchange of ideas on research, practices, developments, and visions in the field of academic and research librarianship. The conference theme, “Pushing the Edge: Explore, Engage, Extend,” reflects the promise and the challenge of the Northwest. The ACRL National Conference Executive Committee invites submitters to send their edgiest, most “out-there” proposals, to help make ACRL 2009 a truly groundbreaking conference.
Proposals are sought for a variety of formats including contributed papers, panel sessions, preconferences, workshops, poster sessions, and roundtable discussions. Deadlines for proposal submissions are as follows:
May 12, 2008 – Contributed papers, panel sessions, preconferences, and workshops
- October 20, 2008 – Poster sessions
- November 23, 2008 – Roundtable discussions
Updated Slate for VLA Election
We have found a candidate to run for Vice-President / President elect. John Payne of St. Michael’s has agreed to run.  A revised ballot can be found here : official-warning.pdf. As always, additional nominations for all open offices may be taken from the floor. – Brenda Ellis, VLA Secretary