I. Meetings attended

A. 2001 Los Angeles Pre-Conference Meeting, March 29-30 and April 2, 2001

B. 2001 Los Angeles Post-Conference Meeting, April 4, 2001

C. Online meeting, June 1, 2001

D. New York Midyear Meeting, August 11-13, 2001

E. [Will attend] Online meeting, February 8, 2002

F. [Will attend] 2002 St. Louis Pre-Conference Meeting, March 20, 2002

II. Minutes

Prepared minutes for the Board meetings on April 2, April 4, June 1, and August 11-13. Also took minutes for the Membership Meeting of the Los Angeles conference. Revised the minutes for the Los Angeles Pre-Conference meeting after Board discussion at Midyear Meeting. Sent minutes and agendas to Jonathan Franklin for posting on the AWS. Extracted Motions and Action Items for posting on the AWS.

III. Communication Facilitation

A. After the Los Angeles conference, sent updated information to Jonathan Franklin for the Contacts section of the AWS.

B. Prepared periodic “time-away” lists for Board members.

C. Notified Derek Crosley of the Board’s decision to discontinue all group listservs except Board-L. ARLIS-L is used instead.

D. Sent motions from Los Angeles Pre- and Post-Conference Meetings and June 1 online meeting to Linda Zieper for publication in Update No. 4, 2001. Sent motions from Midyear Meeting for publication in Update No. 2, 2002

E. The former practice of e-mail motions was not used this year. An online meeting using Blackboard software was held June 1, 2001, and another will be held February 8, 2002. The Secretary takes responsibility for removing the transcript from the secure website one week after the meeting.

F. Responsibility for the Management Calendar reverted to Headquarters this year.

IV. Committee Liaisons

A. Diversity: Due to a scheduling conflict, I was unable to attend the business meeting at the Los Angeles conference. I kept in touch by e-mail with the co-chairs, Marilyn Russell-Bogle and Eric Schwab. At Marilyn’s suggestion, I recruited Lucie Stylianopoulos to succeed Eric Schwab as co-chair for 2002. Eric, during his tenure, made a valuable contribution through his work on the committee’s web site.

B. Visual Resources Advisory: I attended VRAC’s business meeting in Los Angeles. VRAC’s proposed travel award for a Visual Resources professional is on hold pending the completion of the development package that Headquarters is preparing. Meanwhile, with the approval of the Board at Midyear, VRAC collaborated with VRA to establish a joint Task Force on Continuing Education. The charge will be presented at the St. Louis Pre-Conference Meeting for Board approval. Gregg Most served as committee chair in 2001, and will be succeeded by Mary Wassermann.

Norine Duncan
Secretary