Annual Report (2004)
Submitted by: Peggy Keeran
E-mail:
pkeeran@du.edu
Phone: (303) 871-3410
Executive Board
Activities
Attended pre-conference and
post-conference board meetings in New York City, and the mid-year board meeting
in Calgary. At mid-year, visited
Banff with the Board and Headquarters staff to view the 2006 conference
site. Participated in Board
discussions, deliberations, and motions.
Served as Board liaison to the
Membership Committee.
Served as Board liaison to the
Western regional chapters:
ARLIS/Southern California, ARLIS/Northern California, ARLIS/Mountain
West, and ARLIS/Northwest (also represented by Jonathan Franklin, the Canadian
representative).
Committee
Activities
Membership Committee
Attended the committee meeting at the
annual conference in New York City.
At mid-year in Calgary, Margaret Webster, Lynda White, Vicky Roper, and I
met to review and discuss the structure of the membership database. We found that the data on the form
needed to be streamlined to make inputting the data more straightforward. I conveyed that information to Janine
Henri, the Membership Committee chair.
The Committee then worked on the membership form to make it less cramped
(to allow people to write more legibly) and more logically arranged. The form was approved by the Board and
then distributed for membership renewals.
Because of privacy laws, the dues had
to be restructured and approved by the members. This was done in the summer prior to the
revisions to the membership form.
Issues for the
Board
We need to
get feedback from Headquarters to find out if the revised form was successful in
making the input of data more straightforward.
Chapter Activities
Attended ARLIS/Mountain West in
Denver (was also one of the organizers of the conference) and the
ARLIS/Northwest chapter meeting in Seattle. I met with all the chapters at the
annual conference in New York City.
This year Headquarters and the Board
began work on defining the relationship between the chapters and the national
association, especially in terms of financial reporting for auditing purposes
and insurance liability. I reported
this issue to each of groups in NYC and again in the chapter meetings I
attended. This issue is ongoing
into 2005.
At mid-year, the Board discussed
inviting chapter officers to the Leadership Breakfast and holding a breakout
session for them to share information and concerns. Each of my chapters was interested in
attending such a session, and the organizers of the Houston Leadership Breakfast
will include one or two chapter officers.
Jonathan Franklin and I will develop an agenda for the breakout
session.
I joined all the electronic listservs
for the individual chapters and monitored them for issues to bring to the
Board. I submitted columns for
chapter newsletters.
Mountain West
Held their annual regional meeting in
October in Denver. Next year
Mountain West and Central Plains will hold a joint meeting in Santa Fe, NM. The chapters were awarded $500 to help
fund the joint meeting. Polly
McCord left her position in Arizona and, as a result, the listserv needed a new
home. Lisa Blankenship, University
of Northern Colorado, established the new listserv at her
institution.
Northwest
Held their annual regional meeting in
November in Seattle. The chapter
changed their bylaws to split the secretary/treasurer position into two and to
accommodate elections by email.
Northern California
Held business meetings in June (San
Jose) and November (San Francisco).
Discussed with Southern California the possibility of a joint chapter
meeting in 2005.
Southern California
Held a business meeting at the Getty
Research Institution in Los Angeles in October. Awarded $500 by the Board to fund an
artists’ book program at their chapter meeting in summer 2005. Celebrated their 30th (or 30-something) anniversary party at
Joan Benedetti’s home.
Issues for the Board
The ongoing exploration of defining
the relationship between chapters and national.
February 25, 2005