Art Libraries Society of North America
Pre-Conference Executive Board Meeting
Hotel Vancouver, Vancouver, B.C.
March 25-26, 1999
Agenda
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. ANNOUNCEMENTS
2A. Robert’s Rules of Order
2B. Agenda Changes
2C. Meal Arrangements were announced
2D. New Board members were welcomed
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
3A. Tucson Mid-Year Minutes
3B. Email Minutes
3C. Conference Call Minutes
4. CONFERENCE ISSUES
4A. 1999 Vancouver Conference Progress Report
4A1. Program Sessions, Special Events, Tours, Workshops
4A2. Attendance
4A3. Financial
4A4. Board Member attendance assignments during conference
4A4a. Reporting procedures, post-conference Board preparation.
4A4b. Committee liaison assignments were reviewed by Wayne.
4B. Conference Planning Manual
4C. Progress Reports for Future Conference Sites
4C1. 2000 Pittsburgh
4C2. 2001 Los Angeles
4C3. 2002 St. Louis
4C4. 67th IFLA Conference, Boston, August 2001
4C4a. National Organizing Committee Status Report
4C4b. IFLA 2001 Conference Planning Task Force
5. MANAGEMENT ISSUES
5A. OMG Management Update
5A1. Staff Introductions.
5A2. Introduction to Headquarters for incoming Executive Board
5A3. Director and Officers’ Liability Insurance
5B. Policy Manual Revision Task Force
5C. Governance Review/ Revision Schedule
5D. ARLIS/NA Web Site (AWS)
5E. 1998 Nominating Committee Report
5E1. Acceptance of Election Report
5F. Membership Meeting
5F2. Special Recognition
5F3. Picture Announcement
5G. Strategic Plan
6. FINANCIAL ISSUES
6A. Finance Committee
6B. Development Committee
6B1. Capital Campaign
6B2. Architecture Plenary Session Proposal/Ad Hoc Committee
6B3. Conference Fundraising Guidelines
6C. Future Dues Increase
6D. Honoraria
7. MEMBERSHIP ISSUES
7A. 1999 Renewals
7B. Mentoring
7C. Paraprofessional introductory membership
7D. Chapter Issues
7D1. Chapter Bylaws
7D2. Canadian Charitable Status
7D3. Student Chapters
7D4. New Jersey Chapter
7E. Status Reports
7E1. Visual Resources Advisory Committee (VRAC)
7E1a. Joint VRA/ARLIS/NA Professional Status Survey
7E1b. VRAC Position Paper
7E2. Professional Development Committee
7E3. Technology Committee
7E4. North American Relations Committee (NARC), International Relations Committee (IRC)
7E5. Membership Committee
7E6. Divisions, Sections & Roundtables
8. AWARDS
8A. Awards Task Force
8B. Awards Committee
8C. Muehsam Award
8D. Travel Awards Committee
8D1.RLG Award
8E. Wittenborn Award Committee
8E1. Multi-Media Electronic Award
9. PUBLICATIONS
9A. Publications Committee
9A1.Wilson Offer – Tabled until post conference
9A2. Art Documentation and commercial publisher
9A3. Alternatives to printing Occasional Papers
9B. Art Documentation
9C. ARLIS/NA Update
9D. Occasional Papers
9E. Handbook and List of Members
9F. Electronic Archives Task Force
9G. Conference Proceedings
10. EXTERNAL RELATIONS AND ADVOCACY
10A. National Forum of Library Organizations
10B. SLA Global 2000
11. STANDARDS DEVELOPMENT & OTHER PROJECTS
11A. Statistics Task Force
Respectfully submitted by
Ashley Prather for
Jeanne Brown, Secretary.
Revised by Peter Blank, Incoming Secretary