ART LIBRARIES SOCIETY OF NORTH AMERICA
Midyear Executive Board Meeting
Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
Friday September 22, 2000 (Boardroom, 4th Floor)
Saturday September 23, 2000 (E.P. Taylor Research Library)

Agenda

1. CALL TO ORDER

1A. Introductions (McKenzie)

2. ANNOUNCEMENTS

2A. Robert’s Rules of Order (McKenzie)

2B. Email motions (Blank)

2C. Meal arrangements and photography (McKenzie)

2D. Agenda changes

3. FINANCE (Jacoby)

3A. Society budgets 2000/01

3A1. Revisions

3A2. Transition costs

3A3. Board travel subventions

3A4. Special funding requests

3B. 2001 conference budget—Los Angeles

3C. Honoraria for Special Appointments

3D. Organizational audit

3D1. Review of ADI – report and follow-up changes to procedures.

3D2. Authorization of full audit for FY 2000

3E. Investment account and Finance Committee

3E1. Investment report

3E2. Change of chair

3E3. Committee charge

4. HEADQUARTERS AND MANAGEMENT (Clarke)

4A. Headquarters report

4B. New Directors & Officers insurance policy

4B1. Indemnification/liability insurance

4C. Previous Headquarters wind-up report (McKenzie)

4D. Conference Refund Policy

5. MEMBERSHIP

5A. Membership statistics (Clarke)

5B. Membership database (Clarke)

5C. Member renewal process (Clarke)

5D. Membership cards

5E. [No item at 5E]

5F. Membership Committee (Goldsmith)

5F1. Revision of Membership Form

5F2. Contacting Non-Renewals

6. BYLAWS (Blank)

6A. Honorary membership for charter members

7. EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE (Blank)

7A. Definition of Executive Committee in Bylaws/Policy Manual

8. CONFERENCES

8A. 28th Annual Conference, Pittsburgh 2000

8A1. Final budget report (Jacoby)

8B. 29th Annual Conference, Los Angeles 2001

8B1. Highlights (Abrams)

8B2. Fundraising (McKenzie)

8B3. Hotel commission on room pick-ups (McKenzie)

8B4. Headquarters’ staff and role (Clarke)

8B5. Leadership breakfast

8B6. Tours

8C. 30th Annual Conference, St. Louis (Goodman, Adrean, Clarke)

8C1. Hotel

8C2. Joint Visual Resources Association CPAC Co-chairs

8C3. Clarke special contract

8C4. ARLIS/NA-VRA allocation of costs and profits

8D. 31st Annual Conference, Baltimore 2003 (Lynagh)

8D1. Co-Chairs (Lynagh)

8E. Future Conference Sites

8E1. Brooklyn (Kempe)

8E2. Las Vegas (Abrams)

9. CHAPTERS

9A. Chapter liability insurance report (Goodman)

9B. Web sites

9C. Chapter Idea Book

10. DIVISIONS, SECTIONS, ROUND TABLES (DSRT) (Goodman)

10A. Discussion groups

11. SPECIAL APPOINTMENTS

11A. ARLIS/NA Web Site (AWS) Editor (Blank)

11A1. Job description

11B. Art Documentation Editor (McKenzie)

11B1. Recruitment and job description

11C. ARLIS-L (McKenzie)

11C1. Vendor postings

12. TASK FORCES AND SPECIAL COMMITTEES

12A. IFLA 2001 Pre-conference.

12A1. Funding (Jacoby)

12A2. Update on Activities (McKenzie)

12B. Strategic Planning (Wayne)

12C. ARLIS/NA Web Site Administrative Board (Blank)

12C1. Advertising guidelines

12C2. Other issues

12D. AASL-ARLIS/NA Joint Task Force on NAAB Standards (Wayne)

12E. Statistics (Blank)

12E1. Survey results and recommendations

12F. Special Committee: Lecture Series on Architecture (McKenzie)

13. COMMITTEE BUSINESS

13A. Distinguished Service Award (Wayne)

13A1. Discrepancy in policy text.

13B. Gerd Muehsam Award (Abrams)

13C. Research Committee (Blank)

13D. Professional Development (Lynagh)

13D1. Rare Book School Fee Award

13E. Development (Jacoby)

13E1. Donation options on membership renewal form

13E2. Anniversary Scholarship Fund

13E3. Conference Enhancement Fund

13F. Travel Awards (Kempe)

13G. International Relations (Abrams)

13H. Wittenborn Awards (Adrean)

13I. North American Relations (Lynagh)

13I1. Overlap with Public Policy Committee

13J. Publications (Abrams)

13J1. O/P and reprint policies for Society publications

13J2. Art Documentation full-text indexing contract

13J3. Distribution of copies to Art Documentation authors

13J4. New Occasional Paper

13K. Standards Committee (Adrean)

13L. Nominating (McKenzie)

13L1. Ballot postage

13L2. Slate

14. PUBLICATIONS

14A. Handbook (Wayne)

15. POLICY MANUAL

15A. Updates to P.M. (Wayne)

15B. Revisions to P.M. on AWS (Blank)

16. OTHER BUSINESS