29th Annual ARLIS/NA Conference

Wilshire Grand Hotel, Los Angeles, California

Pre-Conference Executive Board Meeting

March 29-30, 2001

Thursday March 29, 2001  (9:00 a.m. – 12 noon; 1:00 – 5:00 p.m.)

Friday March 30, 2001 (9:00 a.m. – 12 noon)

AGENDA

1. CALL TO ORDER (McKenzie)

2. ANNOUNCEMENTS (McKenzie)

2A. Roberts Rules of Order

2B. Agenda changes

2C. Incoming Board members

2D. Meal arrangements

2E. Post-Conference Board meeting agenda (Goodman)

3. CONFERENCE

3A.      Los Angeles Conference progress report

3A1. Program sessions, special events, tours, workshops (tbc)

3A2. Fundraising (McKenzie)

3A2a. Donor policy (Jacoby)

3A3. Attendance figures (Clarke)

3A4. Conference budget (Jacoby)

3B. Executive Board conference reporting responsibilities (Goodman)

3B1. Committee, DSRT assignments

3B2. Reporting procedures

3B3. Conference proceedings deadline

3C.      Future Conference Sites

3C1. 2002 St. Louis update

3C1a. Financial management (Goodman/Jacoby)

3C1b. Special contract - Clarke (G/J)

3C2. 2003 Baltimore update (Lynagh)

3C3. 2004 Brooklyn (Kempe)

3C4. IFLA 2001 PreConference, Boston (Jacoby/McKenzie)

4. MANAGEMENT

4A. Headquarters annual report (Clarke)

4B. Management calendar (Clarke)

4C. Biennial incorporation report (Clarke)

4D. Motion to accept Society annual report for 2000/01 (Goodman)

4E. Motion to change signatories (Jacoby)

4F. HQ communications (Jacoby)

4G. Finance (Jacoby)

4G1. Mills, Rouse independent auditors’ report

4G2. 2001 budget

4H. Policy manual

4H1. Policy X.3: Terms of Affiliation (McKenzie)

4H1a. VRA-L

4H2. Revision of policy manual (Blank)

4H2a.   Current status; ongoing revision

4H2b. Texts to describe Executive Committee, Executive Session, and their minutes

4H2c. Text for revising policy manual

4I. AWS (Blank)

4J. AWSAB (Blank)

4K. Leadership discussion lists (Blank)

4L. ARLIS-L (McKenzie)

4M. Membership meeting (McKenzie)

4M1. Agenda; minutes

5. PUBLICATIONS

5A. Publications Committee  (Abrams)

5A1. Revisions to publications pricing (Jacoby)

5A2. ArtMARC Sourcebook (McKenzie)

5A3. Guidelines for joint publications (Abrams)

5B. Update

5B1. Reformatting of AWS version (Abrams)

5B2. Budget overruns (Jacoby)

5B3. Editor’s concerns (McKenzie)

5C. Art Documentation (McKenzie)

5C1. New editors

5C2. Honorarium of Review Editor

6. MEMBERSHIP

6A. 2001 renewals (Clarke)

6A1. Membership database update

6B. Chapters

6B1. Merger of Michigan and Midstates chapters (Adrean)

7. COMMITTEE STATUS REPORTS

7A. Special Committee for the Architecture Lecture Series (McKenzie)

7B. Development (Jacoby)

7B1. Database software requirement.

7B2. Development Officer (Wayne – Midyear action item)

7B3. Conference Speakers Fund update (Jacoby)

7C. Gerd Muehsam Award (Abrams)

7C1. Revision of committee manual

7C2. Input to management calendar

7C3. Cash award change

7D. George Wittenborn Awards (Adrean)

7E. International Relations Committee (Abrams)

7E1. Getty Grant Program (McKenzie)

7F. Membership Committee (Goldsmith)

7F1. New membership brochure

7G. Professional Development (Lynagh)

7G1. Rare Book School Internship (McKenzie)

7H. Research (Blank)

7H1. New award for electronic publications

7I. Collection Development (Kempe)

7J. Diversity (Adrean)

7K. North American Relations Committee (Lynagh)

7L. Travel Awards (Kempe)

7L1. Thames & Hudson Award

7L2. Mirvish Award

7L3. Student Award

7L4. Alternative advertising approach

7M. Other Committee issues for the Board

7N. Divisions Sections & Round Tables Highlights (Goodman)

7N1. Guidelines for running a successful meeting (Kempe/Adrean – Midyear action item)

8. FINANCE

8A. Ad Hoc Advisory Group

8A1. Report to date (McKenzie)

8A2. Future (Goodman)

8B. Finance Committee (Jacoby)

8B1. Revisions to Committee

8C. Managing Investments (Jacoby)

9. NEW BUSINESS