2002 Chapter Officers

Stephen Zietz, Chair (Cleveland Public Library)
Pamela Eyerdam, Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect (Cleveland State University)
Lori Thorrat, Secretary/Treasurer (Cleveland Museum of Art)
Mona Chapin, Editor COLLAGE Newsletter (Cincinnati Art Museum)

Chapter Meetings

The Ohio Valley Chapter held a spring and a fall meeting in 2002. The spring meeting was a joint one with the Great Lakes VRA Chapter on May 24^th at the University of Kentucky, Lexington, Kentucky. The meeting included tours of the Lucille C. Little Fine Arts Library and Learning Center and the William T. Young Library. A total of eighteen members attended the business meeting.

The fall meeting was held on October 11^th at Cleveland State University, Cleveland, Ohio. The meeting included at presentation about the Cleveland Memory Project and a tour of the CSU Special Collections Dept. Eight members attended the business meeting.

Activities

During 2002, two issues (spring and fall) of the chapter newsletter, COLLAGE, were published. The chapter website was updated to reflect the new officers and to include the latest issue of COLLAGE and the minutes from the current business meeting.

The chapter discussed at the Spring meeting the possibility of having only one meeting a year at a central location in order to boost membership attendance. The membership agreed that one meeting per year may be more feasible, however, they preferred to have the meeting at a different hosting library. No final action was taken on this agenda item and discussion was to continue at the Fall meeting, however, due to low attendance at the Fall meeting, the issue was not discussed.

The chapter also discussed at the Spring meeting the possibility of creating a shared database of vertical file information on local artists. The discussion included the formation of a committee to further study the proposal and discussion with OhioLink for support. The committee was not able to get together at the Fall meeting and this proposal will be discussed again at a future meeting.

At the Fall meeting, the chapter discussed problems with the chapter listserv, which is currently being hosted by the University of Pittsburgh. The listserv moderator was in China for the fall and messages were not being sent out. While this problem resolved itself with the return of the listserv moderator, other alternatives for hosting the listserv are continuing to be investigated.

Elections

A nominating committee was formed at the Spring meeting to select a new Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect. The Committee consisted of Jean Wellington of the University of Cincinnati and Kerri Scannell, University of Kentucky. The following candidate was nominated:

Shannon Van Kirk, Miami University

A total of 16 ballots were received all marked for Shannon Van Kirk

2003 Chapter Officers

Pamela Eyerdam, Chair (Cleveland State University)
Shannon Van Kirk, Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect (Miami University)
Lori Thorrat, Secretary-Treasurer (Cleveland Museum of Art)
Mona Chapin, Editor, COLLAGE Newsletter (Cincinnati Art Museum)

Membership

There were 46 new and renewing members in 2002.

Treasurer’s Report

Balance (Jan. 1, 2002)                $1563.08
Income                                          700.00
Expenditures                                 240.82
Balance (Dec. 31, 2002)           $2037.06