Annual Report (2002)
West Regional Representative, ARLIS/NA

Submitted by: Kay Teel
E-mail: kteel@stanford.edu
Phone: (650) 724-7346 

Executive Board activities

Attended the pre-conference and post-conference board meetings in Saint Louis, Missouri, and the mid-year board meeting in New York City. Participated in Board discussions, deliberations, and motions. 

At the behest of the ARLIS/NA President, worked with the ARLIS/NA Vice-President on a proposal to restructure the existing awards committees.

Served as Board liaison to the George Wittenborn Committee and the Cataloging Advisory Committee.

Served as Board liaison to the West Region chapters: ARLIS/Southern California, ARLIS/Northern California, ARLIS/Mountain West, and ARLIS/Northwest (also represented by the Canadian Representative).

Committee activities

George Wittenborn Committee

Attended the committee's business meeting in Saint Louis and met with the committee chair. At the post-conference board meeting, brought the committee's concerns to the Board. The committee continued to examine issues related to the award guidelines and small press publications throughout 2002.

Cataloging Advisory Committee

Attended the committee's business meeting in Saint Louis and monitored and participated in e-mail correspondence among the committee members. The committee was very active in 2002, their chief activity being the drafting of detailed guidelines for the cataloging of exhibition publications.

Chapter activities

ARLIS/Mountain West

Attended the ARLIS/Mountain West chapter lunch/business meeting in Saint Louis, and the chapter's fall business meeting in Cody, Wyoming. Submitted columns for the chapter newsletter, The Mountain Ledger, and monitored the chapter's electronic mailing list for issues relevant to the Board. The chapter is small but enthusiastic, and hosted a terrific chapter conference in Cody. The chapter formed a Membership Committee, and continues to examine the challenges of a small chapter with such a large geographical distribution. The chapter has a full slate of officers, with Secretary/Treasurer a combined office.

ARLIS/Northern California

Met with the chapter Chair and Vice-Chair in Oakland, California, in June, and attended the chapter's fall business meeting at Stanford University in November. The chapter also met in Sonoma, California, in April. Monitored the electronic mailing list (which is open to both California chapters) for issues relevant to the Board. The chapter continues to look for innovative ways to recruit new members. The primary challenge for this chapter is finding members willing to serve as officers.

ARLIS/Northwest

Attended the ARLIS/Northwest-ARLIS/Canada joint mini-conference in Banff, Alberta, in May, and the ARLIS/Northwest fall business meeting in Vancouver, British Columbia, in December. The success of the Banff retreat led to an initiative undertaken by the ARLIS/Northwest Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect to host a joint chapter meeting in 2003 in Portland, Oregon. The Board approved special funding of $500 for this joint meeting, and all of the West Region chapters will participate. The dates have been set for July 31-Aug. 3. Finding members willing to serve as officers and dwindling chapter participation from the Seattle area are issues the chapter is facing.

ARLIS/Southern California

Attended the chapter's summer business meeting in San Diego, California, in July. Submitted column for the chapter newsletter, Canvas. The chapter also met in Culver City, California, in November. The chapter is doing well and has a full slate of officers.

Issues for the Board

No issues for the Board at this time.

23 January 2003