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Treasurer's Report
Brian Voss, ASLI Treasurer
- As of January 30, 2006, ASLI has $4796 in savings and $102 in checking.
- This includes lanyard expenses, field trip fees, and $560 in conference and member field trip fees.
- The AMS will charge ASLI $850 in fees for the conference room, including internet charges. This will be a standing charge until further notice.
- ASLI does not currently pay for booth space.
Membership Report
Evelyn Poole-Kober, Membership Chair
- All membership updates go to Evelyn.
- This year ASLI had 30 renewals and four new memberships.
- Evelyn will send another notice and contact universities who do not have members to encourage them to join ASLI.
- Members discussed how to encourage corporate memberships: American Geophysical Union, Cambridge University Press, Oxford University Press.
- Evelyn will add vendors to the back of the ASLI directory.
ASLI Meetings
- The group discussed ASLI's coverage compared to that of the Geoscience
Information Science Society (GISS?).
How is their coverage different? Is
it broader in subject scope? ; Jinny
Nathans volunteered to join GISS, attend
a meeting and report back. Could we hold
a joint meeting with GISS?
- Could we meet along with the American Geophysical Union (AGU)? The AGU holds two meetings per year. It was suggested that sometimes groups lose momentum after joint meetings; something to consider.
- Next year is the 10th ASLI meeting. The group discussed ideas for commemorating the anniversary. Should we have a 10th anniversary pin ? Should MGA do an educational course for students at the 10th meeting?
- Should ASLI think about planning an international meeting in order to attract our international members?
ASLI Web Site
- Brian Voss, Heather McCullough and Anita Colby will continue to develop the
e-resources page and will add it to
the ASLI web site.
- Kristi Jensen has volunteered to continue as ASLI web site manager.
ASLI's Choice Book Award
- The 2005 Awards Committee suggests that earlier deadlines are needed for book nominations so that the Committee can complete its work earlier.
- Members of the 2005 Awards Committee (Maria Latyszewskyj, Doria Grimes, Amy Butros and Judie Triplehorn) agreed to serve again in 2006.
- The group discussed placing an "ASLI's Choice" seal on the winning books. Doria Grimes will prepare a cost estimate for seals.
Vendor Update
Jinny Nathans
- Jinny proposes that ASLI have a vendor committee charged with selecting and
contacting vendors for the annual conference.
- Are there vendors we're missing?
- How do we make sure we're getting quality vendor presentations?
- Linda Musser volunteered to help with vendor selection.
- Should we put the question to the list (which vendors to invite)?
Other Discussion
- The 2007 conference will be held 14-18 January in San Antonio.
- Madeleine Needles will begin to write an operations manual for ASLI.
- Publishers have contacted ASLI about selling our listserv list - ASLI has not done this in the past and after discussion, the group decided to invite them as corporate members and to invite them to exhibit at the conference. Vendors in the past have sponsored breaks, dinner - ASLI could offer them a slot in the afternoon of vendor updates.
- Should the bylaws be amended to allow member(s) to vote if they cannot attend the annual meeting? Discussion followed about how to make changes to the bylaws.
- What's the value of ASLI? Members have access to an established network of expertise - this is very valuable. Should ALSI devote part of its web site to library profiles and expertise that would be accessible to "members only"? Brian Voss will explore this possibility and report back to the Board.
2006 ASLI Executive Board and Officers
- Chair: Susan Tarbell, Air Force Weather Technical Library.
- Chair-elect: Jean Phillips, Space Science and Engineering Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
- Past Chair: Madeleine Needles, Haystack Observatory Library, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- Secretary: Gene Major, Global Change Master Directory, Goddard Space Flight Center, NASA.
- Treasurer: Brian Voss, NOAA Seattle Regional Library
The Business Meeting concluded at 5:00 pm.
Submitted by: Jean M. Phillips, ASLI Secretary
3 April 2006
Return to 2006 Conference Program and Minutes.
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