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projects covering a timespan of at least four
years, while keeping the ongoing acti
(like meeting column deadlines) on track.
: - J An orderly progression of
leadership is one of NASIGs strengths. As my
year as president is half over, Vice President
Julie Gammon is preparing for spring
committee appointments. The Nominations and
Elections Committee, chaired by Martin Gordon,
has completed the slate for officer and board
elections and is preparing the upcoming ballot.
The N&E Committee members rate the nominees
based on the data they provide the committee on
a candidate profile sheet. Nominees are
evaluated on: level of commitment to NASIG,
which can earn up to 40 points; other relevant
professional activities, garnering up to another
20 points; and the position statement from the
candidate profile form, which also can earn a
nominee up to 20 points. The Past President, as
Board liaison to the N&E Committee. serves as
advisor to the committee but does not actually
participate in the ratings process. Cindy
Hepfer. as Past President, shared with me the
good news that many strong candidates were
willing to be considered this year. Three
individuals agreed to be considered for Vice
PresidenVPresident Elect (PresidenVPast
President), four were considered for
Treasurer, and some twenty-one were willing
to be considered for Member-at-Large. On
behalf of NASIG, I hope you will all accept my
heartfelt gratitude for your interest in NASIGs
future and your past and present service. Those
selected for the ballot and those who were not
selected this time represent the dedication and
volunteerism that makes NASIG unique. Since
the committee deliberations are confidential, I
cannot thank those of you who are unsuccessful
nominees individually, but I can assure each of
you that NASIG is deeply grateful for your
service and interest.
W U A l CONFFRFNCFS; Simultaneousd i i e s
associated with four annual conferences are
another major reason for the multiple year
view. No one person can keep everything going,
and as President, I depend on the Chairs and
Board Liaisons of each group.
At this time, the proceedings of the 1994
Vancouver conference are nearing publication.
The Board is delighted that our editors, Beth
Holley and Mary Ann Sheble, will serve another
term, and our new indexer, Bob Persing, has
been informed that a draft has been sent to him
for indexing. It is also time to rebid the
publishing rights for at least the 1995 and 1996
conferences, and Bob chairs the newly charged
p r o c e e u Publisher Task Force. Connie
Foster serves as Board Liaison for the
Editors and the Task Force.
Planners for the 1995 Duke conference are
racing to meet the deadline for printing the
brochure. Conference Planning Committee
Chair Marcia Tuttle and Board Liaison Jim
Mouw will present a final budget in time for
Boardlist discussion and approval of
registration rates by January 15th, and the
committee is writing and editing text describing
local attractions and registration instructions.
The Program Planning Committee, chaired by
Bobbie Carlson and Michele Crump and coached
by Board Liaison Julie Gammon, is finalizing
the last few speakers and workshop presenters,
revising the speaker expense budget, collecting
and editing abstracts, and confirming the
schedule for the same deadline. Having lived
(suffered?) through this process for four
years, I appreciate the enormous amount of
work required during the winter holiday season
to allow printing and distribution of the
conference brochure in February.
The brand-new Conference Planning Committee
co-chairs for the 1996 conference at the
University of New Mexico in Albuquerque have
just been appointed. Site selection chair Fran
Wilkinson and member Joan Griffin will
cochair the committee and are in the process of
recruiting members. This experiment with
moving up the timetable for their work to make
it a less stressful experience will create
valuable procedures for successive groups.
Julie Gammon, who served as Site Selection
Board Liaison, will continue as acting liaison
until the spring election.
It is also time to begin planning for the 1997
conference. At the November Board meeting, we
approved establishing Site Selection Committees
for Minnesota, Mich (...truncated)