Dec. 2004

NASIG Newsletter, Dec 2004

Published on 12/01/04

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Dec. 2004

NEWSLETTER TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ( 0 ) CPC UPDATE PPC UPDATE 0 TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ( 0 ) EVALUATION SUMMARY ELECTION 0 AWARDS 0 0 Editor in Chief: Charlene N. Simser, Kansas State University Copy Editor: Pam Cipkowski, Northwestern University Columns Editor: Susan Andrews, Texas A&M-Commerce Columns Editor: Sharon Heminger, JSTOR Conference/Calendar Editor: Kathy Kobyljanec, John Carroll University Submissions Editor: Beth Bernhardt, University of North Carolina--Greensboro Profiles Editor: Maggie Rioux, MBLWHOI HTML Production Editor: Mykie Howard, George Washington University PDF Production Editor: James Michael, University of South Florida Board Liaison: Joyce Tenney, University of Maryland , Baltimore County , USA - TABLE OF CONTENTS 19 21 22 PRESIDENT’S CORNER Steve Savage, NASIG President NASIG has been very busy since my first article in the September issue of the Newsletter! Some of the most exciting—and satisfying—news is that the Milwaukee conference received the third highest overall rating among our 19 conferences to date.* Clearly, the new hotel scenario and revitalized programming worked quite well. I’m sure the members of the 2004 Conference Planning and Program Planning Committees are very gratified to know that the conference attendees appreciated all of their hard work. Our thanks go to these committees and to the Evaluation and Assessment Committee for compiling the conference evaluation report. In September, Carol MacAdam resigned from her position on the Executive Board due to increased responsibilities in her job. As the first step in appointing someone to fill the eight months remaining in Carol’s term, the Board developed a list of qualities which we believe the ideal Board member would possess. We then discussed factors specific to the vacancy at hand. Next, we discussed a long list of potential appointees and ended up with a prioritized list of four names. Very fortunately for us all, our first choice enthusiastically accepted the appointment. (Thank you, Beverley Geer, and welcome back to the Board!) The list of qualities describing the ideal Board member is a small but significant addition to our resources. While compiling the list, we realized that not only would it be helpful to us in the immediate appointment task, but it could also be useful in several ways for our nominations and elections process. The final version, along with additions specific to each Board office, will be made available to members on NASIGWeb and to the * The 1991 conference in Trinity is still the highest rated conference, with our very first conference in 1986, at Bryn Mawr, coming in second. Nominations & Elections Committee. Hopefully this description will help members who are considering running for election to make more informed decisions and will help N&E in its process of paring down its lists of nominees to the final ballot of candidates. It may also help all of us when casting our votes. The Board had a good meeting in October, as the long minutes later in this issue demonstrate. We’ve made a change in the style of the minutes. To help more members be better informed about the Board’s work and decisions, we’ve added more description and background than the more streamlined “decision minutes” approach used in past years. In addition to the work on finding a replacement for Carol, the major tasks of the meeting were: • ensuring all relevant processes have been adequately adjusted as necessary due to next year’s conference being much earlier than usual (May 19-22, 2005) • reviewing progress by the numerous task forces and committees • assisting the Anniversary Task Force and Conference Planning Committees with determining plans for the 20th anniversary celebration during the Minneapolis conference • assisting the 2005 conference’s Program Planning and Conference Planning Committees with their developing plans • approving the 2005 conference budget and conference registration fees • approving the general operating budget for 2005 • defining several key facets of the financial plan that will be created soon. The meeting took place in the beautiful Hilton Minneapolis & Towers where the upcoming conference will take place. The Program Planning Committee is putting together an exciting set of offerings that will rival the extremely well-received program of the Milwaukee conference. Meanwhile, the Conference Planning Committee is preparing wonderful venues in the Hilton, and in the Marquette Hotel-Windows on Minnesota on Friday evening for our 20th birthday bash. Dine-arounds during the free evening were extremely popular in Milwaukee, so CPC is planning a similar evening for Saturday. Many excellent restaurants (at what I think are amazingly affordable prices) are available within just a few blocks of the hotel. In addition, there are many unique areas of interest in Minneapolis, including, of course, the Mall of America. Please see CPC’s update article in this issue and go to these urls for (...truncated)


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