Dec. 2004
NEWSLETTER
TH ANNUAL CONFERENCE ( 0
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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
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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)