ARLIS/SC Meeting at ARLIS/NA Annual Conference, Boston
Monday April 24, 2010
Commonwealth CD: Section D
Saturday, April 24, 8am-9am
Attendees:
Alyssa Resnick (Chair), Krista Ivy (Vice-Chair), Sarah Sherman (Past Chair), Virginia Allison (Secretary), Leslie Abrams, Ann Roll, Sally McKay, Jennifer Martme Womiski, Maggie Hanson, Mary Stark, Amy Ciccone, Laurel Bliss, Krista Ivy, Alexis Currie, Barbara Romininski, Robert Gore, Isotta Poggi, Nancy Norris
Agenda
1. Review of Past Minutes, SDSU Nov. 6, 2009: Past minutes were approved (Virginia Allison circulated past min.’s before the meeting via email in case there were any questions/edits).
2. Travel Award Presentation: Alyssa Resnick presented our student travel award on behalf of the 2010 ARLIS/SC travel award committee (Sarah Sherman, Emily Meredith, and Laurel Bliss) to Maggie Hanson. A recent graduate of UCLA’s MLIS program, Maggie currently works in the Balch Research Library at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art. Maggie has Bachelor’s degrees in English Literature and Medieval Studies from Smith College and is also an alumni of Northfield Mount Hermon.
We did not have applicants for the Judith A. Hoffberg Travel Award this year.
3. Chair Report: (Alyssa Resnick) The ARLIS/SC board met in Feb. and voted on a new meeting model for this year. Our chapter will hold three mini meetings (spring, summer, winter) that feature a tour of different libraries. Additionally we will hold one large chapter meeting with papers in the fall. The Fall Annual Meeting will include one theme, one major speaker and a general call to members for speakers/papers. The board agreed to continue holding additional informal social meet-ups for the chapter such as getting together for the LA Artwalk.
The chapter held it’s Spring Mini Meeting this March with a tour of the Art, Music, & Recreation Department of the Central Los Angeles Public Library, as well as a tour of the SCI-Arc Library. Stay tuned for more information about our upcoming Annual Fall Meeting that will include a call for papers.
4. Vice Chair Report: (Krista Ivy) Krista polled chapter members for interest in upcoming mini meetings. Options currently under consideration are the Schindler house, perhaps including other homes in Malibu such as the Eames house. Amy C. noted that it may be good to choose the Malibu houses that are not normally open, ie. Rindge House, Krista will look into this as well as the Adamson house. Krista is also looking into the museum of Latin American Art and/or the Sam Maloof Museum in Ontario for a mini meeting that could take place mid to late June.
5. Past Chair Report: (Sarah Sherman) In mid Feb. our chapter hosted the first ever, pilot peer mentoring workshop at the chapter level. We used the video format and model that is normally used at the annual ARLIS/NA conference. We had 5 mentees and 5 mentors, the pilot program went well and we hope to do it again. One challenge in putting on the program was getting enough mentors; members may be contacted to help fill in the gaps for the next round. The call will be announced in next newsletter.
6. Treasurer’s Report: (Cathy Billings)
- Bank Balance as of 4/17/2010: $3,314.41 (Artist Book Conf. still keeping us afloat)
- Calendar YTD Income
- Membership Dues: $270.00
- Donations: $115.00
- Calendar YTD Expenses
- ARLIS/NA Yearlong Mentoring Program Workshop: $48.05
- Donation to ARLIS/NA Annual Conference programming: $200.00
7. Secretary’s Report The chapter currently has 36 members: (5 new members, 1 student).
Member Announcements
Barbara Romininski from the ARLIS/NA board came to announce that the board has accepted our proposal to hold an annual conference in Pasadena, for 2013. She explained that TEI has requested ARLIS/NA refrain from planning too far in advance given the unstable economy, thus the slow turnaround time regarding a decision from the board.
Barbara relayed the concern that vendors think Pasadena is not easy to fly into. This is a marketing issue that our chapter will need to work hard on. Amy C. offered to speak to specific vendors on this matter. The conference planning manual is currently undergoing revisions; it should be consulted as we move forward into the planning phase and will be available online. We will be getting an official letter with more details soon, Mari Russell and John Evans will be working with us to plan for the conference. Barbara let it be known that we can count on the Northern California chapter for volunteers.
Amy C. announced that the mystery readers dinner is Sun. at 7pm
Meeting was adjourned.
Respectfully Submitted,
Virginia Allison
ARLIS/SC Secretary
