Goal 1 : Promote excellence and leadership in its members through education

Provide quality continuing eduation programs for members
Responsibility: Education Committee

Provide funds for members to attend educational offerings and professional meetings
Responsibility: Executive Board
Action item: publish scholarship criteria on web site and hlib

Present an informative and educational annual chapter meeting
Responsibility: Program Committee

Assess member educational needs and programs (Compass)
Responsibility: Executive Board
Action item: finalize questionnaire, mail to all members

Facilitate individualized learning by support of the PNC lending library
Responsibility: Executive Board and Education Committee
Action item: fund purchase of module for lending library

Support educational course development by members
Responsibility: Executive Board and Education Committee
Action item: publish criteria on web site and hlib

Goal 2 : Promote excellence and leadership in its members through research

Encourage members' research activities by providing avenues to disseminate results at annual meetings
Responsibility: Program Committee

Recognize members' research through recognition in the newsletter
Responsiblity: Publications Committee

Goal 3: Foster the utilization of information systems and services in support of informed healthcare decision making

Encourage formal and informal sessions on technological topics at chapter annual meeting
Responsibility: Program Committee

Continue to disseminate information on appropriate technologies to members
Responsibility: Automation/ Technology Committee & Publications Committee

Facilitate optimal use of the Internet for all PNC members through identification and review of existing utilities and resources.
Responsibility: Automation/Technology Committee & Publications Committee

Develop PNC/MLA Web site
Responsibility: Executive Committee, Automation/Technology Committee, & Publications Committee
Action item: develop guidelines and “job description” for webmaster (executive committee & newsletter editor)

Goal 4: Foster professionalism within the membership

Encourage professional development by assisting individuals to become MLA trainers and course developers
Responsibility: Executive Board, Education Committee
Action item: publish criteria on web-site and hlib

Publish an informative and educational newsletter electronically
Responsibility: Publications Committee and Newsletter Editor

Establish contacts with other professional healthcare organizations to facilitate communication, promote the value of health librarians, and conduct joint activities.
Responsibility: Executive Board, Education Committee, and Program Committee

Advise members of legislative activities that affect the profession
Responsibility: Governmental Relations Committee

Goal 5: Continually improve the operations, services, and responsiveness to members

Assess member educational needs and programs (Compass)
Responsibility: Executive Board
Action item: finalize questionaire, mail to all members

Develop five-year strategic plan (MAP)
Responsibility: Executive Board

Modify by-laws to reflect current membership needs
Responsibility: Executive Board, By-Laws Committee

Facilitate continuity of governance by developing Responsibility Manual and related Website resources
Responsibility: Executive Board, Publications Committee
Action item: each board member to assemble position documentation materials, updated manual to be published on website

Facilitate planning of annual chapter meeting by revising Conference planning manual and procedures
Responsiblity: Program Committee, Executive Board

New service

The PNC/MLA Board met 8/1 and voted to create a new service that shares fast-breaking news or time-sensitive information using HLIB-NW as our delivery method. Items may include:

* PNC/MLA Chapter business
* News from other Chapters
* MLA news and announcements
* Meetings of interest (regional, national or international)

Most people use HLIB-NW for professional purposes. The recent survey shows that one of PNC/MLA's primary goals is to build collegiality. We know you are interested in both the personal and professional lives of one another. The kinds of information to be included will include range from baby announcements to library staff changes to hospital mergers.

This *banner* will only be used by the PNC/MLA Northwest Notes editor. If you have news to be distributed under this banner, please submit these items to Linda Milgrom, Northwest Notes "People Column" editor, or Kathy Murray, Northwest Notes editor.

Northwest Notes will still have a quarterly publication schedule. Based on the positive response from the first electronic issue of Northwest Notes, we will continue using the WWW as our primary method of distribution. Print copies will continue to be sent to members without Web access and one print copy will be archived. Selected PNC/MLA ALERTS will be published in both the print and web versions of the newsletter.