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July-Sept. 2000 Volume 21 Number 3
Letter from the
Chair
Kim
Granath
Greetings from Montana!
First, I want to send a HUGE thank you to Kathy Murray and the Alaska Conference Program Committee for planning such a fantastic conference! It was one of the best PNC annual meetings I've ever attended. Those of you who didn't make the trip north missed out on great CE courses, interesting and inspirational speakers, and some great seafood! Linda Stone, Vice President for Corporate and Industry Initiatives at Microsoft, gave an inspirational keynote address. Susan Taylor Alling taught all of us how to be more effective public speakers. (Don't forget to squeeze those buns!) For those of you who missed her presentation, find someone who was there and get them to give you the inside scoop!
Not to rub it in, but those of you who didn't come to the meeting also missed bears, mountain goats, beluga whales, icebergs, a breath-taking tram ride up Mt. Alyeska, and fabulous (and I mean FABULOUS) autumn weather. For many of us, it was our first Alaska experience, and I am definitely looking forward to my next visit. The planning for next year's annual meeting is already well underway, and next year's conference at Salishan in Gleneden Beach, Oregon looks like it will be another great conference.
For those of you not at the business meeting, I have a couple of things to report. While our finances are looking good at the moment, we are still concerned about our future. We experienced lower than expected attendance at both this year's annual meeting and last year's meeting. We don't know if that's a trend that will continue, but it makes life a lot easier for the planning committees if they have a rough idea about the number of attendees to expect. At some point in the next year, we will be using a web survey instrument to get some feedback from the entire membership, not just those who attend the annual conference. I urge you to take the time fill out the survey and please give us your honest thoughts. We need to know if your institution has cut your travel budget, or if the conference program is not what you need, or if you're choosing to attend other conferences, or if you don't like the location, or if it's a bad time of year for you to get away, or any other reason that keeps you away from the annual meeting. We also want to know what brings you to the meetings. Do you want us to keep the same format we've used for past conferences--welcome reception, program, banquet, and CE courses? We need to know what you need and what you expect so we can plan the conferences accordingly.
We will also be asking for feedback about this newsletter. Contributions to the newsletters are also decreasing. If you do something great at your library why not share it with the rest of the Chapter? Send Kathy your state news, news about your library, or news about you. We want to hear from you!
It's that time of year when we start putting together committee memberships for next year. If you want to participate in a committee (or better yet chair a committee) please contact Janice Bacino. She'll be more than happy to sign you up for a committee or answer any of your questions about PNC Committees.
Have a great fall everyone!
- From the Editor
- Now that the annual meeting has passed, I can turn my attention to the newsletter. I hope the Board's decision to add "gathering local news" to the Membership Committee members list of tasks will increase the number of announcements and articles we'll see from each state and province. You will notice a number of items in the Around the Region column. The folks at OHSU took my plea to heart and sent announcements that might have slipped your notice. Please don't be shy - send in your kudos, or let us know what new ideas you've been implementing, or just how you've managed to keep your nose above the water line.
- The next issue of Northwest Notes will be made available in both html and PDF formats. Your comments, as always, are welcome.
- Now that the annual meeting has passed, I can turn my attention to the newsletter. I hope the Board's decision to add "gathering local news" to the Membership Committee members list of tasks will increase the number of announcements and articles we'll see from each state and province. You will notice a number of items in the Around the Region column. The folks at OHSU took my plea to heart and sent announcements that might have slipped your notice. Please don't be shy - send in your kudos, or let us know what new ideas you've been implementing, or just how you've managed to keep your nose above the water line.
kathy murray