Site Selection for 2010 Conference Underway

In 2001, the SLA Board of directors will be asked to select the location of the annual conference for the year 2010. Selection is based upon a set rotation schedule, staff recommendations, and member input.

The rotation schedule moves the annual conference around the United States and Canada in a pattern that covers defined geographical locations: i.e., north, south, east, west, and central, with a Board of Directors mandate to hold the conference in Canada at least once every 10 years. The annual conference for the year 2010 is scheduled to take place in a central location. The following is a list of potential locations for the 2010 Annual Conference:

Denver, Colorado
Salt Lake City, Utah
San Antonio, Texas
Chicago, Illinios

This list is based strictly on the cities' logistical ability to hold the SLA Annual Conference and house its attendees. Selection criteria include, but are not limited to: member input, date availability, cost factors to both members and the association, available facilities such as hotels and exhibits halls, close proximity of and accessible transportation to both the annual conference site and around the city, SLA membership concentration, location attractions, and expansion/growth potential. Over the past decade, the SLA Annual Conference has grown, not only in member attendance, but in meeting size and complexity as well as exhibit numbers. The aforementioned sites have the potential to absorb a moderate projected growth of the annual conference.

SLA would like to solicit the opinions of its membership on the above site recommendations for the SLA 98th Annual Conference in June 2010. Members who wish to express their thoughts on these selection cities should write to James H. Mears, Managing Director, Conferences, SLA, 1700 18th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20009. Internet: jim@sla.org.

This page was updated on September 16, 1997.