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January 2006

In this issue:

Important Leadership Dates
A Message from the CEO
Annual Conference Registration is Open
Member-Get-a-Member Campaign Winners Announced
Solo Librarians Division List Address Change
Planning a Meeting or Reception at Annual Conference

Important Leadership Dates

15 February 2006	Year-End Financial Reports Due
3 March 2006	SLA Election Ballots Due
15 March 2006	Meeting or Reception Deadline at Annual Conference
15 March 2006	Last Day to Input Conference Changes on Web Planner
6 April 2006	International Special Librarians Day
11-14 June 2006	Annual Conference Baltimore, MD USA

A Message from the CEO
Energy Boost!
I?m not talking about the drink. I?m talking about the energy boost that more than 250 leaders and I received mid-January at the SLA Leadership Summit in Houston. If you weren?t there, you can review some of the presentations from the handouts posted on the Web.

For many of you, this is mid-term in your SLA leadership position, and you may want to re-energize your board or committee. Building and maintaining energy are key leadership attributes. As a chapter, division, committee, or caucus leader, you may not be able to provide a professional keynote speaker, a hosted reception honoring the leaders or even bring everyone together for a mid-year boost as we did in Texas. Why not consider utilizing some of the components designed into the Summit?

1. Have a dialogue about the issues facing the chapter, division, or committee. That will help you and the board to make any mid-year corrections.

2. Look back at your successes and acknowledge them. An example is the SLA 2005 Performance Review.

3. Thank those who have contributed to those successes. Volunteers do not get a monetary reward; they deal in the currency of appreciation for a worthwhile contribution.

4. And, finally, I encourage each of you to have a dialogue with your board on the value of membership in SLA and your chapter, division, or caucus. Have you critically looked at the value and communicated it to your members?

--Janice R. Lachance, CEO

Annual Conference Registration is Open
Registration for SLA's 2006 Annual Conference and related housing is currently open. Please visit the SLA Web site to register and reserve your room.

This year is there is a new hotel reservation policy that follows a trend in the hotel and conference industry. When you make your reservation, you will be required to put down a deposit toward your room. The policy is new to SLA conferences, but, as seasoned travelers know well, requiring deposits is standard procedure for most hotels these days. In addition to protecting the hotel, it protects the guest and it helps SLA conference attendees by allowing for better hotel reservations and better room guarantees. Deposits will be about the cost of one night?s stay and will be charged at the time of reservation. When you check out of your hotel, a corresponding credit will appear on your bill.

Member-Get-a-Member Campaign Winners Announced
The results of the 2005 membership recruitment campaign are in. The winners were announced January 25. SLA and all of its members win, due to the efforts of our members sharing the value of their membership and inviting others to join. Our network expanded tremendously during the period between October 1 and December 31, 2005. The grand prize winner of the Member-Get-a-Campaign was Susan Brewsaugh. She received the grand prize package at the 2006 Leadership Summit in Houston, TX. Susan received a full conference registration, two night?s hotel stay at the Hyatt, two VIP passes to Baltimore attractions, and a Baltimore amenity gift basket. The Chapter and Division winners to recruit the most new members were the Washington, D.C., Chapter and Competitive Intelligence Division; the Asian Chapter and the Government Information Division had the largest percentage increase in their membership.

Solo Librarians Division List Address Change
Attention members of the Solo Librarians Division. The Solo Librarians discussion list is now on the SLA server. Please note the SOLOLIB discussion list will remain open to both members and nonmembers of the Solo Division ? and as always, encourage the open and honest exchange of information. All current members of SOLOLIB are asked to resubscribe either via e-mail or the internet using the information that appears below. address; please note the following subscription/access information:

Subscribing via E-Mail
Send an e-mail to Lyris@lists.sla.org with the SUBSCRIBE command in the body of the message:
Subscribe SLA-DSOL your-e-mail_address FirstName LastName

Subscribing via the Internet
Visit http://lists.sla.org and follow the prompts to subscribe to the DSOL list via the internet.

Planning a Meeting or Reception at Annual Conference
If you are involved with a chapter or caucus that wants to hold a meeting or reception at conference, please contact Akisha Edogun at aedogun@sla.org. The deadline to plan these activities is March 15, 2006..

If you have any questions or comments about Leadership Connections, we would like your feedback. Please share your comments with leadership@sla.org and visit the Leadership Resource Center on the SLA website for information on Leadership.

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