In this issue:
Important Leadership Dates
A Message from the Executive Director
Reminder to Division Chairs and Chapter Presidents Regarding Officers
Notice to All Unit Label, Roster, and VIP Report Users
Chapter Presidential Visits
Call for Courses
Mid-Year Financial Reports Deadline Extended
SLA Expands with the Addition of Two New Caucuses
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June 30, 2005 |
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June 30, 2005 |
2005-2006 Officer Forms Due (Attention: Presidents-Elect, Chairs-Elect and Conveners) |
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July 15, 2005 |
Mid-Year Financial Reports Due (Two-week extension; attention unit treasurers) |
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August 1, 2005 |
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August 15, 2005 |
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January 18-21, 2005 |
Leadership Summit, Houston, TX USA |
A Message from the Executive Director
Celebrating and Taking Account
These last few weeks have been exciting as yet another association year comes to a close and a new one begins. Many of the chapters had their annual business meetings in May and the divisions celebrated at annual conference. I?m sure that each group of our leaders celebrated the accomplishments of the year and look forward to doing more great things for our members and the profession in the next. Congratulations to all of you who made 2004-05 a collective success.
Celebrating education?Conference attendees packed the general sessions featuring world-renowned keynote speakers and participated in a full schedule selected from the hundreds of conference sessions and CE courses. Education continues 24 hours each and every day with the launch of CLICK University, an exclusive SLA member benefit, bringing continuing education to your desktop. You may choose from courses ranging from software programs you use every day to a graduate degree program.
Celebrating networking?SLA also launched its first conference blog where bloggers shared their experiences with not only those attending but also those wishing they were there. And, there was networking from dawn breakfast meetings to way beyond dusk hospitality gatherings.
Celebrating our leaders?I would like to personally thank the SLA Board of Directors and committees for the extraordinary time they devoted to guiding the association to ensure that YOUR needs are met not only for now but into the future. Please remember to thank all who devoted similar time and effort for SLA?s chapters, divisions, caucuses, and committees.
As we take account for the successes of the past year, I look forward to working directly with the approximately 2,000 volunteer leaders who will do it again next year.
---- Janice R. Lachance, Executive Director
Reminder to Division Chairs and Chapter Presidents Regarding Officers
Please send in your 2005-2006 Officers Forms for chapters and divisions.We need to know the names of your president-elect or chair-elect, secretary, treasurer, bulletin editor, professional development chair, membership chair, public relations chair, and other officer positions. We are compiling this information for the SLA website and we also need to know your unit officers so we can start sending them appropriate mailings. Please call or e-mail Leadership Services Specialist Sam Felder at +1-703-647-4937 or leadership@sla.org, with any questions.
Notice to All Unit Label, Roster, and VIP Report Users
June and July are the months when new officers take office with most of the units. Because of this, it is also the time when all standing orders for mailing labels, rosters, e-mails, faxes, etc. expire. If you had a request in prior to June 30, 2005, it has expired. If you are an existing officer and have a standing order for mailing labels, lists, etc., you need to renew it at this time. If you are an incoming officer and need any of these items sent to you on a routine basis, you, too, need to fill out a request form. The label request form is available on the SLA website. All request forms should be fowarded to Samuel Felder, Leadership Services Specialist. The form is available for you to e-mail, print, complete, and fax to Sam at + 1.703.647.4901. Remember that we can e-mail you these data for your use in generating labels, broadcast faxes, broadcast e-mails; its not just labels and hardcopy reports.
Would you like the Association President or President-Elect to visit your chapter? Send an invitation by completing the request form. The large number of chapters makes it necessary to consider time, distance and SLA budgetary limitations. The number of visits shall not exceed eight per officer per year. For more information, visit the SLA Chapter Visit Request form. Please submit your form to Chapter Cabinet Chair Patricia Cia by June 30, 2005 (Fax: 604.323.5512).
The 2005 Call for Courses is your invitation to contribute to the information profession. By presenting a CE Session at SLA 2006 Annual Conference in Baltimore, MD USA, you have the opportunity to share knowledge and experience with those new and experience to the profession! The deadline for proposals is August 26, 2005. Additional Information. If you have any questions or comments about Leadership Connections, we would like your feedback. Please share your comments with leadership@sla.org
Chapter Presidential Visits
Call for Courses
Mid-Year Financial Reports Deadline Extended
Please alert your treasurers that for one time only, the annual financial report deadline has been extended by two weeks to July 15, 2005, due to a staffing change at SLA Headquarters. Deputy Executive Director and CFO Nancy Sansalone has joined the SLA team and will be the staff liaison with unit treasurers.
Another new face is on the SLA team. Jill Calabria joined the SLA staff on June 1 as membership marketing director. Please alert your membership chair that she will be their staff liaison.
SLA Expands with the Addition of Two New Caucuses
At their June 8, 2005 meeting, the SLA Board approved the creation of two new caucuses. Dennis Hamilton is the convener for the Architecture, Building Engineering, Construction, and Design Caucus (KABC). The scope of this new caucus: The Architecture, Building Engineering, Construction, and Design Caucus seeks to serve those information professionals working for public and private organizations in the building and real estate trades. This includes, but is not limited to, architecture, building engineering, construction, interior design, landscape architecture, development, public works, historic preservation, urban planning/urban design, planning, and real estate.
The second caucus created is the Inclusion Caucus (KINC) scope is: SLA is an organization made up of members from a multitude of ethnic, geographic, political, religious, sexual orientation, gender, abilities, and age backgrounds. This diversity is strength and a challenge. SLA faces many of the same issues that other organizations and businesses do who operate across boundaries. The Inclusion Caucus will offer coordination of and partnering for the initiatives of various as SLA units addressing these challenges as well as the collection and dissemination of information and best practices from our membership. Where the activities of other units are aligned with the scope of the Inclusion Caucus, the caucus will link to and promote the efforts of the other unit. The co-conveners are Linda Absher and Liz Blankson-Hemens.
To add either of these two new caucuses to an existing membership, please send a check for US$12 with a note requesting the addition of the specific caucus to Finance Department, SLA International Headquarters, 331 South Patrick Street, Alexandria, VA 22314-3501 USA. If paying by credit card, contact SLA Membership at +1.703.647.4900.
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