ASISamp;T-Pacific Northwest Chapter 2004.ppt

ASIST-Pacific Northwest Chapter 2004 Mark Dahl – Chapter Chair/Assembly Rep Terry Reese – Chair Elect Melissa Riesland – Secretary/Treasurer Chapter facts Total members: Approx. 250 as of last fall (dropped somewhat this spring) Members by state Alaska – 8 California – 4 Idaho – 3 Oregon – 36 (17 in Portland metro area) Washington – 184 (135 or so in Seattle area) Members by state Members by major metro area Membership profile Some (cool) member job titles Research analyst Taxonomist Information Architect Cataloger for Networked Resources Semantic Libraries Architect Director of User Experience Web Communications Manager Some more mundane (but impressive) member job titles Librarian Professor/Assistant Professor Dean President Graduate student Chapter governance How it used to be Chair-elect/Program Chair Elected in fall Planned following year’s annual fall meeting Chair Previous year’s Chair-Elect In charge of Chapter Past Chair/Chapter Assembly Rep Previous year’s Chair Part of executive board Represents Chapter at National Secretary/Treasurer Chapter governance How it is now (after some decisions this fall) Chair-elect Elected in fall Assists in planning spring meeting Chair Previous year’s Chair-Elect In charge of Chapter overall AND planning spring meeting Past Chair/Chapter Assembly Rep (Mark Dahl) Previous year’s Chair Part of executive board Represents Chapter at National Secretary/Treasurer Administers Executive committee Chair-elect (Terry Reese) Chair (Mark Dahl) Past Chair (Mark Dahl) Secretary/Treasurer (Melissa Riesland) (elected 2-year position) Volunteer/appointed positions Webmaster Meeting volunteers Elections Take place in summer Nominating committee solicits nominations We will be forming a nominating committee soon (Great opportunity to get involved) Chapter activities Annual Meeting Seattle Reading Group Scholarships ?????? Chapter bylaws Chapter has been operating outside its existing bylaws for some time New bylaws by and large follow m