From Chris Shaffer, Midwest Chapter President
Hardin Library for the Health Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
chris-shaffer@uiowa.edu
I hope everyone enjoyed the Southern Exposure in Looavul, Luhvul, Loueville, Looaville, Looeyville, Louisville! I know I did. Make plans now to attend Omaha 2007, a joint meeting with the Midcontinental Chapter (where they’re still allowed to say MCMLA). It’s shaping up to be a great meeting, chock full of events for everyone. See the article farther down in this issue for information about the Omaha conference.
The big news from the this year’s annual business meeting is the bylaws revision. Kudos to Michelle Orebaugh and her crew for doing such a wonderful job with this less than envious task. We now have a streamlined set of bylaws, patterned after MLA’s Model Chapter Bylaws, which will allow the chapter to function more efficiently.
President-Elect Mary Markland, President Chris Shaffer,
Immediate Past President Eileen Stanley
With the new bylaws, the president (that’s me) and other elected officials take office at the end of the business meeting, instead of January 1. There are new committees as well, and the board will be much smaller as we eliminate the nine representatives-at-large and replace them with a single elected representative-at-large who will chair the new State Liaisons Committee. Many thanks to the people who ran for the old representatives-at-large positions, but didn’t get a chance to serve. Appointments to committees will be made by the president, so many of the former representatives, along with those of you who checked the “I will serve” box on your membership application or renewal, will be getting a call from me in the next week or so.
I’m looking forward to the year and I hope you’ll join me as we explore new ways to make the Midwest Chapter relevant to health sciences librarians in our nine states!