From Chris Shaffer, Midwest Chapter President
Hardin Library for the Health Sciences, University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA
The snow is melting in Iowa and thoughts of spring are in the air. With the renewal of spring, we look forward to renewal in the Midwest Chapter. As you know, at the annual meeting in Louisville, we passed a major bylaws revision. You may not be aware that the passage of the bylaws represents only the first step toward streamlining our operations and activities to ensure that they are relevant to our membership. Officers and committee members have been appointed to carry out these important tasks. The 2007 chapter officer and committee member appointments are listed at the end of this issue of MIDLINE.
I have appointed a Website Redesign Special Committee, which has been charged with task of evaluation, planning, site-architecture and visual design, implementation, and testing required to relaunch the Midwest Chapter’s website. Brian Finnegan, Rebecca Holz and Mary Congleton have graciously agreed to tackle this project, in coordination with the Communications Committee. See the story in this issue about the specific tasks of the committee. Please take a few minutes to complete their survey and let us know what you want from the chapter website.
The Spring 2007 Executive Board Meeting will be held at the Ebling Library, University of Wisconsin-Madison on Friday, March 16. Board meetings are open to the membership (RSVP requested). Board members will be writing and approving committee charges, which are no longer included in the bylaws. If you have any items to add to the preliminary agenda, please let me know. You are invited to contact officers and committee chairs to share with them your opinions on the activities and future of the Chapter.