Submitted by Deborah Lauseng, 2007 Midwest Chapter Secretary
Taubman Medical Library, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
This year, President Chris Shaffer and the Executive Board have working on updating committee charges in light of the new bylaws. Committee charges were drafted during the spring executive board meeting, and approved this fall by the board. The standing committees include: Annual Meetings, Awards & Scholarships, Communications, Finance, Governmental Relations, Membership, Nominations & Elections, Professional Practice, and State Liaisons. The list of committee charges and rosters can be found on the chapter website under the business tab.
The new chapter website was unveiled during the board meeting. Appreciation was expressed to the members of the Website Redesign Special Committee, and to Allan Barclay, Webmaster. The website redesign group has been reappointed for another year to continue working through the changes, and to develop a members only section, an intranet and a membership directory.
For 2008, another special committee has been appointed. The Policies and Procedures Special Committee will collect existing policy and procedure documents, recommend revisions or new policies and procedures, published the final group of documents on the Midwest Chapter’s intranet. Members of the committee include: Chris Shaffer (Chair), Sheryl Stevens, Eileen Stanley, and Rebecca Caton.
The Membership Committee will be seeking student member volunteers to assist with designing a Midwest Chapter/MLA promotional banner that can be used by the state liaisons. Bette Sydelko will be overseeing this project. The committee also updated the membership brochure and distributed to the state liaisons to use with their recruitment efforts.
The State Liaison Committee, a new standing committee, has been busy during this year helping to recruit new members through the various communications and contacts with the state health sciences library organizations, promoting the attendance at the 2007 Joint Meeting in Omaha, and assisting with the Omaha meeting registration activities.
The full reports of the Executive Board officers and committees are located on the chapter website under the business tab.
Prepared by Marlene Porter, Midwest Chapter Treasurer
Mulford Health Science Library, University of Toledo Health Science Campus, Toledo, OH
The Financial Statement November 16, 2007 shows a beginning balance of $68,178.92 and an ending balance of $53,926.11, for a net decrease of $14,252.8. This is due to expenses for the 2007 Annual Meeting and payout to 2006 Annual Meeting hosts. See the updated 2007 account link: http://midwestmla.org/board/treasurer/2007.xls for details.