GHSLA Meeting Minutes
Georgia Health Science Library Association
Annual Meeting Minutes, Unicoi State Park, GA
April 22, 1999Call to Order: Donna Trainor, President, 9:00 a.m.
Approval of Minutes: Carolyn Brown presented the minutes of the 1998 Annual Business Meeting that was held in Jacksonville,FL. Sandra Franklin moved to accept and the motion was seconded by Rosalind Lett.
Officers' Reports
Secretary: Cathy Woolbright reported that there had been no correspondence during the 1998-99 year. Now that a new logo has been adopted, GHSLA will be investigating the purchase of stationery with the logo.
Treasurer: Pauline Hollmann reported a bank balance of $13,738.42. Expenses during the year involved UPDATE expenses, a donation to the Leukemia Society in memory of Fran Golding. Karalyn Kavanaugh suggested the membership look into putting money into bonds.
Parliamentarian: Sheila Griffin reported that all GHSLA Executive Committee Meetings held between April 1998 - April 1999 have been held in accordance with Robert' Rules of Order, Newly Revised.
UPDATE Editor: Mia Sohn White has mailed UPDATE to the persons listed in the memebership directory. Many came back due to a change in address.
Webmaster: Marilyn Barry. Through a bylaws addition this past year maintenance of GHSLA's web page became a formal responsibility. The Webmaster meets and consults with the Executive committee on content and maintains and updates the site.
Site maintenance this past year has been a group effort. Emory Health Sciences Center Library continued to graciously provide web hosting services. "Co-master" Ingrid Hendrix of Emory devoted much time and expertise as a "techie," consultant and advisor. One of Ingrid's major contributions was publishing files to the web, which involved troubleshooting filename glitches and investigating and tweaking other nasty surprises. The site was created and previously maintained by Ingrid and also Emory's Carolyn Brown and Steve Foote. The GHSLA Web page was begun in 1995 and was the first state health sciences library association web site in the Southeast.
This year the new web group maintained the original site structure, updating member and other information and adding pages suggested by the Executive Committee. Posted Annual Meeting information included Unicoi pictures taken by Trish Nicola, links to a .pdf registration form and program schedule courtesy of Emory and links to CE instructor and banquet entertainment information. A new section for UPDATE tables of contents and President's Page were added. Plans for the coming year include posting photographs, a report and business meeting minutes from the Annual Meeting, adding position announcements from GHSLA member libraries, and incorporating GHSLA's new logo into site design.
Committee Reports
Program: Carolyn Brown submitted the report of the Program Committee. Members of this year's committee were Carolyn Brown, Chair, Sandra Franklin, Pauline Hollmann, Rosalind Lett and Trish Nicola. The theme of the 1999 Annual Meeting is the "Nature of Information," which reflects the emphasis on alternative medicine. Unicoi State Park was the site chosen for the meeting on April 21-23, 1999.
There were a total of 52 registered attendees for this year's annual meeting:
Three C.E. courses were offered:
The Strategic Planning Committee had a special meeting on Wednesday April 21st, open to all members. The key note address was given by Linda Gooding, Ph.D., Professor of Microbiology, Emory University School of Medicine. The title was "Alternative Medicine: Fringe or Frontier?" The Ninth annual Miriam Libbey Lecture, titled "Where Did Digital Technology Come From and Where Is It Going?" was given by Tom Singerella, Ph.D., Director of Health Sciences Library, University of Tennessee at Memphis.
Special events included a plant identification walk on April 21st and 22nd, led by Robert Case, Pharm D. Tingsen Xu, Ph.D., Professor of Biochemistry,President of Tai Chi Research Center, Atlanta, presented a lecture and a demo with audience participation entitled "The Nature of Tai Chi"
A Consumer Health Panel was held. Rosalind Lett was the announcer for the panel. Participantson the panel were:
Lisa Boyd, NN/LM, SE/A Region did an update on NLM and Sandra Franklin, SC/MLA Credentialing Liaison lead a discussion on AHIP.
Social events included a trivial pursuit game on Wednesday, April 21st; and a banquet on Thursday, April 22nd, featuring Dick Richard Albin, a humorist, storyteller and musician.
Continuing Education: Trish Nicola had the numbers of people enrolled in the week's CE classes. Four attended Rosalind Lett's Wednesday class, and seven are enrolled in the Online Resources in Alternative Medicine class.
Miriam Libbey: Fay Evatt announced that this year's Miriam Libbey speaker was selected from among several names and would be Tom Singerella, Director of the Health Sciences Library and Biocommunication Center, and Academic Chairman at the University of Tennessee at Memphis.
Nominating: Carolyn Brown reported the members of the committee as being Carolyn Brown, Chair, Gail Anderson, Pamela Queen, and Kathy Torrente.
Membership: Priscilla Carey
In July of 1998, Priscilla mailed 93 renewal letters to members who had not renewed prior to the 1998 Annual Meeting. The 1998/1999 Membership Directory is nearing completion; should bereceived by members prior to June.
Strategic Planning: The revised Strategic Plan was distributed. The plan had been presented to the Executive committee at its February 2,1999 meeting. Last evening's planning session provided members with an opportunity to list actions that they would like to see the Association implement in order to accomplish the Strategic Plan goals. Sandra Franklin thanked all participants in the session which resulted in new ideas for the Executive Board to consider. Special thanks was offered to the discussion leaders and recorders. Thanks were also extended to committee members Pauline Hollmann and Marilyn Barry and the committee work that will prepare GHSLA for the new millennium.
Consumer Health Ad Hoc: A Consumer Health Committee was formed as an ad hoc committee at the Strategic Planning Committee meeting in December 1997. The creation of an ad hoc consumer health committee was to focus on and implement some of the suggestions which appear to be priorities for the membership. These priorities are: lists of consumer health resources; ideas on services to provide methods of referral to othr sources of information, public library resources available to consumers,and a column in each UPDATEissue. Committee members are: Rosalind Lett, Linda Venis, Rebecca Fehrenbach, Kay McCall, and Mary Fielder, Chair. The committee contributed a list of reviewed consumer health Internet web sites in two UPDATE issues and coordinated a consumer health panel discussion for the annual meeting. The chair, Mary Fielder, requests that someone else be selected committee chair for the coming year as she is unable to serve in that capacity.
New Business
A video tribute to Fran Golding was shown by Mamie Bell. The video had been prepared by Scottish Rite Hospital for the ceremony in which the library was named for Fran.
Logo contest: Mia Sohn White announced the winner of the GHSLA logo contest and passed out magnets with the GHSLA logo and web address. The winner of the contest was Lee McCarley.
Student Scholarship for Annual Meeting: Priscilla Carey stated that the winner of the scholarship was Ronald Davis, a Clark University, Atlanta, Library student interested in a career in Health Science Libraries.
Honorary Members: Nominated and approved by the Executive Committee, Sharon Cann, who has recently retired, but was active in GHSLA and from 1981-1982 was Chair.
Election of New Officers: The slate was presented by Carolyn Brown and suggestions for any additions were requested. The slate, as follows, was moved to be accepted by Carol Burns, Fay Evatt accepted and the slate passed acceptance.
Presentation: Carolyn Brown presented Donna Trainor with a certificate acknowledging her year as chair of GHSLA.
Invitation to 2000 GHSLA Annual Meeting: Pauline Hollmann invited members to next years annual meeting to be held at St Simons at Sea Palms. A short video of the St Simons area was viewed. St Simons boasts wonderful restaurants, Ft Frederica, a lighthouse museum, and the rooms at Sea Palms are large with kitchenettes.
Adjournment: 9:45 a.m.
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