GHSLA Update
The Bulletin of the Georgia Health Sciences Library Association
Published 3 times per year
Subscription to print publication included in annual dues2002 Editor: Miriam Hudgins
Mercer University School of Medicine Library & LRC
Update_editor@ghsla.orgGreetings from the President: Spring/Summer 2000, Vol. 20, No. 1
Hello, everyone, I really thought I had completed my final "Greetings" in the last UPDATE, but Vice President Pauline Hollmann could not assume the Presidency. She has accepted a new position as Head of Reference in the public library system of Florida. So at the annual meeting at St. Simons Island, I was voted in as President for the upcoming year.
Many thanks to Pauline for all the work she did over the years for GHSLA. She served at least three terms as Treasurer and as the Vice President. This year, she was the Program Chair for this past annual meeting at Sea Palms Resort at St. Simons. With a smaller than normal treasury, Pauline and Paula Christian, our Treasurer, worked their ":magic"e; putting on a fantastic meeting utilizing the talents of many GHSLA members. The GHSLA members are a great group of people who really unite and come through for this organization.
Just to briefly recap, this year's meeting was at Sea Palms, a golf and tennis resort, surrounded by beautiful marshes, teaming with birds on St. Simons Island. The atmosphere was very laid back with friendly resort staff. Dress was casual and lots of free time was built into the meeting schedule per members' requests from past meetings. Some of the highlights of the meeting were the trolley tour of the St. Simons Island, the Interlibrary Loan Forum, Workshop on Professional Competencies, the Miriam Libbey speech given by Carol Burns and the networking amongst members. The Continuing Education half-day classes on Docline and Electronic Journals were well attended on the last day of the meeting.
Last week, you should have received a notice from Sandra Franklin, Ad Hoc Bylaws Chair, about an amendment to the Bylaws that requires you to return a ballot. The change to the Bylaws is to change the Chairmanship of the Nominating Committee from the Vice-President to the Past President. The deadline to return your ballot is June 30.
Finally I would liked to thank the past Executive Board who attended Executive Board meetings at different locations around the state in the planning of the annual meeting. Kudos to Roxanne Nelson, Memebership Committee Chair for the increase in membership up to 81 total so far this year; to Rosalind Lett, Continuing Education Committee Chair for two excellent C.E. classes, Jan LaBeause, Miriam Libbey Committee Chair for the 10th anniversary celebration of the Miriam Libbey Speaker; Mia Sohn White, Newsletter Editor who produced Update with great script in a very timely manner; finally Marilyn Barry, Webmaster who has updated our website with much creativity.
I look forward to planning our next annual meeting with our new Executive Board in conjunction with the Alabama Health Sciences Library Association. So mark your calendars for March 14-16 2001 for our next annual meeting in Columbus, GA.
- Carolyn M. Brown, President
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