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MEMBERSHIP MEETING
OLAC 2002 CONFERENCE
St. Paul, Minnesota
September 28, 2002

Minutes

1. Call to Order, Introductions, Announcements (K. Johnson)
   
   President Kay Johnson called the meeting to order at 12:10 p.m. She introduced herself and other OLAC Board members introduced themselves: Kevin Furniss (Past President), Jan Mayo (Treasurer), Cathy Gerhart (Vice President/President Elect), Iris Wolley (CAPC Chair), and Rebecca Lubas (Secretary).
   
   
2. Secretary's Report (R. Lubas)
   
   Minutes from the Membership Meetings held at ALA Midwinter in New Orleans, Louisiana in January 2002 were approved as published in the online version of the OLAC Newsletter.
   
   
3. Treasurer’s Report (J. Mayo)
   
   As of June 30, 2002, OLAC had a balance of $12,269.20. The current membership count for 2002, as of September 24, is 686. The full Treasurer's report can be found in the September issue of the OLAC Newsletter.
   
   
4. Newsletter Editor’s Report (K. Johnson for J. Fletcher)
   
   Jain Fletcher is the new Newsletter Editor. Jain is Head of the Technical Services Division in the Department of Special Department at UCLA.
   
   A Conference Reports editor is now needed to replace Jain.
   
   
5. Committee Reports
   
   
   1. Cataloging Policy Committee (CAPC) (I. Wolley)
      
      There will be a CAPC meeting Sunday morning. Reports and updates will be given for subcommittees for summary notes, additions to personal names, DVD guidelines, Chapter 3 changes, and authority tools.
      
      
   2. NACO-AV Funnel Training (A. Caldwell)
      
      Ann reported that nine members were trained to be part of the NACO-AV project at the Pre-Conference. They are: Marti Brickner of Southwest Texas State University, John DeSantis of Dartmouth College, Mary Konkel of the College of DuPage, Barbara Cohen and Ruth Roazen of Northern Arizona University, Joan Colquhoun McGorman of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary, Linda Seguin of University of Maryland at Baltimore County, and Anping Wu and Susannah Benedetti of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
      
      
   3. Conference Committee (R. Bothmann/B. Friesen)
      
      Tours to the Minnesota Library and the Minnesota History Center took place on Thursday.
      
      As of September 22, there were 185 registered attendees, of which 45 were non-members and 3 were students.
      
      Bothmann and Friesen introduced and thanked the workshop leaders and presenters.
      
      
   4. Conference Scholarship Committee (M. Konkel)
      
      This year there were 7 applicants for the OLAC Conference Scholarship. Susannah Benedetti of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington is this year’s winner, and will be presented at the poster session.
      
      
   5. Elections Committee (M. Horan for L. Ashley)
      
      Candidates are needed for Treasurer (a two-year term) and Vice President/President Elect (a three-year term).
      
      
   6. Nancy B. Olson Award Committee (K. Furniss)
      
      Kevin Furniss recognized past recipients of the OLAC Award. Nominations for this year’s Award are being sought. The deadline for nomination is Nov. 15.
      
      
   7. Outreach/Advocacy (I. Fairclough)
      
      There will be an Outreach/Advocacy meeting in the afternoon. Topics will include OLAC outreach to regional OCLC networks, improving the OLAC pamphlet, and ways to recruit new members. Fairclough also showed an article on the last OLAC Conference that appeared in the Singapore Library Bulletin.
      
      
6. Reports from Liaisons
   
   
   1. AMIA (J. Johnson)
      
      See written report elsewhere in this issue.
      
      
   2. OCLC (J. Weitz)
      
      Jay Weitz discussed new developments at OCLC. See written report elsewhere in this issue.
      
      
7. Old Business
   
   OLAC Logo (K. Johnson)
   
   The Board has adopted a new logo. It is an update of the current logo, with the film reel removed in favor of a capital "O" in the same font.
   
   
8. New Business
   
   The Board has decided, based on member feedback, to reject a proposal to change the management of OLAC List.
   
   
9. Adjournment
   
   The meeting adjourned at 12:50 p.m.