ARLIS/NA= Delaware Valley Chapter

Fall 200= 8 Business Meeting

Thursday= , October 16, 2008

Moore Co= llege of Art

Board Ro= om – Wilson Hall

MEETING MINUTES

Twelve Chapter members attended.

Chapter President Andrea Goldstein called the meeting to order at 9:40 A.M.

President Andrea Goldstein thanked Moore College of Ar= t for hosting the meeting. She gave special thanks to Sharon Watson-Mauro, Library Director and Annabelle Curran, Archivist, who helped make it possible.

APPROVAL OF MINUTES

Minutes of the previous Chapter meeting, held on March= 28, 2008, were officially presented by the Secretary-Treasurer, Mary Louise Castaldi and accepted unanimously by the members.

SECRETARY-TREASURER'S REPORT

Secretary-Treasurer, Mary Louise Castaldi, submitted a report on the Chapter's finances and on membership for the year to date. The balance of $1,038.01—a $1,186.98 decrease from March 27, 2008-- reflects the monies paid by the Chapter for the remaining spring regional conference expenses. The current balance in the Marietta Boyer Travel Award Fund is $157.00. The complete re= port is appended to these minutes.

MARIETTA BUSHNELL BOYER TRAVEL AWARD

Annabelle Curran, 2008 recipient of the award, reported on the 36^th annual ARLIS/NA Conference, held in Denver, May 1- 5, 2008. Her handwritten report focuses on = the personal rewards of attending the conference, and what she feels she gained professionally. It will be kept in the Chapter Archives.<= /p>

CHAPTERS LIAISON REPORT

Cate Cooney, in her capaci= ty as ARLIS/NA Chapters Liaison, reported on several matters:

She reported on the ARLIS/NA Mid-Year conference in Ne= w York the previous week:

current= candidates for national office;

online<= /span> voting through Member Clicks continues until November 3, 2008;

future<= /span> conference locations:

Indianapolis, IN April<= /span> 16 – 21, 2009

Boston, MA 2010

Minneapolis MN 2011 (joint with VRA)

Toronto, Canada 20= 12;

nationa= l member dues would increase in 2009 after 10 years due to increased costs; <= span style=3D'mso-tab-count:1'> &= nbsp;

journal= , Art Documentation will change to peer-reviewed

tight budget, but special funding requests encouraged; =

possibi= lity of print on-demand Directory.

The President asked Cate a= bout the mentoring program that came up at the meeting for chapter leaders at the

2008 annual conference in Denver o= n May 5, 2008.

OLD BUSINESS

Outreach Committee

Stephanie Riley, Jennifer Cho and Ed Deegan represented ARLIS/NA and the Chapter at the ann= ual Drexel University iSchool “Rush at Rush&#= 8221; event, held on April 17, 2008, 4:30-6:00 P.M. at Hager= ty Library. They handed out ARLIS literature, and awarded a student chapter affiliation to Jessica Evans.

NEW BUSINESS

Chapter contribution to 2009 ARLIS/NA Conference

Karen Lightner made a motion to raise the contribution to $200.00—$50.00 more than we contributed for 2007 and 2008. The motion was seconded by Jeremy Blat= chley . A= vote was taken, and the motion passed unanimously.

Marietta Boyer Travel Award for 2009

Ed Deegan made a motion to cancel the 2009 travel award d= ue to lack of sufficient funds. This would be subject to a reopening by the execu= tive board in a reasonable time before the conference in April 2009. The motion was seconded by Karen Lightner. A vote was taken, and the motion p= assed unanimously.

Election of Officer

The Nominating Committee appointed at the Spring 2008 meeting (Mary Wassermann, Ed Deegan, Amelia Nel= son) presented one candidate for 2009 Vice-President/President-Elect (to serve as President in 2010 and Past-President in 2011): Karen Lightne= r, head of the Art Department @ The Free Library of Phila= delphiaPaper ballots were distributed and collected.&nb= sp; The candidate was elected by unanimous vote of the 11 eligible participants.

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Tyler School of Art is moving from Elkins Park, PA to = the main Temple University campus on Broad Street in Philadelphia. The move beg= ins the first week of January, 2009.

Andrea Goldstein, current President, is moving to Temple’s Ambler campus. After 19 years as head of Tyler’s libra= ry, she will be doing general reference in the Ambler library. The position of Reference Art Librarian at Paley Library will soon be announced.

Karen Lightner has been pr= omoted to head of the Art Department @ The Free Library of Philadelphia<= /span>

PALINET merged with SOLINET.

Ed Deegan announced the op= ening of a new exhibit at the University of Pennsylvania’s Van Pelt Library: “Comics, Animation & Graphic Novels at Penn.”

ADJOURNMENT

The business meeting concluded at 10:25 A.M.

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ADDENDUM

ARLIS/NA Delaware Valley Chapter

Secretary-Tre= asurer’s Report as of 15 October 2008

CITIZENS BANK “Business Green Checking” account:

Balance at closing dat= e of last report (27 March 2008): = &nb= sp; = $ 2,224.99

Deposits made through = 15 October 2008 (incl. interest): = &nb= sp; = 14= 0.38

Expenditures through 15 October 2008: = &nb= sp; = &nb= sp; = 1,327.36

Net change: = &nb= sp; = &nb= sp; = &nb= sp; = &nb= sp; - 1186.98

Balance = at close of business 15 October 2008: = &nb= sp; = &nb= sp; 1,038.01

BREAKDOWN OF THE ABOVE BY FUND=

GENERAL FUND:

Balance = at closing date of last report (27 March 2008): = &nb= sp; = $ 2,077.99<= /b>

Deposits= made through 15 October 2008 (incl. interest on all funds):        =             &nb= sp; 130.38

Expenditures through 15 October 2008:&nbs= p;              =             &nb= sp;            =              =            1,= 327.36    = ;            &n= bsp;            = ;

Net change:        =             &nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp;            =       - 1196.98

Balance at close of business 15 October 2008:        =             &nb= sp;            =                  =            88= 1.01

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MARIETTA BOYER TRAVEL = AWARD FUND:

Balance at closing dat= e of last report (27 March 2008):        =             &nb= sp;            =             147.00

Deposits= made through 15 October 2008 (member contributions):        =                      10.00

Expendit= ures through 15 October 2008:        =             &nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp;            =         =       0.00

Net change:        =             &nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp;            =         + 10.00<= /u>

Balance = at close of business 15 October 2008:        =             &nb= sp;            =             &nb= sp;            =     157.00

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PARTICIPATION:

Note: A participant (or lapsed participant) who <= i>renews at any time is recorded as renewing for the then-current calendar year, unl= ess the dues payment is clearly identified as covering a previous or future year.   Someone who jo= ins before October is recorded as a new participant for the then-current calend= ar year, and the dues payment is credited toward that year. Someone who joins during th= e last quarter of a calendar year is recorded as a new participant for that year, = but her/his participation also is recorded as having been renewed through the e= nd of the next calendar year—i.e. an initial dues payment can cover up t= o 15 months of participation. Begi= nning with 2007, participants who also are (self-reported) members of ARLIS/NA are recorded as “members” of the DVC, those who are not also member= s of ARLIS/NA are recorded as “affiliates” of the DVC.