Greetings from your Camp Director

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Greetings from your Camp Director

• Hope N. Tillman
• President, Special Libraries Association
• January 24, 2002

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Chicago topics

• New Executive Director

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Structuring for Strength

• Staff realignment
• Knowledge Exchange led by Knowledge Builder John
  Latham
• See SLA web site

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Chicago topics

• New Executive Director
• September 11th

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Linked from box on front page of web site
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Chicago topics

• New Executive Director
• September 11th
• Board member resignations
• Lucy Lettis replaced by Karen Kreizman-Reczek
• Karen Bleakley replaced by Nigel Oxbrow

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Chicago topics

• New Executive Director
• September 11th
• Board member resignations
• Chapter visits

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Chapter Visits Fall 2001

• Connecticut Valley
• Minnesota
• Wisconsin
• Cleveland
• Issues economy, layoffs, closings, recruitment,
  relevance to those who have moved into upper
  management

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Chicago topics

• New Executive Director
• September 11th
• Board member resignations
• Chapter visits
• SLA strategic initiatives progress

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Strategic Initiatives Progress Report

• Simplification
• Conferences
• Membership
• Partnerships
• Branding

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Chicago topics

• New Executive Director
• September 11th
• Board member resignations
• Chapter visits
• SLA strategic initiatives progress report
• Work of this winter meeting

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Winter Meeting Agenda

• Association Governance
• Bylaws
• Branding
• Association Financial Matters
• Conference Task Force II
• Super Survey Report
• Tiered Discussion Lists
• Diverse Caucus proposal to dissolve

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What is SLAs mission

• To advance the leadership role of our members in
  putting knowledge to work for the benefit of
  decision-makers in corporations, government, the
  professions, and society as well as to shape the
  destiny of our information and knowledge-based
  society.
• Putting Knowledge to Work has been an SLA
  slogan since 1917.

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SLAs beginnings in Bretton Woods, New Hampshire
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Process

• Always a need for member involvement and input
• Deliberate process with checks and balances

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What roles can you play?

• As Member?
• As Leader?

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Any questions? Concerns? Solutions

• Hope Tillman
• 781-239-4259
• Tillman_at_babson.edu
• http//www.sla.org/content/SLA/slapres/index.cfm
• http//www.hopetillman.com
• http//www.babson.edu/library