As many of you know, the ARLIS/NA year-of-transition began at the end of last year’s annual conference in Atlanta and came to a close at this year’s conference in Denver. Now, at the dawn of a new era in the Society’s history, the Regional Representatives have been replaced by functional liaisons who will be providing a conduit for communication between the Board and the groups who are carrying out the important work of the Society.
The new Board liaisons are as follows:
Canadian Member at Large: Liv Valmestad (term ends post conference 2010)
Chapter Liaison: Cate Cooney (term ends post conference 2009)
Communications and Publications: Barbara Romaniski (term ends post conference 2010)
Development and Membership Liaison: Amy Trendler (term ends post conference 2009)
Education Liaison: Elizabeth Schaub (term ends post-conference 2009)
As the Education Liaison, I will be working with the Professional Development Committee, chaired by Tom Caswell, that includes the newly formed Education Subcommittee, chaired by Heather Gendron, and Mentoring Subcommittee, chaired by V. Heidi Hass. In addition, I will be liaising with the Summer Educational Institute Implementation Team, co-chaired by Amy Lucker, Alex Reiskind and Visual Resources Association representative Jeanne Keefe, and the newly formed Summer Educational Institute Advisory Group, chaired by Sherman Clarke.
For additional information about these groups and the SEI program you can visit their respective sites:
Professional Development Committee: http://www.arlisna.org/organization/com/profdev/index.htm
Summer Educational Institute Advisory Group:
http://www.arlisna.org/organization/seiadv/index.html
Summer Educational Institute: http://www.vraweb.org/seiweb/introduction.html
The new Chapter Coordinator, Cate Cooney, will be paving a two way street for communication between the Board and the chapters. Cate can be reached via e-mail at the following address: catecooney@gmail.com. In addition, the Board recognizes how important face-to-face communication is and will be working to ensure at least one member of the Board is present at regional chapter meetings. And finally, there still is an interest in having diverse geographical representation on the Board and this will be something that the Nominations Committee will take into account when recruiting new officers.
This past year it has been a pleasure serving the ARLIS/NA Texas-Mexico Chapter as the South Regional Representative. I look forward to my new role as Education Liaison and my continued participation in the chapter’s activities as a member.
See you all in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico this November!
Respectfully submitted by:
Elizabeth Schaub
ARLIS/NA Education Liaison