Hosted by the Art & Architecture Library, Stanford University Schedule:
1:00-2:00 Tour at the Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual
Arts, Stanford University, of the exhibition Revolutionary Tides: The
Art of the Political Poster 1914-1989
2:00-2:15 Walk to Stanford’s Art & Architecture Library
2:20-3:00 Business meeting
3:00-3:30 Tour of the Art & Architecture Library, Stanford University
3:30-4:30 Social hour
Presiding officers:
John Stucky, Chair
Barbara Rominski, Vice-chair, Chair Elect
Abby Bridge, Secretary/Treasurer
Attendees:
Suzanne Beattie, Peter Blank, Nensi Brailo, Rosita
Burke, Kate Connell, Edith Crowe, Heather Cummins, Ida Z. daRoza, Jeff
Gunderson, Lillian Hetherington, Robin Hori, Peggy Keeran, Heather
MacLean, Bethany Martin, Elissa Papendick, Alex Ross, Linda Smith,
Kathryn Wayne.
Business meeting was called to order at 2:20 pm.
The meeting was led by Vice-chair, Chair Elect, Barbara Rominski.
Alex Ross, head librarian of the Art & Architecture Library,
welcomed the group. Barbara Rominski thanked Alex Ross and his staff
for hosting the meeting and providing refreshments. The current
officers were introduced and attendees identified themselves. Barbara
welcomed Peggy Keeran, our Western Regional Representative, and noted
that Sue Koskinen will be our incoming rep for 2006.
Minutes of the spring 2005 ARLIS-NC chapter meeting were read by Abby Bridge. They were unanimously approved without emendation.
Abby Bridge gave the Secretary/Treasurer’s report. At this date, the account balance was $1140. Expenditures since the last meeting were $70.20 for refreshments for the spring meeting and $75.00 for expenses related to setting up the new bank account at Washington Mutual (e.g. checks, deposit slips, stamp).
John Stucky inquired about the bank situation. Abby reviewed the decision to switch from Bank of America to Washington Mutual. Nensi Brailo commented on the Chapter’s history with Bank of America dating back to Nancy Colace’s tenure as Treasurer.
Abby distributed copies of the 2005 directory. Abby made repeated attempts to coordinate with the VRA Northern California Chapter board to do a joint directory, but was never provided with listings for their members. We may want to revisit the joint directory idea at a later date, but at this point there doesn’t seem to be any interest from VRA.
ARLIS-NC membership runs on a calendar year, so 2005 memberships expire at the end of December. Abby solicited renewals and passed out renewal forms for 2006. Abby also promised to send out a renewal letter to all non-renewing members from the past 2 years. For the past couple years, the board has relied on the listserv and e-mail to communicate with members; it was speculated that this has resulted in the chapter losing touch with some of our retired members.
Next on the agenda was the election for the position of Vice-chair/chair elect for 2006. Ida Z. daRoza was approved unanimously. Barbara Rominski thanked the nominating committee, Nensi Brailo and Kathryn Wayne, for their work. When Ida assumes office, Barbara will officially transition into the position of Chair. Barbara and John Stucky noted that the current officers have been reviewing the Chapter bylaws and have attempted to follow protocol for meetings and elections more closely than has sometimes been done in the past.
Following up on the discussion of student outreach at the spring meeting, Barbara Rominski contacted the new director of the SLIS at SJSU, Ken Haycock. The SLIS is currently considering offering course work in art librarianship. Barbara and Ken will meet in January to discuss potential collaboration between the Chapter and the SLIS. It was reported that the annual spring career fair did not seem to be happening this year. Ida Z. daRoza noted that the fair is organized by students. Barbara passed around a prototype version of the new ARLIS/NA brochure. Peggy Keeran noted that ARLIS/NA has raised the amount for the internship award for students and there will be a student-outreach session at the 2006 ARLIS/NA conference in Banff. Scholarships for the Banff conference will include 2 student awards, including the regular award and the student diversity award (both for $750). All students were encouraged to apply.
Barbara made an announcement about the Banff conference and encouraged everyone to attend. Peggy Keeran noted that the conference will have a lot of workshops. This is along the lines of the old Ask ARLIS sessions (for example, the student outreach session will allow for questions and interaction).
John Stucky inquired whether the idea of a joint chapter meeting at the de Young was still being pursued. Barbara responded that there is still interest from both chapters, but there are currently no plans to hold a joint chapter meeting in 2006.
The Southern California Chapter leadership is overextended with planning the 2008 ARLIS/NA joint-meeting with VRA in San Diego. There is only one ARLIS-SC member in San Diego, so planning and logistics are very difficult and any help would be appreciated. Northern California members were encouraged to participate on committees and offer their support to the Southern California Chapter.
Nensi Brailo asked Peggy Keeran if students can be officers. Peggy didn’t know, but noted that officers do need to be members of ARLIS/NA. Technically, all chapter members are supposed to be members of the Society, but the Northern California Chapter allows local membership. Barbara Rominski commented that we don’t want to turn anyone away.
The ARLIS-NC spring meeting will be held before the ARLIS/NA conference in Banff. Spring break will be taken into consider in choosing a date. Barbara proposed having an all day meeting at the de Young with programs in the morning and tours in the afternoon. Previously, we’ve talked of having a program focusing on architecture and space planning. Maybe different members could give 15 min. talks on their experiences since a number of our members have been through major building transitions and redesign projects.
Business meeting was adjourned at 3:07 pm.