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VRA Great Lakes Chapter Fall Meeting
November 14, 2008, The Art Institute of Chicago
In attendance: Alex Nichols, Kari Smith, Marian Lambers, Marlene Gordon, Sue Morris, Julia Chytil, Elizabeth Myer, Carole Pawloski, Astrid Otey, Sherrie Brittig, Meghan Musolff, Joe Romano, and Lorrie McAllister.
I. Discussion of VRA Annual Meeting: The Great Lakes Chapter meeting will again coincide with the national VRA spring meeting to be held in Toronto. The Great Lakes Chapter has announced that workshop grants are available to support attendance at an annual conference workshop. Marian Lambers is chairing the workshop committee and Kari Smith and Carole Pawloski will also serve on the committee. The committee will send an announcement and reminders to the VRA GL listserv calling for proposals. Marlene Gordon inquired about doing a chapter basket for the VRAaffle. All were in favor. A VRA GL listserv announcement will be made closer to the spring meeting date regarding the chapter basket.
II. Treasurer's Report: Astrid Otey gave the treasurer's report and noted that $353.00 of the chapter funds will be spent to help pay for the fall meeting.
Balance as of March 7, 2008: $1047.40
Income:
Dues - $ 45.00
Expenditures:
None
Balance as of November 11, 2008: $1322.40
III. Election for Secretary:
Sherrie Brittig and Meghan Musloff have been nominated for the position
of Secretary. There was discussion about the secretary position being
combined into a Secretary/Treasurer position, but no consensus was reached.
We will have more discussion around this topic during our upcoming bylaw
review discussions on the VRA GL listerv. We will go ahead and
elect a Secretary for 2009/10 and if the position changes after bylaw
review, the current officer will have the option of stepping down and
we will hold an election for the new office position. It was voted
on and accepted by all. Joe Romano, as Nominating Committee chair,
will send a ballot out via the VRA GL listerv.
IV. Membership Issues:
We discussed a possible membership fee change, and all agreed that the
VRA GL annual chapter fee will stay at $15. We discussed Allan
Kohl's message to all Chapter Chairs with regard to membership in
VRA and whether national and regional members could exist, with regional
members not paying membership in the national group. We discussed
having an official grace period for dues. This will be a part of the
bylaw review process. A new Membership Committee was formed to
reach out and recruit new members and consists of Sue Morris, Astrid
Otey, and Marlene Gordon.
V. Approval of Spring Meeting Minutes:
Marian Lambers made a motion to approve the minutes from the
2008 spring meeting, Kari Smith seconded it. All accepted.
VI. Joint Meeting Discussion:
Sue Morris brought up that the combined meetings are a great idea.
We discussed having a joint meeting with ARLIS in the future.
We also discussed having more programming at the chapter meetings.
There was also discussion of where we might hold future meetings, for
example, we could meet with another group that is geographically near
or with ARLIS. We had three VRA GL members who are also ARLIS
members in attendance. There was discussion of other nearby VRA
chapters. There were suggestions that future meetings be held
in Toledo, Ohio; Detroit, or Ann Arbor, Michigan.
VI.Adjournment:
Kari Smith motioned to adjourn. Sherrie Brittig seconded it. The meeting was adjourned
at 1:55pm.
Respectfully submitted
Lorrie McAllister, VRA GL Secretary
