Present: Annette Anthony, Linda Barnett, Maria Belanger, Heather Cooke , Karen Darby, Sue Fahey, Alison Farrell, Lori Fleming, Stephanie Harlick, Karen Hutchens, Debra Kearsey, Lisa Marshall, Pam Morgan , Debbie O’Reilly, Stacey Penney, Jordan Pike, Barbara Reid, Heather Roberts, Kate Shore, Sherry Squire-Grace

1. Agenda.

No additions.

2. 2008 AGM Minutes.

No additions or corrections.

3. Business Arising.

L. Barnett arranged for P. Morgan to add a link to the NLHLA website to information concerning CHLA/ABSC Chapter responsibilities. She also checked the NLHLA constitution concerning CHLA/ABSC membership payment for executive. The constitution does not address this; however in checking previous minutes, the direction was for paying only that for the NLHLA President’s position.

4. President’s Report

D. O’Reilly welcomed everyone. She noted that following on the suggestion of the previous year, this year’s Conference and AGM was planned for late April to avoid conflicts with other conferences. She thanked Larry Dohey for the use of the Basilica Museum for our conference, and Doug Murdock for Ovid’s hosting of our lunch. She also thanked the various speakers for their presentations. The Chapter gift to CHLA this year is the book, the Last Voyage of the Karluk.

5. Secretary/Treasurer’s Report

L. Barnett spoke to the distributed Treasurer’s report. She noted that membership went up to 22 (2008/09) from the previous year (17 members). This is largely due to increased attendance by library assistants and technicians, as well individuals from non-health libraries. The association has a balance of $1, 567.08 which encompasses most of the expenses for today’s conference/agm.

6. New Business

a) Suggestions for future CE topics
Several suggestions were made including a full day project management session, the use of PDA’s in library services, and creating a professional portfolio. It was suggested that having a NLHLA CE event in the late part of the year would be good timing. D. O’Reilly encouraged members to forward suggestions from sessions they hear about or attend elsewhere.

b) AGM Timing
D. O’Reilly indicated that the late April date seemed to have worked out well. There was general agreement from the members that the earlier date for the AGM was acceptable, and could be applied for future years.

c) Hosting CHLA annual conference
NLHLA has been tentatively approached about hosting another CHLA Conference, possibly in 2013. Following some discussion about the demands and the size of our membership, the majority of members indicated an interest in hosting another future conference.

7. Round Table Updates

Members gave brief updates concerning activities at their institutions over the past year.

8. Elections

Elected by acclamation for 2009/10 were: Jordan Pike as President, Karen Hutchens as Vice President/President Elect, and Linda Barnett as Secretary/Treasurer.

9. Adjournment

Minutes submitted by: L. Barnett

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