SLA WCC Annual Meeting November 24, :30 a.m. Pacific 9:30 a.m. Mountain 10:30 a.m. Central

Agenda Call to Order Welcome and Regrets Adoption of Agenda Approval of Minutes of the 2009 Annual General Meeting Annual Reports: Treasurer, Dawn Bassett Communications, Shirley Lew President, Frances Main

Agenda.. Awards Presentation Nominations and Elections of Officers Incoming President’s remarks: Richard Matiachuk New Business: 2011 Officers and Committee Chairs Announcements Motion to Adjourn

Approval of Minutes of 2009 Annual General Meeting November 25, 2009

SLA WCC Finances Treasurer, Dawn Bassett

Current Account Balance (November 19, 2010) TD Canada Trust Chequing Account Balance $17,920.40

Revenue by Category (Year to date) Dues Allotment ………………$ 3, Sponsorship ………………….$ 5, Interest Income..…..…………$ 2.89 Total$ $8,513.34

Expenses by Category (Year to date. See budget for all categories) Programming….…………………….$ Teleconferencing ………….……….$ Awards …………………………. $ Executive …………………………….$ (Winter Meeting, Conference and AGM) Postage and supplies…………….$ All other categories ………………...$ Total$ 4,479.63

Income less Expenses (Year to date) Total Income$ 8, Total Expenses$ 4, Difference +$ 4,033.71

Communications Communications Director, Shirley Lew

Communications Website: Wired West Discussion List LinkedIn – search SLA Western Chapter Flickr Flickr Group Twitter

Website stats Statistic from JAN to OCT 2010: 2,525 visits per month on average 5,404 pages viewed per month on average 1,632 unique visitors per month on average Most traffic in February, March, January More visitors from US than Canada

Website stats Where visitors come from: 58.8% from direct address / bookmarks 24.6% from Search Engine 16.5% from links on other sites

Website stats Most popular pages (excluding homepage): 1. Employment page 2. Setting Up a Library From Scratch by Shelley Tegart (2001) 3. Marketing Records Management by Cathy McBratney (1998) 4. Programs page 5. Leadership page 6. Public Relations, Marketing, Advocacy by Pat Cavill (1998)

Wired West Edited by Allan Cho 4 issues published Highlight is the 25 th Anniversary Issue, Volume 13, no. 3 Submissions always welcome!

Discussion List Managed by Alex McNeur 393 active members (404 last year) 41 new subscribers 24 unsubscribed 27 in “held” status due to bounces

Social Media LinkedIn Group – 63 members Twitter – 96 followers Flickr – 83 photos posted, 178 views Flickr Group – 2 members, 11 photos

2010 Year In Review President, Frances Main

What We Did Events Events in Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, Regina, Winnipeg 25 th Anniversary Celebrations Student Representative positions

Membership Chapter membership219 total BC, Yukon, NWT120 AB 62 SK 11 MB 16 Other Provinces 7 U.S. 2 China 1

Services to Members Programming Employment Listings Discussion List Newsletter Chapter - Financial Management

Student Support Student Liaison Chair New Student Representative positions WCC speakers at UBC SLAIS, Langara College, UAlberta SLIS, Grant McEwan University and Red River College Given out 3 student memberships as prize draws

Sponsors 2010: Andornot – Wired West FP Infomart renewal LexisNexis – event sponsor

Thank you … SLA 2010 Board officers: President-Elect: Richard Matiachuk Past President: Debbie Schachter Secretary: Adrian Mitescu Treasurer: Dawn Bassett Communications: Shirley Lew Fund Development: Charles Hogg

Thank you … SLA 2010 Board Officers: BC – Vancouver: Andrea Freeman BC – Vancouver Island: Katy Nelson AB – Edmonton:Bob Cole/Lisa- Jane Watson AB – Calgary: Kathy Drewes Saskatchewan: Luella Newman Manitoba: Phillip Wolfart

Thank you… SLA 2010 Committee Chairs: Archives: Carolyn Petrie Bulletin Editor: Allan Cho Discussion List: Alex McNeur Employment: Anne Gregory Membership: Evelyn Taylor Student Liaison: Michelle Mallette

Thank You, Volunteers! Vancouver Programming: Ursula Ellis, Patricia Cia, Tania Alekson

Thank you! Venues Provided by … Department of Justice Teck Resources Vancouver Public Library

Award Presentation Awards Committee Chair: Debbie Schachter

2010 Outstanding Information Professional Patricia Cia is SLA WCC’s 2010 Outstanding Information Professional

Nominations Committee Nominations Chair: Susan McConkey

Nominations & Election of Officers

Nominations 2011 President-Elect: Secretary: Tania Alekson Communications Director: Adrian Mitescu Fund Development Director: Charles Hogg Alberta – Edmonton Director: Lisa-Jane Watson Saskatchewan Director: Luella Newman

Continuing Officers President: Richard Matiachuk Past President: Frances Main Treasurer: Dawn Bassett Alberta – Calgary: Kathy Drewes Manitoba:Phillip Wolfart Vancouver:Andrea Freeman Vancouver Island: Katie Nelson

Further Nominations and Voting

Passing of the Gavel

Incoming President’s Remarks President, Richard Matiachuk

New Business

2011 Board Officers President: Richard Matiachuk President-Elect: Past President: Frances Main Secretary:Tania Alekson Treasurer:Dawn Bassett Communications:Adrian Mitescu Fund Development:Charles Hogg

2011 Board Officers BC – Vancouver:Andrea Freeman BC – Vancouver Island:Katy Nelson Alberta – Calgary: Kathy Drewes Alberta – Edmonton:Lisa-Jane Watson Saskatchewan:Luella Newman Manitoba:Phillip Wolfart

2011 Committee Chairs Archives:Carolyn Petrie Bulletin Editor: Allan Cho Discussion List: Alex McNeur Employment: Anne Gregory Membership: Evelyn Taylor Student Liaison: Michelle Mallette

2011 Student Representatives Student Representative (SLAIS): Michael Grutchfield

Announcements

Motion to Adjourn