Location: University of Washington and Seattle Art Museum
Cost: US$8.00 (CDN$10.00) payable at the door
Friday, Nov. 12
1:00 - 1:30 registration, socializing and coffee in the University of Washington Art Library
1:30-2:30 Tour of the art library and the art slide library
2:30-3:00 walk across campus to Suzzallo/Allen Libraries, perhaps with a quick peek at the cathedral-inspired Suzzallo Reading Room on the 2nd floor
A 1927 article in the Pacific Builder and Engineer stated that "this room has been pronounced by experts to be the most beautiful on the continent and is ranked among the most beautiful in the world".
It is a majestic room with a vaulted ceiling, elaborately decorated with colored and gilded stencilling and oak bookcases with hand carved friezes of native Wahsington State plants.
3:00 - 4:00 ARLIS NW chapter business meeting
location: Suzzallo Library, 5th floor, east conference room
4:00 - 5:00 tour of the architecture library or, for those interested, a visit to the Henry Art Gallery
5:00 - 6:30 free time
6:30 - dutch treat dinner at a local restaurant
Saturday, Nov. 13,1999
10:45 meet at the Seattle Art Museum for a guided tour of the exhibit "An American century of photography; from dry-plate to digital, the Hallmark photographic collection".
We are very fortunate to have both a curatorial colleague from SAM to guide us through the exhibit and also a special guest along: Tom Harris, photography instructor at the Art Institute of Seattle and recipient of a 1996 Guggenheim fellowship.
The program ends officially after the tour, so if you're from out of town, you will have an afternoon to explore downtown Seattle.
Business Meeting Minutes:
ARLIS/NA
Northwest Chapter
Annual Fall Meeting, November 12, 1999
Chair: Carole Goldsmith
Recorder John Cull
Attendance: 10 members
Guest: Lorna Corbetta-Noyes ( ARLIS/NA Western Regional Representative)
AGENDA
Approved by acclamation
PREVIOUS MINUTES (December 4 1998)
None available.
(The last annual meeting in Seattle was a planning meeting for the ARLIS/NA 1999 conference in Vancouver).
REPORT FROM THE CHAIR (Carole Goldsmith)
The Chair welcomed Western Regional Rep., Lorna Corbetta-Noyes, and thanked Connie Okada for hosting the meeting. Chapter members were thanked and congratulated for their collective efforts in organizing the 1999 ARLIS/NA Annual Conference in Vancouver. The Final Report was circulated for information. Evaluations by participants were generally positive. The only complaints received were of a minor nature, mostly relating to the scheduling of events. The Chairman (and others) noted that there is great competition for the available slots in the program, that overlaps always result, and that participants have always had to make choices. Examples of local and International publicity were circulated for information.
Some fund-raising was done at the Conference. The organizing committee sold CD-ROM screen-savers (Gardens of the Pacific Northwest) on commission, for a net revenue of CN $257.
The Chapter has donated US $100 to ARLIS/NA as a contribution to the 2000 Annual Conference(Welcoming Party) in Pittsburgh.
SECRETARY/TREASURERS REPORT (Jodee Fenton)
Not available
MEMBERSHIP
By-laws:
Members were advised that the current by-laws are available on the ARLIS/NA web-site.
Extensive discussion of the by-laws, and membership qualification. (Summary)
Resolved (by consensus) that the Chairman would review the By-Laws, draft necessary and suitable revisions, and circulate by listserve, to be voted on at the next meeting, or perhaps prior to that by e-mail.
Recruitment:
ARLIS/NA members who express an interest in membership in the local chapter (on their application form) are fair game for recruitment. This list is available from headquarters - consensus was that they should be contacted. The Chairman reported that she had contacted the Librarian of the Banff Centre for the Arts, an ARLIS/NA member, who may be interested in joining the local Chapter.
ELECTIONS
The new Chapter Executive Committee was elected by acclamation. Its term will be January 1- December 31, 2000. The present executive will serve for the remainder of 1999.
New ARLIS NW Chapter Executive members (2000):
Chair Cathy Donaldson
Secretary-Treasurer John Cull
Vice Chair/Chair Elect Diana Cooper
WESTERN REGIONAL REPRESENTATIVE REPORT
Elections:
Ballots for ARLIS/NA Elections have been distributed to all members. Due to a mix-up in return postage, the deadline has been extended to December 1. The Board is composed of 10 members, with 5 retiring each year. The term of the present executive will expire at the Annual Conference (March 2000).
Management Company:
The new Management Company is Adler/Droz Improved service is expected.
Strategic Plan:
The task force report will be condensed into a more focused and readable document.
Key issues for the membership included
Annual Conferences:
Information is available on the ARLIS/NA web site.
Development:
In-coming Chapter executive were advised to read and consider the ARLIS/NA Chapter Success Book (available on the web-site). The Chapter should consider the example of the Mountain West Chapter in hosting a "Regional Conference" which attracts participants from outside the Chapter.
ARLIS UP-DATE (Carole)
The Chapter requires a volunteer to send in local news to the UPDATE. Stan Shiebert volunteered.
ARLIS/CANADA REPORT (John Cull)
The most recent meeting of this new Chapter was held in Ottawa, October 17/18, 1999. Four NW Chapter members attended the meeting. This was the first "free-standing" meeting of this new Chapter. The meeting was chaired by the Canadian representative, Marilyn Berger.
The meeting was attended by 30 participants, representing approximately 25 institutions. Many are already members of the three existing regional Chapters, which may lead to some ambiguity. The NW Chapter is currently represented on ARLIS/Canada by Ken Chamberlain.
The Chairman reported that the representative of the new ARLIS/NA Management Company, Harold Adler, made a favorable first impression. New administrative directions:
Strategic Plan:
Principal issues for Canadian members. Extensive discussion of the need to "de-centralize"
Conference Bid:
Strong support for the MOQ Chapter (Montreal/Ottawa/Quebec) bid to host the 2003 ARLIS/NA Annual Conference. Experience in Vancouver demonstrated that smaller regional centres can be viable hosts.
The Conference also provided valuable and interesting sessions.
NEWSLETTER
The Chapter newsletter has lapsed for several years. Discussion followed on the value of maintaining a printed newsletter relative to communication by listserve (arlis-nw) and web-site.
Resolved (by consensus) to
Hollis Near volunteered to create a Chapter website and act as webmaster.
LISTSERV
Carole Goldsmith provided the following information regarding the Chapter listserv:
To: majordomo@sfu.ca
Subject: [leave blank]
subscribe arlis-nw
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FUTURE ACTIVITIES/GOALS
Discussion of the scheduling and venue for the Annual Chapter meeting.
Resolved (by consensus)
ADJOURNMENT
5 P.M.
Chair's Report:
ARLIS NW CHAPTER
ANNUAL REPORT
DECEMBER 1999
Chapter Officers for 2000
The new executive officers will serve from January - December, 2000.
Chair Cathy Donaldson Art Institute of Seattle
Email: donaldsc@t500.aii.edu Tel: (206) 448-0900 (ext.160)
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect Diana Cooper University of British
Columbia
Email: dcooper@interchange.ubc.ca Tel: (604) 822-3943
Secretary/Treasurer John Cull Vancouver Public Library
Email: johncul@vpl.vancouver.bc.ca Tel: (604) 331-3703
Past Chair Carole Goldsmith Simon Fraser University
Email: wisdom@sfu.ca Tel: (604) 291-3268
ARLIS/Canada Rep. Cheryl Siegel Vancouver Art Gallery
Email: casiegel@vanartgallery.bc.ca Tel: (604) 662-4709
Activities
1999 was a banner year for the NW Chapter, as the "little chapter that
could" hosted the highly successful ARLIS/NA annual conference in
Vancouver, B.C., March 25-31, 1999.
The Vancouver conference marked several "firsts." This was the first
conference to be sponsored by the NW Chapter; the first conference to
include plenary sessions; and the first time attendees could pay conference
fees in Canadian funds, thanks to the efforts of ARLIS/Canada Rep. Marilyn
Berger and Conference Co-chair, Cheryl Siegel. It also marked the first
fund-raising venture by the NW Chapter. We raised more than $250 Can,
selling "Gardens of the Pacific Northwest" CDROM screensavers at the
conference. Thanks to our modest success at fundraising, the NW Chapter
was able to donate $100 towards the ARLIS/NA welcome party at the Year 2000
conference to be held in Pittsburgh next year.
After the intensity of the Vancouver conference, chapter activities were
very low-key. Members have communicated mostly by e-mail. In October, the
Chapter Chair visited the Banff Centre for the Arts, where she met with the
new fine arts librarian, James Rout. James is interested in becoming more
involved with ARLIS/NA, and has proposed that we consider hosting a
conference in Banff, Alberta. Chapter members attending our annual meeting
in November were enthusiastic about the idea of holding a meeting in Banff,
although wary of the work involved in hosting another conference.
Meetings
Several members met Friday & Saturday, Nov. 12-13, at the University of
Washington in Seattle, for the NW Chapter annual meeting. The business
meeting took place on Friday afternoon at the Suzzallo Library.
En route to the library, we were treated to a view of the magnificent
gothic style Suzzallo Reading Room. The library and reading room will be
closed soon for renovations and major seismic upgrading. Prior to the
business meeting, Jeanette Mills provided us with a tour of the University
of Washington Slide Library. We had hoped to visit the Henry Art Gallery
or the School of Architecture slide library as well, but the rest of our
afternoon was devoted to a very productive meeting.
Incoming chapter officers were ratified at the business meeting. It was
agreed that the new executive would serve on a calendar year basis. Two NW
Chapter members were nominated for the new ARLIS/NA executive board -
Cheryl Siegel, as Treasurer, and Carole Goldsmith, as ARLIS/Canada rep.
We discussed our chapter bylaws and geographic boundaries. It was agreed
that the Chapter Chair should investigate and, if necessary, look at
revising the chapter bylaws to reflect the current situation. John Cull
reported on the ARLIS/Canada mini-conference held in Ottawa, October 17-18.
Four NW Chapter Canadian members attended this meeting, which was the
first national meeting since forming as a separate Chapter. The Vancouver
conference planning committee received warm applause. It was felt that the
success of the Vancouver conference demonstrated the viability of holding
conferences in smaller urban centres.
We were pleased that Lorna Corbetta-Noyes, ARLIS/NA Western Regional Rep.,
was able to attend our meeting. Lorna provided information on the ARLIS/NA
strategic plan and other activities. She encouraged us to get more
involved with the association at the national or local level, and suggested
that we consider hosting a regional conference in a location such as Banff,
which might attract interest from other members. Chapter members were also
encouraged to attend the next annual conference in Pittsburgh, March 16-22.
Hollis Near volunteered to set up a website for the Chapter, and has since
created a prototype webpage. It was agreed that the website would replace
the now defunct chapter newsletter. Stan Shiebert volunteered to report on
NW Chapter activities for ARLIS/NA Update.
On Saturday, Nov. 13, several members & guests met at the Seattle Art
Museum for a guided tour of the fascinating exhibition, "An American
Century of Photography: From Dry-Plate to Digital, the Hallmark
Photographic Collection." We were fortunate to have both a museum curator
and a photography instructor from the Art Institute of Seattle leading the
tour.
The next annual meeting will take place in Vancouver, B.C.
Submitted by
Carole Goldsmith
Art Libraries Society of North America - Northwest Chapter
Updates to hnear@cornish.edu