Minutes from the 1999 Annual meeting were approved
Bios – send new/updated bios to Barbara Semonche
semonch at metalab.unc.edu
Web site
Purpose of site is to encourage suggestions for mentoring and
nominations
Explore need for a more formal "process" to help make our recommendations
happen
However, don't want to sacrifice the informal structure of the group
Consider what the Fellows are best "qualified" to contribute to the
membership and to the conference experience
Participate in LDI
Inform Chapter/Division members of the Fellows in their units
Encourage them to partner with Fellows for meetings (esp. on the chapter level)
S. Klopper will pull together a list of the fellows with their unit/chapter
affiliations to be shared with chapter/division leadership (use Leadership listserv as
vehicle for posting this information)
Mentors
Potential speakers
First Timers – market this event heavily before the Annual Conference in
Leadership listserv and chapter/division communications
Promote the benefits of attending this event; need to counter feeling that one does not
want to be identified as a "first timer"
Participate/influence future of association via participation on Board and newly formed
Task Forces
Question: do fellows take an active role nominating candidates for awards and for the
board?
Judy Field will send out an annual call to fellows to submit suggestions
Introduction and greetings of new fellows
Daniel Trefethen
Jo Anne Boorkman
Elizabeth Bibby
Richard Hulser
Sylvia Piggott
First Timers, San Antonio (2001)
Plan something fun!
Jean Scanlan , Barbara Spiegelman, Betty Edison will plan
First Timers – more ideas
Send student group advisors a list of Fellows in their areas
Follow up with First Timers after the conference
Ask their opinions – go out and seek them out rather than expect them to call on
us
Many First Timers are not even sure "what" we are
Can we sponsor another event?
Need to get out in conference and our units and talk with people and help contribute to
their conference experience
Letter to First Timers from Fellow
Send them a personal letter/invitation inviting them to attend the event
Work with SLA (J. Mears) to find out who these people are; many check off this box when
registering
Based on this data, assign a few First Timers to each Fellow and have them conduct a
personal follow-up
Barbara Semonche and Maurice Harris will be setting up a listserv for the Fellows.
Post messages at the following email address:
SLA-FELLOWS@lists.sla.org
General observations/suggestions to improve the conference experience
Gala – ideas to encourage more people to attend
Move event to Tuesday nite
Move event to Sunday nite and make it an all conference event
Make presentation of awards a part of the evening (doing the awards early on in the
conference provides more opportunities for the winners to be recognized by their peers)
Lower the price; tie into registration fee
Don’t' isolate board/staff at same tables – get out and sit with the
membership
Orientation for the Board on how to get out there and meet people
Susan Klopper agreed to be the conveener for the Fellows meeting in 2002, LA
Discussion on the Fellows Meeting at Annual Conference
Should we meet twice during the conference
At the beginning and the end (to debrief)?
Discussion on the Fellows Meeting at Winter Meeting
It was decided that the Fellows attending Winter meeting should plan a meeting
Respectively
submitted by Monica Ertel
Monica.Ertel at kornferry.com
June
25, 2000