purpose. I, for one am proud to be associated with aBoard that tried to ‘think out of the box.” So what, if themeeting where the plan was devised was at a local estab-lishment where the staff is scantily dressed. They alsoneed to make a living. Database searching and vodkamartinis have one thing in common and that is thatsomeone has to ask for each. I will stand by my Presidentand laud her efforts to raise funds for our organization in whatever way is deemed possible.I am therefore establishing the New York Chapter inExile Foundation. Our goal is to bring back Agnes andreturn her and the Board to their rightful place. We willaccept donations of any denomination. Furthermore,there will be a web site devoted to this noble cause and apayroll deduction plan has now been established to makeit easier for you to contribute. I know all of you will joinme in this wonderful effort. Henceforth, I too canreached in Aruba and will be calling all of you as long as you can accept collect calls at your libraries. Thank you and good night.
Support theNYChapter of SLA2005 Nude New York Librarians Calendar
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n an effort to raise some much needed cash for thechapter coffers, the Board came up with the idea of publishing a nude calendar (of course, any offendingbody parts are hidden by “strategically placed” books,magazines, Interlibrary loan slips, assures Chapter President
Agnes Mattis
, who also is Ms. January.)Other members of the NY Chapter Board and Advisory Council will help you mark each month of the year:
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President-Elect
Tom Pellizzi
graces the month of May;
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July finds the Director of Publications,
Michael Gru-enberg
holding a copy of
ChapterNews
;
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Webmaster
Shirley Loh
peers from behind a computerin October; and
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Jennifer Kellerman
,
ChapterNews
editor, makes anappearance in December.
For $12 ($1 per month) you can help support the Chapter and see your board and advisory council like you’ve never seenthem before (and would probably prefer not to see them again).
Name Change at SLA!Members Mandated toDisregard Old Name
S
till reeling from the often contentious name changediscussion that culminated in the referendum heldat the convention in New York this past June, theorganization took another hit today when a small groupof librarians in the mid-west vented their anger andinvoked a little known rule in the by-laws. After mid-night on April 2, the name SLA will be replaced by I I I, which stands for
Information Is Important
. All stationery,logos and websites have until midnight April 2, 2004 toabide by this regulation or face immediate eliminationfrom all organization events and privileges.Section 27; Paragraph J; line 3 (often referred to asDavid’s Rule) specifically states that a minimum of twelvemembers living in the same zip code on the western sideof their State, working in a library with a minimum of seventeen databases and 600 volumes of any non-fictioncollection have the right to call for a name change to theorganization. The only stipulation is that the vote mustbe unanimous. Apparently, fourteen librarians living in western Idaho employed in the James P. Schlyderman Memorial Library at the University of Far WesternIdaho had all these areas covered and came upon thisoften unnoticed section of the by-laws that the organiza-tion has been adhering to for all these years. They met,they voted and SLA will become I I I.Given the vast amount of negative publicity these ladiesexpect to receive, we had to agree to give them anonymity when interviewed by
ChapterNews
. “We were very dis-heartened by the vote in New York” one of the librarianssaid candidly. “We went to great restaurants in the Big Apple, but had upset stomachs as a result of the vote”another piped in. “After all, information is importantand we wanted everyone to know that!” Apparently, no one at headquarters was willing to give
ChapterNews
their views on this breaking story.
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