Hi Ross and members of ARLIS/NA- President Karen McKenzie is on vacation
through Labor Day and I'm sure she will respond to your concerns when
she returns.
However, I can assure you that we are out here listening and actively
working on the needs of our members.
The transition to our new management firm, Elizabeth A. Clarke &
Associates is progressing smoothly.
The mid-year Board mtg. is scheduled for Sept. 22 & 23.
The Los Angeles conference will be a real Tinseltown event:
Convocation will take us to the Getty Museum in Santa Monica for a late
afternoon buffet on an outdoor terrace, and then ceremonies in the Getty
theatre. Tours include a nighttime tour of L.A. neon aboard a
double-decker bus, east L.A. and south central mural art, Gene Autry
Museum of Western Heritage, San Juan Capistrano, and much much more.
The conference web site <http://orpheus-1.ucsd.edu/csj/arlis2001/> has
everything you need to know.
The hotel contract for St. Louis has been signed. We will be staying at
the historic Hyatt Regency at Union Station. The joint ARLIS/NA & VRA
conference planning committee is already planning joint events and
sessions. It promises to be an exciting opportunity for all of us.
So, please hold on until after Labor Day when we will "ease your pain and
get you on your feet again."
Ted Goodman
Vice-President
ARLIS/NA
On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, Day, Ross wrote:
> I wonder whether anybody on the listserv shares my concern about the lack of
> member-directed information on the current state of ARLIS/NA. While we have
> received Update (or the url for same), no mention has been made of progress
> in the management of the Society, the status of its publications, its
> executive activities, the progress of the L.A. conference, the location of
> future conference sites ...
>
> I have tried to look at all my ARLIS-L postings, and may have missed a
> crucial "Message from the President" or some such. But I for one would like
> to know that the Society is still vital and still responding to its members'
> needs.
>
> Ross Day
> Associate Museum Librarian, The Robert Goldwater Library
> The Metropolitan Museum of Art
> 1-212-570-3707
>
>
>
> *Hello?
> Is there anybody in there?
> Just nod if you can hear me.
> Is there anyone at home?
> Come on, now,
> I hear you're feeling down.
> Well I can ease your pain
> Get you on your feet again.
> Relax.
> I'll need some information first.
> Just the basic facts.
> Can you show me where it hurts?
>
> "Comfortably Numb", Pink Floyd
>
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