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The Visual Resources Association, Northern California Chapter, would like to invite you to our semi-annual meeting on Friday, May 2nd at the Chinese Historical Society of America (CHSA), 965 Clay St., San Francisco. The meeting will include chapter business discussion as well as summaries of workshops and sessions given at this year's VRA national conference in Houston, TX. Summaries include: creating digital image collections, intellectual property guidelines for visual resources collections, and influencing skills for positive outcomes. In the afternoon, Mr. Benjamin Chinn, who has studied under such artists as Ansel Adams, Dorothea Lange, Richard Diebenkorn, and Alberto Giacometti, will give us a tour of his new photograph exhibition, entitled "Benjamin Chinn at Home in San Francisco."

How much is it?: The cost of attending this meeting will be $5, which will include admission to the CHSA and a morning snack. We will be going for lunch to a local Chinese restaurant (vegetarian friendly), which will cost between $10-$12/ person.

Who can attend? Anyone with an interest in managing image collections (both digital and analog) Please forward this message to any interested parties.

What do I need to do? RSVP to Nina Hagiwara ([log in to unmask]) by April 30th.

Schedule
9:00-9:30 - Meet & Greet (pastries, coffee, tea and juice provided)
9:30-11:00 - VRA-NC Business (all welcome)
11:00-11:30 - What does it take to create a digital image collection?, by Trudy Levy
11:30-12:30 - VRA National Conference Summaries (Creating IP Guidelines for Visual Resources Collections (Corey Schultz); Native American Cataloging Resources, Influencing Skills for Positive Outcomes (Karen Kessel))
12:30-2:00 - Lunch
2:00-3:30 - Tour of the CHSA and Benjamin Chinn's photography exhibit.

Transportation & Parking
The CHSA is located at 965 Clay St., between Stockton and Powell. It is close to the Powell St. Cable line, the 30 Stockton, 45 Union, and 1 California. From BART: Get off at the Embarcadero station, go to Main St. (south of Market St.) or Drumm St. (north of Market St.) to get the #1 California bus (get the BART/Muni transfer at the station). The outbound bus runs on Sacramento St. Get off at either Stockton St. or Powell St., and walk one block over to Clay St.
Portsmouth Square is a nearby parking garage (0-1 hour/$2, 1-2 hours/$3, 2-3 hours/$5, 3-4 hours/$8, 4-5 hours/$11, 5-6 hours/$14, 6-7 hours/$17) Off street parking can be very limited. For alternate parking/bus routes, email Nina at [log in to unmask]

Links
Visual Resources Association, Northern California Chapter - http://www.stanford.edu/group/vranc/VRANC_index.html
Chinese Historical Society of America - http://www.chsa.org/index.html
Benjamin Chinn at Home in San Francisco Exhibition - http://www.chsa.org/collections/rotating/benjamenchinn.htm
San Francisco Bay Area Transit - http://www.transitinfo.org/