HA! I think we need a rebranding Task Force! We need to change our name to: AIPI--Art Information Professionals International and expand our scope! (we have 32 international members!) Hope you all had a good Memorial Day! Ted [log in to unmask] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jack Robertson" <[log in to unmask]> To: <[log in to unmask]> Sent: Friday, May 23, 2003 4:25 PM Subject: [ARLIS-L] Re-Branding > Dear ARLIS/NA Colleagues, > > I thought that the recent and on-going endeavor within the Special > Libraries Association to re-brand the organization might be of interest. > A few years short of its centennial (in 2009), the SLA leadership, including > its Branding Task Force, has devised two alternatives to the current name, > Special Libraries Association: "Information Professionals International, > Inc." or "SLA, Inc."; a vote at the upcoming Members' Meeting in New York > on June 11th will determine between these two new alternatives or retention > of the current name. There is some interesting information about branding, > specific to the SLA and more broadly for library and information > professionals, at > <http://www.sla.org/content/SLA/assocbrand/index.cfm> > > cheers, > > -- jack > > * * * * * * * * * * * * > Jack Robertson. Foundation Librarian. Jefferson Library > Thomas Jefferson Foundation > P.O. Box 316. Charlottesville, VA 22902 > 434-984-7545 || 434-984-7546 fax > [log in to unmask] || www.monticello.org/library > > __________________________________________________________________ > Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] > For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: > http://www.arlisna.org//membership.html > Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) > to [log in to unmask] > ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: > http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html > Questions may be addressed to list owner (Kerri Scannell) at: [log in to unmask] > __________________________________________________________________ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org//membership.html Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.uky.edu/archives/arlis-l.html Questions may be addressed to list owner (Kerri Scannell) at: [log in to unmask]