The following special funding requests, submitted by chapters to the Executive Board for deliberation at the mid-year board meeting on July 26-27, were approved for FY2005: ARLIS/Mountain West: $500 for a joint conference with ARLIS/Central Plains at Santa Fe, NM in October 2005. ARLIS/Ontario: $500 for a joint conference with ARLIS/Western New York at Toronto, Ontario in May 2005. ARLIS/Southeast Chapter: $250.00 for a regional meeting in St. Petersburg in October or November 2005. ARLIS/Southeast Chapter: $250.00 to support expenses incurred for the 30th anniversary of the LoPresti Award, which recognizes excellence in art publications issued in the southeastern United States. ARLIS/Southern California Chapter: $500 for a Summer 2005 Artists' Book Symposium that will focus on standards and descriptors for cataloging artists' books. Chapter chairs have been asked to share the results of their projects or events, in particular any information that might be of interest to all ARLIS/NA members. The treasurer will ensure that these reports are posted on the ARLIS/NA website. Before the next round of special funding requests are emailed next spring, the special funding guidelines will be updated and clarified. We will also try to make available more examples of successful requests and will discuss the revised guidelines at the chapter chairs meeting at the Houston conference. Congratulations to the recipients! Let me know if you have questions. Lynda S. White ARLIS/NA Treasurer ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Lynda S. White, Associate Director Management Information Services 562 Alderman Library PO Box 400114 University of Virginia Charlottesville, VA 22904 (434)924-3240 / [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]