Floyd Zula moved his furniture and personal possessions from Yorba Linda
twelve miles back to Fullerton last weekend and is now in the process of
packing up his office in the library as a retrofitting project has come to a
conclusion and a moving contractor is hauling all of our library office
furniture and files from a temporary location on the first floor of the
building to the third floor of the same building tomorrow. Then at 5 p.m.
or so there is a joint Northern CA/Southern CA ARLIS Chapter meeting at the
Getty which goes through Saturday; if the traffic on the freeways permit, I
shall try to get the Getty (some fifty miles away and across Los Angeles
from Fullerton) before nightfall. Office packing was what Floyd was doing.
Now to the issue at hand. I read Susan Wyngaard's message and then my
nimble fingers "independently" decided to send that message instead of
deleting it. I thought that I should try to avoid annoying everyone with a
repetition of Susan's message and so immediately attempted to recall my
mistake. Our e-mail system obviously has recall capabilities, in some
instances. Frankly I do not know how to recall e-mail messages that other
people have originated and that was certainly not my intention in regard to
Susan's initial message. But inasmuch as the ARLIS listserv is unmediated
at the moment, my re-sending of Susan's message was disseminated very
rapidly and then the U. of KY system which handles the ARLIS listserv
quickly read my attempt at a recall of the mistake and disseminated that
too.
Susan, I regret that my careless "misfingering" has now taken up so much of
your time and energy. I am planning to attend the ARLIS annual conference
in Vancouver and I look forward to seeing you at the upcoming GLIRT meeting.
Floyd Zula, California State University, Fullerton
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Eric C. Schwab [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Thursday, January 14, 1999 11:35 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: Re: GLIRT
>
> I was under the impression that Mr. Hartill was responding to Susan
> Wyngaard's initial message dealing with the facilitation of a list serv
> for
> members of GLIRT. She was simply asking for GLIRT members to contact her
> with updated email addresses.
> Am I wrong?
> Eric Schwab
> Assistant Slide Curator
> Knight Visual Resources Facility
> Cornell University
>
> At 01:48 PM 1/14/99 -0500, you wrote:
> >This whole exchange *seems* to stem from an e-mail mistake that may have
> had
> >nothing to do with the status of GLIRT within ARLIS. Isn't this just a
> case
> >whereby Floyd Zula meant to prevent posting an accidental "reply" hit of
> his
> >own to the original message ("recall"), which should have gone to the
> listserv
> >manager instead of the list? Where are you Floyd Zula?? Can you clear
> this up
> >for the membership?
> >
> >Mary Wassermann
> >ARLIS/DVA
> >Philadelphia Museum of Art
> >
> >susan wyngaard wrote:
> >
> >> I would like to respond to Mr. Alec Hartill and anyone else who might
> have
> >> been offended by my "notice for GLIRT members" posted on ARLIS-L
> 1/12/99.
> >>
> >> I regret that you have interpreted the mission of the Gay and Lesbian
> >> Interests Round Table of ARLIS/NA as sexist, and not a worthy or
> eligible
> >> communicator on the ARLIS-L. I strongly disagree based on the
> following
> >> facts.
> >>
> >> The Gay and Lesbian Interests Round Table (GLIRT) is an established,
> valid,
> >> and recognized group within ARLIS/NA. As stated in the ARLIS/NA Bylaws
> >> (reprinted in the front section of the ARLIS/NA Handbook and List of
> >> Members), Article XII C Roundtables Section 1: "Round Tables of the
> >> Society, which represent professional subgroups . . . or other
> interests,
> >> and which will serve as a focus for discussion and informal exchange of
> >> information within these groups, shall be considered by the Executive
> Board
> >> upon written petition of 15 individual members of the Society who
> desire to
> >> participate in the activities of the proposed Round Table." Such a
> >> petition was made and approved a number of years ago, and since that
> time
> >> GLIRT has been an active, creative, constructive and contributing group
> >> within ARLIS/NA. One need only look at past conference programs to see
> the
> >> wide range of programming offered by GLIRT and their many contributions
> to
> >> the larger organization.
> >>
> >> GLIRT by definition is inclusive, not exclusive, and the label of
> "sexist"
> >> has me entirely baffled. It is hard to respond when I don't understand
> how
> >> this label applies to this group, but I will share the following facts:
> As
> >> stated in Article XII C Roundtables Section 3 of the ARLIS/NA Bylaws,
> "Any
> >> individual, Institutional, Business Affiliate, or Special member of the
> >> Society is eligible to become a member of any Round Table." It is the
> >> understanding and practice of GLIRT, as true of all ARLIS/NA Round
> Tables,
> >> that any member of ARLIS/NA is a welcome member and participant of
> GLIRT.
> >> Let me emphasize that no member of ARLIS/NA is excluded from this
> group.
> >> In addition the GLIRT membership has made a concerted effort, often
> >> collaborating with other divisions or round tables, to offer
> programming of
> >> interest and value to all ARLIS/NA members. This year's conference
> >> session, focusing on censorship of art materials, is an excellent
> example
> >> of programming that we hope will appeal to a wide cross section of the
> >> ARLIS/NA membership as it touches the very heart of our profession.
> For
> >> those who object to the existence of GLIRT, I ask if you also object to
> the
> >> Indigenous Art and Culture Round Table, the Women and Art Round Table,
> or
> >> any other existing and valid group within our organization.
> >>
> >> Anyone who wishes to become better acquainted with the purpose of GLIRT
> >> need only read the "Statement of Purpose", printed on page xxi of the
> most
> >> recent ARLIS/NA Handbook and List of Members. There one will learn
> that
> >> this group is concerned with issues of collection development,
> >> bibliographic expertise, art scholarship and other issues germane to
> the
> >> profession of librarianship.
> >>
> >> The purpose in establishing a GLIRT discussion list is quite simple:
> to
> >> foster communication within the Round Table and to facilitate program
> >> planning. I have created discussion lists when I have chaired other
> >> groups within ARLIS/NA, and found it to be an extremely efficient and
> >> simple way for us to conduct business. There is nothing unusual about
> this
> >> procedure. At present the ARLIS/NA Headquarters is not able to set up
> >> discussion lists for groups within the organization so those of us who
> feel
> >> the need are taking on this responsibility ourselves with the blessing
> of
> >> the ARLIS/NA Executive Board.
> >>
> >> In closing, I would like to extend a personal invitation to Mr.
> Hartill,
> >> and any other member who is not familiar with the contributions of
> GLIRT,
> >> to attend our program "When Finally Aroused: Continuing Censorship
> Cases in
> >> Canada and the United States" at the 1999 Vancouver Conference. In
> >> addition, if you might be interested in becoming a member of GLIRT, you
> are
> >> most welcome to chat with members at the conference or attend our
> business
> >> meeting and get to know us. I think you will find that we are a
> >> friendly, open, *inclusive* group of art librarians who welcome
> >> participation of new members, and who are dedicated to ARLIS/NA and our
> >> profession and try to make a significant contribution to both.
> >>
> >> I apologize to all who have made it this far (I am sure many have hit
> the
> >> delete button by now) for being so long-winded. I felt it necessary
> reply
> >> at length in order to pacify any rancor or animosity in an organization
> in
> >> which I have *always* felt welcome, and which is so close to my heart.
> >>
> >> Susan Wyngaard, Moderator
> >> GLIRT
> >
> >
> >
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