SLA Maryland Chapter Blog

SLA Maryland Chapter Elections 2011 - announcement of candidates

The Maryland Chapter Nominating Committee is pleased to announce the slate of candidates for the 2011 Executive Board of the SLA Maryland Chapter.
 
   1. President-elect: Cindy Sheffield
   2. Secretary: Annette Haldman
   3. Director: Gregory Horvitz
   4. Director: Diane White
 
The closing date for additional nominations is October 6th.  Please send any additional nominations to Nominating Committee Chair, Chris Olson (chris@chrisolson.com). Include a short biographical statement as well as a written statement from the nominee indicating his or her desire to serve. If there are additional nominations, there will be a vote by electronic ballot. If there are no further nominations by Oct 6th, the current slate will be declared elected by acclamation. The results will be announced at a short business meeting during the Holiday Cheers & Celebrations program on December 9th as well as on the Chapter listserv and blog.
 
For additional information about the elections process and schedule, go to the Chapter web site at
http://units.sla.org/chapter/cmd/nominations.htm
 
Short bios and goal statements for each of the candidates can be reviewed at
http://units.sla.org/chapter/cmd/nominees2010.htm
 
The Nominating Committee thanks all the candidates as well as others who provided suggestions and advice. If you are interested in volunteering to help your Chapter, visit http://tinyurl.com/signupMD where you can review a list of volunteer opportunities as well as sign-up forms.
 
Best regards,
 
Chris Olson
Nominating Committee Chair, Past President (2009) & Co-Chair Xtreme Reference Program
Maryland Chapter of SLA
Chris@ChrisOlson.com

Special Hotel Rates for Xtreme Reference on October 21

Thinking about joining us at Xtreme Reference, but hesitating because of the travel cost?  Now you can get a special group hotel rate of $129/night plus tax for October 20 and 21 at the Hampton Inn in Columbia, MD.  The hotel is 9.86 miles/13 minutes from the conference center.  These rates must be locked in before October 1 so you need to act quickly.  For reservations call 410-997-8555 and ask for the SLA Xtreme Reference program rate.

To learn more details about each conference session and individual presentations, visit: http://units.sla.org/chapter/cmd/xreference/topics.htm

To register and learn more about the program at: http//units.sla.org/chapter/cmd/xreference.htm.

Registration closes October 15th.

We thank our generous sponsors for supporting Xtreme Reference! Wolters Kluwer Health/Ovid, Elsevier, Dialog, AIP Publishing, WT Cox Subscriptions, Financial Times, LexisNexis, Thomson Reuters, CQ  Press and ProQuest.

 
 

SLA Board of Directors Election Begins Today - Vote Now

The SLA e-vote system for the 2011 SLA Board of Directors Election is now open. You will be able to cast your online ballot through 5:00 p.m. EDT September 29, 2010.

Click on www.sla.org/evote to vote using your SLA UserID and Password. If you have any questions regarding the election, or would like to request a print ballot, contact the e-vote information center at evote@sla.org or +1.703.647.4950.