Announcing the Nominees for SLA Southern California Elections

SLA Southern California is holding its elections, September 20 - October 11, 2010, and the nominees to fill the following Executive Board offices in 2011 are:

• President-Elect - William Lee
  
• Treasurer - Peter Johnson
  
• Communications Director - Lesley Farmer
  
• Director-at-Large - Cameron Trowbridge

Ballot and voting information will be e-mailed to all members of the SLA Southern California Chapter on September 20th.

Candidate Information:

William Lee, Candidate for President-Elect

• SLA member since:

1990

• Candidate statement (vision, etc.):

I would like the chapter to regain its position as one of the preeminent chapters of the national association. We can do this by increasing the number and activity levels of the members. I would like to see the chapter strengthen its relationship with the student organizations to help current students see the value in joining SLA both as students and as professionals. I want to improve the First Five Program to assist beginning professionals and assure their continued membership. I want to reach out to existing members to increase communication between them and the executive board. I want to do my best to have meetings in as many diverse geographic areas as possible to include members in "outlaying" districts. I want to have fun doing these things.

• Previous board or committee office or activity in the SLA Southern California Chapter (list year and office or activity):

2006 thru current - Chapter Treasurer
2003 thru current - Discussion list owner
2001 thru 2002 - Communications Chair
1999 thru 2000 - Employment Chair
2000 thru 2001 - Newsletter editor
1990 thru 2000 - Voice of SLA Chapter Jobline

• Previous board or committee office or activity in SLA, including divisions (list year and office or activity):

N/A

• Other association activity outside of SLA (list year, association, and office or activity):

N/A

• Current or previous employment (title, organization, and dates):

Solo Librarian
Experian Information Services
Costa Mesa
August 2000 thru November 2008

Librarian 2
Southern California Edison
Rosemead
September 1989 thru August 2000

Librarian/Document Coordinator
While at Fluor, established Technical Library in Saudi Arabia.
Fluor Engineers and Constructors
Irvine
July 1977 thru September 1989

Various public and academic libraries
1972 thru 1977

• Personal website or blog (URL):

N/A

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Peter Johnson, Candidate for Treasurer

• SLA member since:

1996

• Candidate statement (vision, etc.):

SLA, and in particular the SCC chapter, are valued and important aspects of my professional life. Having served as treasurer of the News Division for three years, I am pleased to be able to offer these skills to the Southern California Chapter.

• Previous board or committee office or activity in the SLA Southern California Chapter (list year and office or activity):

Chair, Scholarship Committee, 2008-2010
Member, Scholarship Committee, 2006-2008
Chapter holiday party coordinator, 2009 and 2010

• Previous board or committee office or activity in SLA, including divisions (list year and office or activity):

Treasurer, News Division, 2004-2007
A/V Coordinator, News Division, 1996-2003

• Other association activity outside of SLA (list year, association, and office or activity):

N/A

• Current or previous employment (title, organization, and dates):

Project Manager for Records, Documents & Images
Skirball Cultural Center & Museum
Los Angeles, CA
2008-present

Consultant in Digital Archiving and Preservation
2006-present

Reference, graphics and database management librarian
Los Angeles Times
1987-2006

• Personal website or blog (URL):

N/A

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Lesley Farmer, Candidate for Communications Director

• SLA member since:

2002 (also 1974-1975)

• Candidate statement (vision, etc.):

SLA is only as strong as its membership engagement and contributions, both of which depend on timely and relevant communication. Today’s technology facilitates interactive communication alongside the “traditional” broadcasting of association information. SoCal has the potential to expand participation in chapter activities, enable members to share best practices and research, and help members support each other in dealing with professional issues. In other words, communication should be an ongoing process, not just a periodic product. As Communications Director, I see my role as a coordinator of communication efforts, overseeing and optimizing appropriate communications channels in support of SLA members and their professional growth. Having written, edited, and facilitated organizational and academic communication using a variety of media over the years, I can bring my expertise to Southern California.

• Previous board or committee office or activity in the SLA Southern California Chapter (list year and office or activity):

N/A

• Previous board or committee office or activity in SLA, including divisions (list year and office or activity):

Education Division Chair (2007-8)
Education Libraries editor (2003-7)
San Francisco Bay professional devt. Committee planner/presenter (1974-5)

• Other association activity outside of SLA (list year, association, and office or activity):

Intl. Assn. of School Librarianship VP Assn. Relations 2007-12 and Info Literacy SIG chair 2005-7
IFLA School Libraries Section newsletter editor 2007-
ALA AASL Board 2000-2; ALA YALSA Board 1994-6
Assn. of Library and Info. Science Educators Intl. Ed. SIG chair 2006-9 and Gender Issues SIG chair 2009-11
CUE Library Media SIG chair 1999-2009 and Higher Ed SIG co-chair 2009-11
California Library Assn. newsletter editor/columnist 1992-2002 and info tech chair 1998-2000
California School Library Assn. VP Organization 1998-2001 and tech committee member 2001-11

Frequent presenter for several associations

• Current or previous employment (title, organization, and dates):

Librarianship Program Coordinator and Professor of Library Media, California State University Long Beach (1999-now)
Teacher Librarian, Tamalpais USD, 1993-1999
Library Director, San Domenico School, 1984-1993
Adjunct Faculty, Univ. of Delaware, 1982-1983
Asst. Professor, Virginia Commonwealth Univ., 1981-2
Media Specialist, Archdiocese of Philadelphia, 1977-81
Librarian/Instructor, Peace Corps, 1975-7
Librarian, Singer Business Machines, 1974-5
Information Specialist, Baltimore Public Library, 1972-3]

• Personal website or blog (URL):

http://www.csulb.edu/~lfarmer

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Cameron Trowbridge, Candidate for Director-at-Large

• SLA member since:

2003

• Candidate statement (vision, etc.):

I believe my active participation as an officer in SLA’s Museum, Arts, and Humanities Division for the past six years has more than prepared me to fulfill the duties of Director-at-Large for the Southern California Chapter. If elected, I look forward to the opportunity to become more engaged with SLA-SCC through regular involvement with Chapter membership activities.

• Previous board or committee office or activity in the SLA Southern California Chapter (list year and office or activity):

N/A

• Previous board or committee office or activity in SLA, including divisions (list year and office or activity):

Communications Team Leader, Museum, Arts, and Humanities Division (Current)
Past-chair, Museum, Arts, and Humanities Division (2008/09)
Chair, Museum, Arts, and Humanities Division (2007/08)
Chair-elect, Museum, Arts, and Humanities Division (2006/2007)
Bulletin Editor, Museum, Arts, and Humanities Division (2005/2006)

• Other association activity outside of SLA (list year, association, and office or activity):

N/A

• Current or previous employment (title, organization, and dates):

Manager, Research Services and Information Center
The Getty Conservation Institute
Los Angeles
2002-present

• Personal website or blog (URL):

Profile from The GCI Newsletter (Summer, 2004):
http://www.getty.edu/conservation/publications/newsletters/19_2/gcinews13.html

Chapter Election Results

Please join me in congratulating the newly-elected SLA Southern California Chapter Executive Board members:

• President-Elect (overseeing Programming) - Belinda Beardt
• Director at Large - Ann Coppin (re-elected)
• Treasurer - Bill Lee (re-elected)
• Publications - Charlotte Wixx-Daniel

Their official terms of office will begin on January 1, 2009 and they will join Teresa Bailey as President, Susan Hendrickson as Secretary, and myself as Past-President overseeing Chapter Practices on next year's Executive Board.

I would like to thank Sue Brewsaugh and her Nominations / Election Committee, Alison Becker, Joan Dubis, and Elizabeth Sheehan, for their work in identifying candidates and conducting the election earlier than usual so that there can be a smooth transition between the officers.

And please consider chairing or being a member of an Advisory Committee in 2009. To ensure a successful chapter and overall association, we rely on your participation and involvement.

David Cappoli

CSI - SLA-SCC

Note: For all SLA Southern California members who subscribe to the chapter's discussion list, the following illustrates the tangled web of intrigue that regularly grips the maintenance of the list.

by your humble Discussion List Admin, Bill Lee

It was the week after the Memorial Day holidays, and I was checking up on things that were left open-ended over the holidays. One of those was a message David Cappoli had sent me from Maria Brahme, the Mentor person. He had gotten a bounce message, and I re-sent it on Friday before the holidays and didn't think too much about it. Now it was Tuesday, the holiday's over and I got the bounce.

So I logged in as Admin on the Discussion list server. It showed both David and I as legal subscribers, and the messages were successful, but not sent. So I looked at the ones that had been sent and saw Liz Sheehan's message about the Bowers Brunch had been sent to a different e-mail server. So I tested that and it worked.

So I e-mailed David, and e-mailed Jeff Leach, the SLA marketing person in charge of the discussion lists, and told him what I had found. A little later I got an email from Jeff saying their vendor had messed things up and he was going to e-mail others with news of the error (I had found).

I checked the website and it had the erroneous e-mail address, so I emailed Stacy the webmaster, to have it changed. Later David showed me messages from HQ sent to the upper-muckies saying there was a mess-up and everybody should change their e-mail addresses.

Little did I know what genie I had uncorked, just cause David's message had bounced. I hadn't thought how integral the advisory positions are to the smooth running of the chapter. I felt good after a day of e-mailing and it was good to be successful due to everybody's cooperation.