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SANDALL Annual Business Meeting 12:00pm to 1:30pm Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP Board Members in attendance : Meeting called to order at: 12:12pm • Welcome Welcome by President Sheila Corman thanking the membership for their support. This is SANDALL's 10 th anniversary. New member count is currently at 121 members, an all time high, this is a positive sign for our organization. This year we also were able to reach out to other library organizations such as SERRA at the Fall Institute. Sheila Corman received a letter from AALL President, Ann T. Fessenden dated May 28, 2008. The letter congratulates SANDALL on our 10 th anniversary and states that we are a benefit to the Law Library community because of the many services we provide. The letter from Ms. Fessenden will be placed into the SANDALL Archives. • Old Business Treasurer's Report Balances in SANDALL accounts as of 6/19/08: Bank of America - Total Balance - $18,623.08 Total Revenues to date: $12,367.71 Total Expenses to date: $11,198.71
• Committee Reports • Archives The Committee Chair continues to gather and organize SANDALL materials. Items added to the archives include Board meeting minutes; newsletter issues; membership directory; grants and election announcements; hand-outs from brown bag meetings and the Fall Institute; the new SANDALL brochure; and various announcements. The space at the USD Legal Research Center housing the Archives will undergo renovation this summer, resulting in improved climate control for archival materials. • Constitution & Bylaws In 2007-2008, the Committee (John Adkins, University of San Diego Legal Research Center; and Thomas Champagne and Leigh Inman, both of Thomas Jefferson Law Library) received one request from the Board: to evaluate the positives and negatives of changing the membership dues renewal date to January 1st. The issue came up after it was pointed out that renewal of membership comes due almost immediately after the new treasurer begins office, many times leading to confusion, late collections, and so forth. Because the renewal of dues most logically comes at the very end or beginning of a new fiscal year, it appeared that the companion issue would be the affects of changing the fiscal year to a calendar year as well. And if the fiscal year was changed, it was reasonable to also assume that the timetable for holding office would need to be changed. As a result of the complexities involved, the Board decided not to pursue it further but to recommend that the outgoing Treasurer make a special point of addressing the deadlines with the incoming officers. • Employment The SANDALL Employment Committee reported a slight increase in law library jobs for 2007-08 over last year. Several academic opportunities opened up due to academic or county law library retirements. Two San Diego law firms advertised for law librarians as well as Qualcomm. There is still not a wealth of jobs for law librarians in San Diego, but we do expect many retirements in the next few years. Some law librarians have had to seek employment in other non-law library settings. At present, the County of San Diego has many full time librarian and library technician positions for people who wish to venture out of law librarianship to a related field. • Government Relations Joan Allen-Hart relayed a message by phone prior to the meeting to Gina Catalano. She wanted to encourage the membership to attend the AALL Advocacy Leadership Training at the AALL Annual Meeting in Portland this year. She stated that the workshop is a great way to get involved in government relations. • Grants From July 2007 through June 2008, the Grants Committee consisted of Arnold Josafat (Chair) and Thomas Champagne from the Thomas Jefferson School of Law and Robert Fortin Richards from Luce Forward. SANDALL advertised three grants for the 2007 SANDALL fall workshop held in San Diego on September 14, 2007. These grants covered the registration cost for two SANDALL members and one library science student. There were two applicants for these three grants. The awardees were Linda Weathers from the California Western School of Law and Melissa Fung from the University of San Diego School of Law . SANDALL also advertised one grant for the 2007 SCALL Institute held in Ventura from March 14 to 15, 2007. There was one applicant for this grant and it was awarded to Tina Jagerson from the San Diego County Public Law Library. In 2008, SANDALL awarded one grant valued at $120.00 to Valerie Railey to attend the 2008 AALL Joint Study Institute held in Washington, DC from June 25 to 28. SANDALL also awarded two grants for the 2008 AALL Annual Meeting held in Portland, Oregon from July 12 to 15. Six applications were received for these two grants. The awardees were Grace Viola from Latham Watkins LLP and Judy Davis from the University of San Diego School of Law . In total, SANDALL awarded $1,550.00 in grants to the membership.
President Sheila Corman reminded the membership that grant monies are raised at our Spring Social event, so future participation at that event is appreciated. She also encouraged the membership to apply for the grants. • Membership SANDALL's total membership as of 6/19/08 is 121, the highest number ever. Twenty-one new members were added during fiscal year 2007-2008. The membership directory was mailed to all current members in April 2008. The membership renewal notice for fiscal year 2008-2009 will go out within the next month. • Newsletter In 2007/2008 the newsletter committee published 5 issues of the SANDALL News. The newsletter switched from print format to electronic at the beginning of our fiscal year. It is now emailed to the membership through the listserve and is available on our website. A big thank you goes to Amy Moberly for serving as editor and providing us with excellent content in a timely manner and for bringing us into the digital age with an electronic newsletter. • Nominations Marianne Sterna recently stepped into the position, as the former Nominations Committee Chair, Betsy Chessler, ran for the Vice President position. The ballots were mailed out to the membership in April and the results were presented to the Board on May 5th. • Programs Another year as Program Chair has come to an end and it really sped by! The year brought a total of 7 educational and social events for the SANDALL membership. These included an all day Fall Institute, several brown bag lunch presentations, a "dance the night away" Holiday Party, a half day workshop and a Spring Social & Silent Auction. A fee was charged for the Fall Institute, Holiday Party and Spring Social. All other events were free to SANDALL members. The following is a summary of the years' events: September 14, 2007 - Fall Institute - "Workplace Victories: Turning Problems into Successes." Held at the Town & Country Resort in Mission Valley. Our keynote speaker, Wendy Patrick Mazzarella, (San Diego's Deputy District Attorney) gave us some fantastic insights on how to effectively communicate with difficult people and then during an interactive workshop we went over several real life scenarios using the skills we had just learned. Other topics covered were Violence in the Workplace, presented by Vicki Glatt, Presenting Yourself Powerfully, by Dana Bristol Smith, and Making Time for the Challenge by Michele Lucero. The highlight of the day was our special luncheon VIP speaker, AALL President Anne Fessenden. We enjoyed a Continental Breakfast, Lunch in the Rose Garden (I heard there were several pesky bees in attendance.sorry, but we were in their rose garden!), and morning and afternoon break refreshments. A total of 44 registrants and 11 vendors participated, including 13 vendor attendees for a total of 57 present. Vendor donations totaled $4,250.00. The cost to the programs budget was $87.74. December 13, 2007 - Back to the Town & Country Resort for our annual Holiday Party. We enjoyed beautiful views of Mission Valley from the Le Chanticleer Ballroom over cocktails, dinner and dancing. Sixty-two members and guests enjoyed a fabulous dinner and dessert buffet. Throughout the evening various door prizes provided by CEB were awarded. One of the highlights of this event was our DJ, who kept us dancing the night away. It was definitely a fun filled night of networking and socializing. Vendor donations totaled $2,150.00 and SANDALL contributed $550.44 from the programs budget. January 23, 2008 - Brown Bag - PubMed in a Nutshell , held at Morrison & Foerster LLP. Beverages were provided by our hostess and cookies were provided by 10-K Wizard. Betsy Chessler covered highlights from a day-long seminar on PubMed she attended. She showed us how to use PubMed to its maximum potential. Twelve attendees participated. February 26, 2008 - Brown Bag - Pearl Harbor Survivor Al Bodenlos held at Seltzer Caplan McMahon Vitek in downtown San Diego. Beverages provided by our hostess and cookies provided by SANDALL. Al shared his Dec. 7, 1941 experiences and covered background leading up to that fateful day. He shared his first hand account of the attack and the terrible events that followed. We were on the edges of our chairs as we listened to this wonderful man's recollection of events from a crucial time in the history of our country. March 11, 2008 - "PreCYdent: Milestones and Challenges" was held at the USD LRC. USD graciously supplied beverages and desserts for this event. Mr. Smith walked us through a live tour of the updated site and performed some sample searches. He also briefly explained the theory behind their algorithm, and presented some results about how their search outperforms Westlaw and Lexis. He described some of the Web 2 features of the site and explained what they are trying to achieve with them. Finally, he closed his presentation by sharing some of the challenges they face. A total of 17 members attended. April 10, 2008 - Half Day Workshop - " Catch Me If You Can " Held in downtown San Diego at the Columbia Conference Center. Morning beverages were provided courtesy of Higgs, Fletcher & Mack, LLP and our hostess, Glee-Ellen Hotchkin. Lunch was provided by 10-K Wizard. This free half day event was open to members and non-members. Twenty-two attendees enjoyed 3 presentations. "Health Care Fraud," presented by FBI Agents Laura O'Farrell and Kathryn Henderson, "Identity Theft," presented by FBI Agent John R. Ireland, and "Saving the World Made Simple," presented by Private Investigator Jim Strickland. We listened intently to some eye-opening information about health care fraud trends in San Diego and reviewed case examples. We also learned about the basic tricks and schemes used by ID thieves, received advice on protection and recovery, and then went over a case study. And to finish up the morning, PI Jim Strickland shared some of the resources he uses to "find the bad guys." May 17, 2008 - Spring Social & Silent Auction Fundraiser, held at the home of Pat Rusheen. Attendees tried to stay cool in the triple digit temperatures while sipping cold drinks and munching on fabulous home-made foods brought to share. Many wonderful auction items were donated for the Silent Auction. A $5 fee was charged at the door. Despite a poor turnout (about 20 attendees), we still raised a grand total of $747.35 for the SANDALL Grants Program. June 19, 2008 - Annual Business Meeting held at Coughlin Stoia Geller Rudman & Robbins LLP in downtown San Diego. Lunch provided by CEB. Twenty-seven members RSVPed. My heartfelt thanks go out to the ad-hoc members of our Program Committee. I appreciate all their assistance and support throughout the year. Heather Phillips (Fall Institute) Angelique Esquival (who was instrumental in finding the DJ for our Holiday Party), Carmen Brigandi, Betsy Chessler, Glee-Ellen Hotchkin, Leigh Inman, Gina Catalano, Judith Lihosit and Owen Smith (USD), Judy Stone (Seltzer Caplan), and my personal assistants, Randy & Ryan Rusheen. I would also like to thank all the hosts that graciously provided venues (and often beverages & goodies) for our events. Lastly, I would like to thank our many vendors who supported SANDALL throughout the year. This continual vendor support allows us to plan and execute these wonderful events (in particular the Fall Institute and Holiday Party). Our robust program schedule would not have been possible without the generous financial support of our vendors. Poem by Patricia Rusheen: And through those years I learned a lot It was a lot of hard work To do it for SANDALL He always told me to do your best So I now gladly pass the fun Who'll bring you new speakers Here's to 10 years • Public Relations Committee members: Victoria Williamson, Isabel Eustaquio of San Diego County Public Law Library and Melissa Fung of University of San Diego. Committee mission statement: Draft submitted via email to the Board on June 5, 2008. Approved with recommended changes by Board members: Pat Rusheen, Carmen Brigandi, Gina Catalano, and Leigh Inman via email on June 6, 2008. • Web President Sheila Corman noted that Committee Chair Carol Hyne has done a great job making changes to the website and keeping it current. • New Business SANDALL Directory • Installation of New Officers John Adkins - President • Presentation of Certificates of Appreciation All Board members and Committee Chairs were recognized by President Sheila Corman for their service this year. Meeting adjourned at: 12:47 Respectfully submitted, |
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