Receptioncomrptannual2014
Committee Meeting Report Form Name of person submitting this report: Loida Garcia-Febo
Email of person submitting this report: loidagarciafebo@gmail.com
Report submission date: July 17, 2014 ___midwinter __x__annual
Name of committee: IRRT International Reception Committee
Name of committee chair (indicate if acting chair): Loida Garcia-Febo
Committee chair e-mail address: (same as above)
Date of meeting(s): Committee members actively worked via email and met during the ALA midwinter and annual conferences in 2014
Members present: Dr. Jiangping Chen (Co-chair for part of the term, 2013 - 2015) Paul Coleman (Member, 2012-2014) Amed Demirhan (Member, 2012-2014) Carla M. Ellard (Member, 2013-2014) Lisa Janicke Hinchliffe (Member, 2013-2015) Liana Juliano (Member, 2012-2014 E. M. Roublow (Member, 2012 - 2014) Cindy Singer (Member 2013-2015)
Virtual members:
Members absent: Dr. ShuYoung Jiang (Member, 2013-2015) Veronica L.C. Stevenson-Moudamane (Member, 2012 - 2014)
Visitors:
1. Summary of discussion and action; please indicate activities planned for the next 5 months:
During the months of November-March, committee members and the Chair worked very hard obtaining information and quotes from various potential venues in Las Vegas. Information and quotes from a potential provider of transportation was obtained. The top three potential venues were identified and the Chair sent a Power Point presentation including these and the transportation alternative to the IRRT Executive Board. The Marjorie Barrick Museum at the University of Nevada in Las Vegas was selected as the venue.
During parts of March and April, the committee evaluated nominations for the Presidential Citation Award selecting libraries in Australia, Croatia, Germany, Serbia as recipients. The committee also drafted the content of the citations, the Chair reviewed them and sent them to Delin Guerra whom sent everything to a company. After reviewing a few citations proofs a few times, all the citations were ready and approved.
The Chair sent an announcement about the citations to the editors of International Leads and they published an announcement on the IL issue of June. Michael Dowling and Delin Guerra received an expanded announcement which will be included on a forthcoming special international issue of the American Libraries magazine.
Finally, the committee met on Saturday, June 28 to discuss logistics and overall plan for the International Reception on Monday, June 30. Points included transportation to the venue and to hotels, committee members host duties, parking at the venue, schedule of announcements and speeches followed by the Committee Chair, IRRT Chair, ALA President and other IRRT Committee Chairs. About 550+ obtained tickets to the attend the International Reception. The reception was a success!
-During the meeting on June 28, the new Chair was introduced to the committee members. Some of these will continue into 2014-2015.
2. Midwinter Meeting Only: I sent our midwinter report right after the midwinter conference.
3. List names and e-mails of potential new members.
4. List any members who have indicated interest in serving on another IRRT committee or running for an IRRT office. Include yourself, if applicable.
5. Who would you recommend to serve as chair next year? Indicate if you are interested in serving as chair again.
6. Please write any other comments about the committee's membership here.
