1. Include a summary of important decisions, significant activities, objectives achieved, and other important matters that occurred during and since the annual meeting under the relevant goals in the MLA Strategic Plan and the priorities for the current year.

2. If a report contains a motion, the report should include the following background information: a) name of MLA entity which is required to take action; b) specific action to be taken; c) costs, if any, which will be incurred and proposed sources of funding; d) time frame for the action; e) any documentation which will facilitate the Board's decision-making process (statement of circumstances prompting the motion and/or past MLA action on the issue).

Use the following format for motion.

3. Committee personnel should be listed in alphabetical order; followed by consultants, if applicable; MLA representatives, if applicable; headquarters program director; Board of Directors liaison; and committee chair.

4. Limit your report to two pages.

HOW TO SUBMIT YOUR ANNUAL REPORT

* Via E-mail

* Via Disk (Submit 3-1/2" IBM-formatted disks)

SOFTWARE GUIDELINES FOR E-MAIL ATTACHMENT OR DISK:

OR

* RTF (rich-text format)

Goal 1. Professional Development

On Monday, May 28th, 2000, from 10:30 AM - 12:00 noon, the Section will sponsor an invited speaker/panel session entitled "Making the Magic: Essentials of Leadership." Maureen Sullivan, keynote speaker, is Adjunct Faculty of the ARL Office of Leadership and Management Services (OMLS). She has served as an OLMS trainer and consultant since 1980 and has designed and conducted many workshops on leadership topics. Ms. Sullivan will focus her presentation on leadership skills that are needed at every level of the organization. A panel of 3-4 librarians (who fill roles at various organizational levels and types of institutions) will react and interact with the attendees in something resembling a "talk show" format.

Goal 2. Advocacy

Toward the goal of working collaboratively with the AAHSL Leadership Task Force, the Chair and Chair-Elect of the Section attended a session at the AAMC/AAHSL meeting in Chicago (October 2000) where the preliminary report of the Task Force was discussed. The report includes a recommendation that there be joint programming at the MLA Annual Meeting on leadership and management; AAHSL has suggested a financial contribution to help defray speaker costs. Also, the Chair or Chair-Elect of the Section will now be included on the Task Force's Listserve, will be invited to Task Force meetings, and will act as liaison between the two groups.

Goal 3. Organization

The revised bylaws of the section, including changes in section name and purpose, were approved at the section business meeting, held at the 2000 MLA Annual Meeting in Vancouver, B.C. These were reviewed and approved by the MLA Bylaws Committee.

The sections' Bylaws Committee Chair is now reviewing the section's bylaws to identify areas that might need revision based on the new MLA model bylaws. Some of the changes will be required and some may be optional. The Bylaws Chair will submit the required and recommended changes to the Section Executive Committee and then prepare the final changes for a vote by the membership.

To promote awareness of and membership in the renamed Leadership and Management Section, the Chair agreed to submit the first article for a new MLA News column on Leadership and Management. The article was submitted in November 2000 for a January 2001 issue. Included in the article is a description of the broad purposes of the Section and information on Leadership and Management training opportunities. A second article will be submitted for the fall 2001 issue.

The Chair of the Strategic Planning Committee prepared a logo contest "call." It was sent out on the Section Listserve and also submitted for inclusion in an upcoming MLA Focus. A newsletter is currently in production (planned distribution of December 2000) which will include this as well as other news items for Section members.

A list of leadership and management training opportunities (descriptions, web links) was submitted to the Section webmaster for inclusion on the web site. That will be posted by the time of publication of the MLA News article mentioned above.

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Last updated on: April 16, 2002.