President’s Column – Message from Incoming President
Posted on September 1, 2009 by ebrennan | No Comments
By Lisa Marks
First, let me start by saying what an honor it is to serve as MLGSCA president for the 2009-2010 year. I thank you for your vote of confidence and look forward to what’s ahead!
Now, on to what’s ahead! Much is already in the works for the 2009-2010 year for MLGSCA. The Advisory Council (AC) has already met twice for the transition and budget meetings. I am pleased to say we have several new faces on the AC this year including Paul Bielman (EIRC), Emily Brennan (Newsletter), Steve Clancy (Public Relations), Molly Harrington (Treasurer), Cynthia Porter (Secretary) and Mary White (Government Relations/Bylaws). I want to thank all the AC members for their continued support of MLGSCA. Feel free to contact me or any AC member with any questions or concerns you might have regarding MLGSCA.
Next in the year ahead is the Fall CE. Save the dates of October 26th in AZ and November 20th in CA. The AZ course will be held at the Mayo Clinic in Scottsdale and the CA course will be held at Good Samaritan Hospital in Los Angeles. The program, titled “Leveraging Medical Library Services to Strengthen CME†will be presented by Ysabel Bertolucci and colleagues from Kaiser Permanente in Northern and Southern California. The CA course will be held in conjunction with the Southern California Medical Education Council (SCMEC). Any of you doing both CME and Library will definitely want to attend.  Mark your calendars!
Also mark your calendars for our 2010 Joint Meeting with the Northern California and Nevada Medical Library Group (NCNMLG) January 27-30, 2010 at the Renaissance Glendale Hotel & Spa in Glendale, AZ . The planning is well under way headed by quad chairs Ellen Aaronson, Rebecca Birr, Judy Bube and Kathy Zeblisky. If you haven’t checked out the website to see what exciting things are in store, here is the link for the Joint Meeting: http://www.mlgsca.mlanet.org/jtmtg2010/
Congratulations are in order to the following MLGSCA members who are on the slate for the 2010-2011 MLA election: Ellen Aaronson and Rikke Ogawa are 2 of 4 candidates for 2 spots on the MLA Board of Directors; Janis Brown and Jacqueline Doyle are candidates for the MLA Nominating Committee. Let’s remember to support our members and vote when the MLA election takes place November 4-December 8, 2009!
In closing, it looks to me as though we have a great year ahead! I hope you all agree and will join in and participate in all that is offered to you through MLGSCA. After all, this is your association and it is what you make it!
Posted 9/1/09
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