From the President's Desk

Season’s Greetings! 
 

APLA has also been busy and I would like to tell you about some of the things the Executive has been doing on your behalf.  
 

The APLA Executive met in Halifax at the end of October for our annual Fall meeting. It was wonderful to get the Executive together and discuss face to face the many programs and services we offer. The meeting lasted the entire day! While everyone was tired, I think everyone was also satisfied with what we accomplished. I would like to thank Lynn Somers, APLA Secretary, who hosted the meeting at the beautiful Keshen Goodman Library in Halifax. 
 

I need to report to the membership that we neglected to vote on a Financial Auditor for next year at our 2008 OGM. As you know Peter Glenister has graciously served APLA in this capacity for many years and has agreed to serve in this capacity for 2009. But we needed to make it official. Our outgoing Parliamentarian, Norman Horrocks and our incoming Parliamentarian, Lloyd Melanson, suggested the way forward: ask Peter if he would agree to serve (he agreed); have the Executive vote at its Fall meeting to accept Peter as Financial Examiner (we did) and to report back to the membership that we have done this (I am now doing.) The Executive apologizes to the membership and Peter for our mistake and extend our thanks to him for agreeing to serve APLA as Financial Examiner for 2009. 
 

The mood of the meeting was very positive. The reason? APLA is now an association that is in the black – we presently have some money to offer new initiatives to the membership. This is the result of several things, such as transitioning the Bulletin from paper to electronic, Ruth Cordes’ excellent work to move our advertisers over to the Bulletin’s new electronic format and the positive revenue realized from the APLA 2008 conference. Financially, APLA is on very positive footing. Stay tuned to hear more about new opportunities from your provincial VPs and directly from the Executive in the New Year. 
 

The Conference Planning Committee is doing a tremendous job getting ready for the 2009 conference. I would like to thank Debbie Costello and her team for all their work. I know you all have the dates June 10th – 13th marked in your calendars. It is going to be a great time!
 

As we get closer to the end of year holidays, I would like to take this opportunity to wish everyone a happy and relaxing holiday. This has been an exciting year for APLA. And I am convinced that 2009 will bring many more positive happenings. Take this time to relax with family and friends and take a break from all things library. While we will all hit the ground running in January (because that’s what we do), now is a time to rest and reflect.

Su Cleyle, scleyle@mun.ca
APLA President