Nevada Library Association

Nevada Library Association Handbook

Board of Trustees

Appointed Officers & Standing Committees

Annual Meeting Committee Chairperson

HISTORY
NLA has held an annual meeting since its beginning in 1946, if one counts the organizational meeting of the small group of six librarians known as the "Committee to organize a Nevada Library Association." The location of meetings changes each year, moving around the state, and varies from large to small towns, from north to south, etc. During its formative years the group was so small that, apparently, the President of NLA also served as convention chair. Joint conferences have been held with other organizations (1967, 1978, 1985 and 1994). The 1996 conference in Laughlin was highlighted by a reunion and remembrance of many NLA leaders and members during the past 50 years.

YEAR	CHAIRPERSONS/THEMES	LOCATION
1st 1946		Reno
2nd 1947		Reno
3rd 1948		Reno
4th 1949		Reno
5th 1950		Las Vegas
6th 1951		Carson City
7th 1952		Las Vegas
8th 1953		Reno
9th 1954		Las Vegas
10th 1955		Carson
11th 1956		Ely
12th 1957	Lydia Malcolm, Henderson District Public Library	Henderson
13th 1958	Marguerite Evans, Elko County High School Theme: Gearing For Action	Elko
14th 1959	Russ Storm, University of Nevada Theme: A Closer Look	Reno
15th 1960	Jerry Dye, Nevada State Library Theme: Standards of Service	Las Vegas
16th 1961	Lois Craver, Albert M. Lowry High School Theme: Library Building Blocks	Winnemucca
17th 1962	Mrs. Waldo B. McLeod Theme: Stay Informed	Reno
18th 1963	Betty Porray, Ruby Thomas Elementary School Theme: The Library At Work	Las Vegas
19th 1964	Harold G. Morehouse, University of Nevada Theme: The Nevada Centennial	South Shore, Lake Tahoe
20th 1965	Portia Griswold, University of Nevada	Tonopah
21th 1966	Billie Mae Polson, Nevada Southern University Theme: Coordinated Library Service for Nevada	Ely
22nd 1967	Harold Erickson, Nevada Southern University (Joint meeting with Nev. Educational Media Assoc.) Theme: Revolution in Libraries Management, Organization, and Service	Las Vegas
23rd 1968	Dora Witt, Churchill Co. Library Theme: On Target - Total Library Service for Nevada	Fallon
24th 1969	Nora Roberts Theme: The Challenge of Intellectual Freedom	Winnemucca
25th 1970	Hazel Potter, Sparks High School Theme: Blueprint of Creative Library Development	Sparks
26th 1971	Hailie Gunn, Elko County Library Theme: The In Thing Is Out-Reach	Elko
27th 1972	Mildred Hoen, Linda Davis, Las Vegas Public Library Theme: On Target With Total Library Service	Las Vegas
28th 1973	Janice Goodhue, Nevada State Library Virginia Rule, Ormsby Public Library Theme: Multia Media, All Systems Go!	Carson City
29th 1974	Harold Morehouse, University of Nevada, Reno Theme: Hustlin' History	Tonopah
30th 1975	Wally Kurtz, Washoe County School Dist. Theme: Be Community Wise-Improvise	Sparks
31th 1976	Charles Hunsberger, Clark County Library District	Las Vegas
32nd 1977	Robert Clark, White Pine Co. Library Dorothy Rice, University of Nevada, Reno Theme: People Power	Ely
33rd 1978	Yvonne Saddler, Douglas County Library (Joint Conference with Mountain Plains Library Association) Theme: Tahoe II-The Widening Circle	Stateline
34th 1979	Hailie Gunn, Elko County Library Theme: Nevada's Libraries-Natural Resource	Elko
35th 1980	Sharon Allen	Winnemucca
36th 1981	Charles Hunsberger	Las Vegas
37th 1982	Joseph Anderson, Nevada State Library Theme: Nevada Libraries-The Sound Of Power	Carson City
38th 1983	Charles Manley, Washoe County Library	Reno
39th 1984	Bob Gray, White Pine County Theme: Libraries & Learning: The Education Connection	Ely
40th 1985	Dean Covington (Joint conference with Mountain Plains Library Association) Theme: Libraries and The Learning Society	Las Vegas
41st 1986	Laura Oki, Mercedes Lostra, Elko County Library Theme: Look Where We've Been and Where We're Going	Elko
42nd 1987	Sharon Allen, Humboldt County Library	Winnemucca
43rd 1988	Maria Otero-Boisvert, University of Nevada, Reno Theme: Year Of The Library-Freedom To Read	Reno
44th 1989	Carroll Gardner, Henderson Dist. Public Library Theme: Nevada Libraries-Pure Gold	Boulder City
45th 1990	Bonnie Buckley, Nevada State Library and Archives Theme: Toward The 21st Century: Dawning Of A New Age	Ely
46th 1991	Joyce C. Lee, Nevada State Library and Archives Theme: Nevada Libraries: Priority One	Reno
47th 1992	Richard Lee, Las Vegas Clark County Library District Theme: Winning Team: Nevada Libraries	Las Vegas
48th 1993	Sara Jones, Elko County Library Theme: Renew the Promise, Shape the Dream - NLA and Nevada's Libraries	Elko
49th 1994	Lynn Ossolinski, Incline High School Theme: Libraries: The Peak Experience (Joint conference with Mountain Plains Library Association)	Incline Village
50th 1995	Sharon Allen, Humboldt County Library Theme: From the Past to the Future Through Libraries	Winnemucca
51st 1996	Duncan R. McCoy, Boulder City Library Theme: NLA Lights the Way--50 Years of Progress	Laughlin
52nd 1997	Sharon Honig-Bear, Washoe County Library Theme: All Roads Lead to Libraries	Carson City
53rd 1998	Eileen Horn, Clark County School District Library Services Julie Bailey, Teacher/Librarian Mojave High School Theme: Connecting for Success	Las Vegas
54th 1999	Sue Kendall Theme: Access for All: A Challenge for the Coming Millennium	Elko
59th 2004	Joan Vaughan, Henderson Libraries Theme: Viva Lake Las Vegas	Henderson
62nd 2007	Dana Hines, CLAN Coordinator Laura Oki, Elko, Lander, Eureka County Library System Lighter Side of Libraries	Carson City
63rd 2008	Denise Gerdes, Las Vegas-Clark County Library District Bridging the Gap @ Nevada Libraries	Las Vegas
64th 2009	Jeanette Hammons, Elko, Lander, Eureka County Library System Responding to the Challege - Beyond All Limits	Elko
65th 2010	Arlene Caruso, Henderson Libraries Nevada Libraries: Thinking Outside the Buck	Henderson
65th 2011	Dana Hines, CLAN Coordinator To Boldly Go Where No One has Gone Before	Carson City

CONDITIONS OF OFFICE
1. Terms of Office

a. The Annual Meeting Committee Chair is appointed by the President with the approval of the Board of Trustees. This appointment is usually announced at the annual meeting prior to the year of service.
b. The Annual Meeting Committee Chair serves a term of one year, beginning on January 1st and appoints a minimum of three members to this committee.

2. Vacancy in Office

a. If the Chair of the Annual Meeting Committee is removed or resigns, the President shall appoint another chairperson, with the approval of the Board of Trustees, to serve out the remainder of the unexpired term.
b. The new Chair has the option of retaining members of the committee selected by the previous Chair, or he may appoint a new group of members to be the committee.

3. Removal from Office, Procedure

a. Petition signed by one-third of the members of the Board of Trustees is submitted to the President.
b. The President, within thirty days, conducts an election among the voting members of the Board of Trustees, with a two-thirds affirmative written vote.

PURPOSE AND DUTIES
Purpose
The purpose of the Annual Meeting is to transact business and provide programs of general or specialized interest for members of NLA.

The purpose of the Annual Meeting Committee is to plan, organize and coordinate all activities at the meeting to insure the best possible scheduling and use of time, participants, guests, and exhibitors.

Personal members present at the Annual Meeting will constitute a quorum. A Parliamentarian will be appointed to assure that membership sessions are conducted properly, using the Sturgis Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedure as the authority.

The work of the Committee will be guided by the procedures in the Convention Handbook as published within the NLA Handbook.

General
The NLA President is expected to set the tone of the convention at which he/she presides. He/she may also select the theme, possibly based on goals determined jointly with the past President and President-Elect. However the convention chairperson may be asked to do both of the above plus assume responsibility for the planning. An early general outline of those plans and the selected theme are presented to the Executive Board at its midwinter meeting. Since the convention is the major activity of the organization, and it is the member's meeting, these plans should be favorably accepted by the Executive Board. Any major problems should be worked out very early in the year.

Meetings
The Annual Meeting is normally held in the second week of October, depending upon availability of site. The exact time and place are determined by the Board of Trustees.

The Annual Meeting is open to members of NLA and to other registered participants.

The August issue of Nevada Libraries is the convention issue containing the programs, registration form, and other pertinent information. This issue has replaced the two separate mailings formerly used. The convention issue is given very wide distribution (usually to everyone listed in the Nevada Library Directory, all exhibitors, and a VIP guest list compiled by the chairperson based on suggestions from the president, the executive board, and the host librarian.) The convention issue (or written notice) shall be mailed early enough to be received at least thirty days in advance of each meeting.

Budget
The Annual Meeting Chair coordinates convention expenses with anticipated convention income.

The Board of Trustees allots to each Section and interest group a specific amount of money to use in planning a program of special interest to their group.

The Annual Meeting Chair also receives a budget for start-up expenses.

The Annual Meeting Chair approves all convention bills for payment and is responsible for turning over all bills and receipts to the NLA Treasurer.

Bills are paid from revenue from exhibitors' fees and registration fees.

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