Committee Planning Report

NOTE: ** = Required Field

**Type of report being submitted: Committee Planning Report

**Date: October 17, 2003

**Committee Name: President's Program

**Supervising Board Member: Sara Morris

**Chair, Co-Chairs, Assistant Chairs:

Ron Peterson, Chair

Meg Meiman, Assistant Chair.

**Committee members:

Christopher Cronin

Lee Lafleur

Kara Gust

Heather Momberger

**Committee Charge:

The NMRT President's Program Committee plans, coordinates, and delivers a program for the ALA Annual Meeting.

**2003 - 2004 Project Description / Goals:

This year's program will focus on the theme of Beth Kraemer's presidency, leadership. It will include 3-4 speakers on the topic of leadership. We hope to include both practitioners and individuals who have researched leadership in librarianship, with the possibility of including individuals who instruct on leadership skills, if available.

**Specific Objectives (numbers, tangible end-products):

Contact all committee members and exchange introductions – completed.

Select a program topic and an alternate topic – completed.

Identify and contact prospective speakers – in process.

Confirm a date and a time for the Midwinter committee meeting and the annual conference program – in process.

Create list of program tasks and assign to committee members – in process.

Design and maintain program website.

Prepare agenda, handouts, and evaluation forms.

Publicize program through online discussion lists and in NMRT and ALA publications, such as Footnotes and Cognotes.

Oversee all aspects of the program at the Annual Conference.

Financial Report Section:

Your budget appropriation (see budget) a. 200.00

Amount which you have spent so far this year b. 0.00

Your estimated additional expenses this year c. 200.00

Total of amount spent and additional "estimated" expenses for this year (b+c) d. 200.00

Difference between budgeted amount and total expenses from above (a-d) e. 0.00

f. Vendor support planned or anticipated for the year (either money or in-kind gifts), list here:

None planned or anticipated.

g. Vendor support requested: (From the above list, what, if any, has been requested from the Exhibitor Contact and Relations Committee?)

Nothing.

h. Vendor support received: (From the above list, what if any, has been received?)

None.

Specific Needs/Support (non-financial): (For the categories below, please include approximate date service needed)

a. Web Support (help with webpage creation, web form creation, web database, web database, scripting, etc):

None.

b. On-site conference volunteers: (include estimated numbers needed and brief job description)

c. Publicity planned for the committee (posting to other discussion lists, official press release for webpage, etc.):

Online discussion lists and NMRT and ALA publications.

**Report submitted by: Ron Peterson

**Email address: ronpeterson39401@yahoo.com