**Type of report being submitted: Committee Progress Report

**Date: 2/7/05

**Committee Name: Student and Student Chapter Outreach

**Supervising Board Member: Tanzi Merritt

**Chair, Co-Chairs, Assistant Chairs: Nanette Wargo Donohue, Michelle Fossum

**Committee members:

Sue Anderson, Tiffani Conner, Jane Currie, Tim Donohue, Susanne Kerrigan, Clair Powers, Denise Sharp, Sarah Trowbridge, Andrea Wirth

**Activity in Current Reporting Period

a) Projects completed (For example, any procedures, tip sheets, checklists, etc. created during this period):

Update and maintain LIS program and student chapter contacts list.

Establish and maintain relationships with student chapters.

Create and send regular emailing of SASCO Times newsletter to LIS programs spotlighting NMRT/ALA services and activities and providing information on topics of interest to students.

b) Projects in progress but not yet completed:

Work with the NMRT SASCO Web Liaison to update and maintain the SASCO web site

Revitalize and maintain an electronic mode of discussion through regularly posted discussion topics on a message board or via other means

Work with the Student Chapter of the Year Award and Student Reception committees to help promote their activities

**Action Items/Issues To Be Resolved (What is left to do, based on your Planning Report?

Have there been any substantial changes in plans since then? What items, if any, have been deferred until next year?):

Work with library schools to get information about NMRT into library school orientations (possible collaboration with Membership, Promotions and Relations & Publicity)

Create SASCO Handbook of sample emails, timelines, tip sheets, etc. for incoming committee members

Financial Report Section:

Your budget appropriation (see budget)	a. $0
Amount which you have spent so far this year	b. $0
Your estimated additional expenses this year	c. $0
Total of amount spent and additional "estimated" expenses for this year (b+c)	d. $0
Difference between budgeted amount and total expenses from above (a-d)	e. $0

**Report submitted by: Nanette Wargo Donohue and Michelle Fossum

**Email address: nwargo@champaign.org, mcfossum@earthlink.net