{"id":1142,"date":"2014-08-07T19:45:27","date_gmt":"2014-08-08T00:45:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/?p=1142"},"modified":"2014-08-21T20:47:51","modified_gmt":"2014-08-22T01:47:51","slug":"from-the-past-chair-glbtrt-annual-conference-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.glbtrt.ala.org\/news\/archives\/1142","title":{"rendered":"From the Past-Chair: GLBTRT Annual Conference Report"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Roland Hansen<\/em><\/p>\n

This is considerably overdue, but I wanted to send it anyway.\u00a0 Lots of things happened in Las Vegas during Annual Conference, and I’m sure I’ll miss some things in this short report, so feel free to comment on the blog.\u00a0 It’s hard to say which is the biggest news from Conference.\u00a0 The BEST news is that the challenge set out by Larry Romans and Mike Morgan was met!\u00a0 Members raised more than $15,000 to match Larry and Mike’s challenge.\u00a0 This is great news for increasing the Long Term Investment Account, aka the Book Award Endowment, and securing long-term funding for our awards.\u00a0 Thanks to all donors and a huge thanks to Larry and Mike for their generous gift, and getting the momentum to make this happen.<\/p>\n

Now for the Good News\/Bad News item.\u00a0 The Bad News is the Stonewall Book Award Brunch has been eliminated.\u00a0 The Good News is that now, it will be a FREE presentation program open to all.\u00a0 We still plan on author speakers, give-aways and book signing and plenty of time to meet and greet.\u00a0 All for free.\u00a0 The Board sincerely hopes this will turn out to still be the highlight of Conference.\u00a0 I have every hope that will be the case.<\/p>\n

Membership remains at 917.\u00a0 Please encourage colleagues to join, and keep renewing.\u00a0 We would love to get to 1,000 members this year!<\/p>\n

Financially the RT is in good shape.\u00a0 Dale McNeill has posted a full report and it is available at ALA Connect.<\/p>\n

The 2015 Pre- Conference is shaping up as Building LGBT Libraries.\u00a0 Watch for more news about it here and on the RT website.<\/p>\n

Because of the transition of the Stonewall Book Award Committee into separate juries, we need to appoint a large number of members to this Committee, 22 to be exact.\u00a0 If you have experience reviewing, selecting, or other job responsibilities relating to GLBT Books, please consider volunteering.\u00a0 Use the Volunteer form found on the RT website.<\/p>\n

There was progress made in providing gender neutral restrooms during Conference.\u00a0 Many members photographed the sign outside of the designated restroom at the top of the main escalator in the Conference Center.\u00a0 While there was only one rest room designated, we are hoping for more in the future.\u00a0 We never found out who was behind providing this, but we want to thank Paul Graller who is The Big Cheese for Conference Facilities management on-site.<\/p>\n

The RT Resources Committee has officially started working on updating various documents and web resources supported by the RT.\u00a0 Also, the Fundraising Committee has been reinstated to probably begin reporting activities at MidWinter.<\/p>\n

That’s about it.\u00a0 Thanks Again to David Vess for his dedication and hard work for the RT during the past several years.\u00a0 A BIG welcome to Ann Symons, Chair, and congratulations to Peter Coyl,\u00a0 Chair-Elect.<\/p>\n

Looking forward to Midwinter Chicago, see you there.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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