Goal 2. Advocacy
General Accomplishments

• Chapter Council has supported and advocated support for the Lucretia McClure Excellence in Education Award. M.J. Tooey, Chair of Chapter Council, served on a Professional Issues Forum Panel at the annual meeting of the Mid-Atlantic Chapter of MLA in October, in Wilmington, NC. Chapter Council Representatives and Alternates have participated in the programming at the chapter level. Chapter Council gathered information from chapters regarding MDConsult, chapter reimbursements/support for MLA leader travel to meetings, and benchmarking. Chapter Council also gathered information regarding vendor support at chapter meetings. Much of the information seems to indicate there might be a need for Chapter Council to investigate many of these issues further necessitating establishing several Council Task Forces at the Annual Meeting. Planning for Chapter Council’s major event, the Chapter Sharing Roundtables, is almost complete. Topics and the luncheon menu have been selected. An article summarizing the 1999 Roundtables was submitted to the MLA News. The write-up for the 2000 Preliminary Program has been submitted. Chapter articles have been submitted for all issues of MLA News.

Strategic Plan, Specific Chapter Council Goals
c. Recognize members who make significant contributions to the profession

• Objective: Solicit and evaluate nominees for the Majors Chapter Project of the Year Award; select winner
  Progress to Date: The 1998-99 Majors Jury selected a winner and the award was presented at the 1999 Annual Meeting. The 1999-2000 Jury solicited nominees. No projects were submitted therefore no award will be given this year. This will be discussed at the Council meeting in May. The Chapter Council Chair nominated a slate of Jury members to the MLA President-elect.

f. Develops and maintains relationships...relevant corporations

• Objective: Monitor partnerships negotiated by MLA with corporations and inform chapters regarding the benefits to their organizations
  Progress to Date: As information has become available, information regarding corporate agreements has been disseminated to members. The Chapter Council Chair queried the chapters via the Council regarding corporate partnerships into which chapters may have entered particularly MDConsult.

Goal 3. Organization
General Accomplishments

• Council Chair has kept Council informed regarding MLA activities through frequent emails, specifically summary reports from Board of Directors meetings, enabling Chapter Council members to have the most up-to-date information to assist in chapter planning and decision making. The Council Chair also submitted mid-year and annual reports, and goals and objectives to MLA Headquarters.

Strategic Plan, Specific Chapter Council Goals
c. develops the leadership capabilities of its members

• Objective: Plan and conduct business of Chapter Council in a sound, responsive manner
  Progress to Date: Ongoing. Through the various committees and task forces, Chapter Council members have an opportunity to lead and serve MLA.

Goal 4. Research
General Accomplishments

• Chapter Council supported the Benchmarking Task Force by sharing information about the initiative with the chapters, querying the chapters regarding the idea about a Chapter Benchmarking representative, and then requesting that each of the chapters name a benchmarking representative for the purpose of information sharing and education.

Goal 6. Information Technology
General Accomplishments

• Chapter Council continues to enhance its Website to include useful Council information. There will be a major discussion during the Annual Meeting regarding formats and usefulness of web-based information for Chapter Council

Strategic Plan, Specific Chapter Council Goals
b. MLANET

• Objective: Use MLANET effectively by mounting Council documents that are long (manuals), frequently updated (meeting lists, chapter officer directories), reports (Chapter Sharing Roundtables) to make these resources easily accessible to users.
  Progress to Date: Ongoing. Relevant Council documents have been placed on the site. Ginny DuPont, Chapter Council Web manager and representative to the MLANET Editorial Board, attended the MLANET Editorial Board meeting in February. Chapter Council partnered with Section Council to recommend greater visibility for Chapter and Section sites (and their respective Councils).

MOTION
This report is informational and requires no action by the Board of Directors.

M.J. Tooey
Chair, Chapter Council
March 15, 2000

Members of Chapter Council 1999-2000
Karen M. Albert, Representative, Philadelphia
Jo-Ann Benedetti, Representative, Upstate New York/Ontario
Edean Berglund, Alternate, Pacific Northwest
Sharon Berglund, Alternate, Hawaii
Renee Bougard, Representative, South Central
Janis Brown, Representative, Southern California and Arizona
Susan Craft, Representative, Midcontinental

Ellen Detlefsen, Alternate, Pittsburgh
Rebecca Davis, Representative, Northern California and Nevada
Ginny DuPont, Representative, Mid Atlantic
Pamela Elwell, Representative, Midwest
Sarah Gable, Alternate, Southern
Patricia Gallagher, Representative, New York/New Jersey
Laura Gerwitz, Representative, Hawaii
Mary Helms, Alternate, Midcontinental
Suellen Jagels, Representative, North Atlantic
Janice Kaplan, Alternate, North Atlantic
Marsha Kmec, Alternate, Southern California/Arizona
Janna Lawrence, Alternate, South Central
Debra Locasio, Alternate, Upstate New York/Ontario
Linda Garr Markwell, Representative, Southern
Sara Pimental Alternate, Northern California/Nevada
Robert M. Pringle, Jr., Representative, Pacific Northwest
Paula Raimondo, Alternate, Mid Atlantic
Faith Ross, Alternate, Midwest
George Wahlert, Alternate, New York/New Jersey
Karen M. Zundel, Representative, Pittsburgh