WHAT:
Dear InSLA member,

As it turns out, October has been strategic planning month for InSLA.

Many of your colleagues have participated in two strategic planning workshops for the chapter this month. Please help me in thanking all of the participants: Sylvia Andrews, Shelley Arvin, Joyce Beard, Lisa Greer Douglass, Zoya Golban, Randall Halverson, Beth Hansen, Stacy Lai, Miriam Lemen, Barbara Maxwell, Nancy Michael, Cindy Monnier, Bob Noel, Jane Potee, and Ellen Summers.

Our facilitator Susan Schlag guided us through both three-hour workshops. With her leadership and with much commitment and consideration on the part of these strategists, we have developed a mission statement for our chapter.

Chapter Mission: The Indiana chapter of the Special Libraries Association is a vital, networked community of the state's librarians and information professionals that develops member's competencies and thereby optimizes the value of the profession.

HOW:
With mission statement in hand, we are now ready to take the next step - to define and prioritize the objectives for the chapter. This will be the fun part! We will discuss what we are going to do and by when. Topics for discussion include administration, communication, finance, membership, programming and service.

WHO:
The entire InSLA membership is encouraged to attend.

WHEN:
Wish us luck as we tackle this next step! Or better yet, join us for our third and final workshop on Thursday, October 30 at 5:00! (Costumes optional!)

WHERE:
We will meet in the Marion County Law Library in the City-County Building. The Marion County Law Library located on the 3rd floor of the City-County Building, 200 E Washington St, Suite T360 in downtown Indianapolis. Be sure to allow time for the extra security and metal detectors at the City-County Building. Metered parking is available on Alabama and there are two $5-dollar parking lots on the corner of Market and Alabama. After 6 pm, downtown street parking is free. Please grab dinner on the way.

RSVP:
InSLA Strategic Planning Workshop III
October 30, 2003 at 5 pm
Marion County Law Library
City-County Building, Suite T360
200 E Washington St
Indianapolis, IN
Please let Mary Johnston (mjohnston@ncaa.org or (317) 917-6325) know if you can join us for our InSLA Strategic Planning Workshop III.

Again, thank you for your time and commitment to InSLA. We appreciate your efforts and we encourage your participation in this important initiative as we determine the future of our chapter. I welcome your comments and suggestions at any time.

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