The Volunteer Recognition Committee of our chapter is dedicated to officially recognizing the hard work that members of our chapter give to maintaining the chapter. As an official Thank You, Pacific Northwest Chapter volunteers are given special recognition at the Spring meetings.
If you'd like to find out more about any of these generous members, please look for their contact information in our Directory of Indexers in the Pacific Northwest. NOTE: some members have chosen not to be included in this Directory.
Volunteer Recognition Committee
September 2009
This committee was formed to consistently recognize and thank all volunteers for their efforts on behalf of the PNW chapter. We have developed three types of recognition. At every chapter meeting, we distribute special PNW bookmarks to everyone who has assisted with the program planning and logistics. After each meeting, we write thank you notes to the speakers and officers. During the year, we keep track of all volunteer work on the various committees so that we can distribute a small thank-you gift at our fall meeting.
Current committee members include Cynthia Landeen, Andrea Avni, Joyce Brusin, Susan Miller, Maria Sosnowski, and Sherry Smith.
Additional committee members are always needed to write thank you notes, help keep track of volunteers, and to brainstorm appreciation ideas. Contact Sherry, indexer@sherrysmithindexing.com if you wish to work on this committee.
Individuals who have provided volunteer service with the Pacific Northwest Chapter since our last Spring meeting.
Andrea Avni worked on the Volunteer Recognition Committee by writing thank you notes to speakers and officers.
Rebecca Brown worked on the Marketing Committee by helping with the PNW raffle at the ASI conference in Portland. She is also coordinating the raffle activities for today’s meeting. During the last year, she served the Pro Bono Program by writing an index for the Oregon Archaeological Society.
Joyce Brusin served on the Marketing Committee by coordinating and staffing the PNW booth at the Montana Festival of the Book. She also worked on the Volunteer Recognition Committee by writing thank you notes to speakers and officers.
Erica Caridio served on the Newsletter Committee by using her graphic skills to layout the newsletter.
Donna Drialo from the Rocky Mountain Chapter is working with the Pro Bono Program by indexing the minutes of the PNW Chapter board meetings.
Don Doud has facilitated the new Peer Review group in Seattle by finding meeting rooms.
Gayle Davies has served as a co-coordinator of the Newsletter Committee. She also worked on the Marketing Committee by staffing the PNW booths at the Wordstock Festival in Portland and Festival of the Book in Montana. Gayle and her co-coordinator have asked me to help find a new coordinator for the newsletter. This person’s responsibilities include brainstorming article ideas, assigning reporters, and keeping track of everyone’s efforts. Layout is currently handled by someone on the committee so those skills are not needed. It’s a great way to network with other Chapter members. If you have any interest, see me sometime during today’s meeting and I can give you more informaiton.
Melody Englund has worked with the Pro Bono Program by serving as a mentor for a current indexing project for the Chicago Youth Centers.
Nancy Gerth has served as the Vice-President and worked on the Program Committee to help produce this meeting in Richland. She also worked on the Marketing Committee by helping with the PNW raffle at the ASI conference in Portland. Nancy will also be making a presentation at the upcoming Wordstock Festival. Next year, she will serve as President of the PNW Chapter.
Judi Gibbs served on the Marketing Committee by helping with the PNW raffle at the ASI conference in Portland.
Mary Harper served on the Newsletter Committee by writing articles.
Victoria Harrison served on the Marketing Committee by staffing the booth at the Wordstock Festival in Portland.
Jane Henderson has served as Coordinator of the Marketing Committee. In her role, she has organized and staffed the PNW booth at the Wordstock Festival in Portland. She has also managed the Publishers Honor Roll and the PNW raffle at the ASI conference in Portland. At the conference, Jane participated as a speaker at the Peer Review presentation. She also worked on the Newsletter Committee this last year.
Veronica Hughes served on the Marketing Committee by staffing the PNW booth at the Wordstock Festival and helping with the raffle at the ASI conference in Portland.
Teri Jurgens Lefever from the Rocky Mountain Chapter is working with the Pro Bono Program by writing an index for the Chicago Youth Centers.
Cynthia Landeen has served as coordinator of the PNW Speakers’ Bureau. She also worked on the Marketing Committee by staffing the booth at the Wordstock Festival in Portland and helped the Program Committee by producing bookmarks for volunteers who helped with this meeting in Richland.
Cheryl Landes has served as Past President, coordinated the Nominations Committee, and helped produce this meeting in Richland. She has served on the Marketing Committee by helping with the PNW raffle at the ASI conference in Portland and staffing the PNW booths at the Wordstock Festival in Portland and Festival of the Book in Montana. Cheryl also wrote articles for the newsletter.
Lee Lawton served on the Marketing Committee by staffing the booth at the Wordstock Festival in Portland.
Cathy Martz has served as the co-coordinator of the Newsletter Committee during the last year. She also coordinates the Eugene Peer Review group. In addition, Cathy served on the Marketing Committee by staffing the Wordstock booth. At the ASI conference in Portland, she participated as one of the speakers at the Peer Review presentation.
Susan Miller worked on the Volunteer Recognition Committee by writing thank you notes to Seattle meeting speakers and officers.
Margy Olmstead served on the Marketing Committee by staffing the PNW booth at the Wordstock Festival in Portland.
Martha Osgood has served as the PNW webmaster, managed the chapter listserv and served as a mentor for the Pro Bono Program. Martha has asked me to find some web assistants that could help her with some small tasks associated with the Chapter web site.
Cher Paul served on the Marketing Committee by staffing the PNW booth at the Wordstock Festival and helping with the raffle at the ASI conference in Portland. She also helped with the Richland meeting logistics by producing the name tags.
Elspeth Pope has served as the chapter archivist. The chapter does need another archivist to help while Elspeth is recovering from a stroke.
Sabrina Rascol on the Marketing Committee by staffing the PNW booth at the Wordstock Festival in Portland.
Marian Rhys served on the Marketing Committee by staffing the PNW booth at the Wordstock Festival in Portland.
Scott Robinson assisted the Marketing Committee by helping the PNW booth at the Festival of the Book in Montana.
Tami Robinson has served on the Marketing Committee by helping with the PNW raffle at the ASI conference in Portland and staffing the booth at the Festival of the Book in Montana.
Ed Rush has served as the president during the last year. Next year, he will serve as Past-President and coordinate the Nominations Committee.
Sheila Ryan is serving her first year as our treasurer. She will serve one more year in that position. In addition, she has worked on the Marketing Committee by helping with the PNW raffle at the ASI Conference in Portland. Sheila helped with the planning and logistics of the Richland meeting. She also co-coordinates the Portland Peer Review group.
Annanaomi Sams worked on the Program Committee by helping with the Richland meeting logistics.
Scott Smiley has served as co-coordinator of the Portland Peer Review group. At the ASI conference in Portland, he participated as one of the speakers at the Peer Review presentation. Scott will be a speaker at today’s meeting.
Sherry Smith has served as coordinator of the Pro Bono Program and the Volunteer Recognition Committee. She has also been an advisor for the Newsletter Committee. At the ASI conference in Portland, she participated as one of the speakers at the Peer Review presentation.
Maria Sosnowski has served as our faithful secretary for two years. In addition, she has worked on the Newsletter Committee by writing articles and served on the Marketing Committee by staffing the Wordstock booth and helping with the PNW raffle at the ASI Conference in Portland. Maria also helped with the planning and logistics of the Richland meeting.
Debra Spidal has served on the Newsletter Committee by writing articles. She is also a presenter at today’s meeting. In addition, she will be serving as the PNW Chapter secretary in 2010.
Paul Sweum served on the Marketing Committee by staffing the Wordstock booth in Porltand. He has also coordinated the Seattle Peer Review group and written articles for the Newsletter Committee.
Charlee Trantino served on the Marketing Committee by helping with the PNW raffle at the ASI Conference in Portland.
Ann Yager will be serving as the vice-president in 2010. During the last year, she has worked on the Pro Bono Program by writing the index for the PNW newsletter, written thank you notes for the Volunteer Recognition Committee, and helped with the newsletter production. At the ASI conference in Portland, Ann participated as one of the speakers at the Peer Review presentation.
Previously
Special awards have been given to the following people for their extensive contributions to the Chapter:
David Billick (April 2006: President) (April 2005: Vice President/President-Elect)
Jane Henderson(April 2006: Marketing and publisher outreach) (April 2005: Wordstock booth coordinator)
Julie Kawabata (March 1999: founding member)
Kari Kells (April 2005: website committee co-coordinator) (October 2004: website committee co-coordinator; April 2002: coordinator of website committee, marketing committee, newsletter committee, pro bono projects committee, meeting planning, volunteer recognition committee; May 2001: webmaster, newsletter committee; April 2000: webmaster; March 1999: founding member, past Vice Chair/Program coordinator, current Chair, coordinator of directory committee, webmaster)
Barbara Kempf (October 2004: interim vice-president; April 2002: speakers bureau, marketing committee, meeting planning; May 2001: Vice Chair/Program coordinator, trade show staffing, program assistance, web committee)
Cynthia Landeen (April 2005: speakers' bureau coordinator) (October 2004: speakers bureau coordinator; April 2002: coordinator of speakers bureau, marketing committee, newsletter committee, meeting planning; May 2001: coordinator of speakers bureau, newsletter committee, program assistance; April 2000: coordinator of speakers bureau)
Cheryl Landes (October 2004: marketing committee, publishers directory committee coordinator; April 2002: coordinator of marketing committee, newsletter committee, meeting planning, pro bono projects, web site committee; May 2001: coordinator of marketing committee, newsletter committee, program assistance, web committee, trade show staffing; April 2000: coordinator of marketing committee, newsletter committee)
Kristin Manke (April 2002: marketing committee, newsletter committee, meeting planning, website committee; May 2001: newsletter committee, web committee; April 2000: newsletter committee; March 1999: directory committee, newsletter committee)
Louise Martin (March 1999: secretary/treasurer for two years)
Martha Osgood (April 2006: website coordinator, thank you notes, logo committee, Eugene and Olympia meeting assistance, anniversary book) (April 2005: Eugene meeting planning and logistics, Wordstock assistance) (October 2004: meeting assistance; April 2002: marketing committee, meeting planning, web site committee) (April 2000: officer duties and marketing, directory, and program committees) (March 1999: directory committee)
Helen Passey (October 2004: newsletter committee; April 2002: newsletter committee) (May 2001: database management, newsletter committee) (April 2000: directory and program committees and establishing chapter database)
Cher Paul (April 2006: Eugene and Olympia meeting assistance, logo committee, anniversary book, Wordstock booth staffing) (April 2005: Eugene meeting assistance, nominations committee, Wordstock booth staffing) (October 2004: treasurer, pro bono program, meeting assistance; April 2002: meeting planning, marketing committee)
Elspeth Pope (April 2006: archivist, anniversary book, Olympia meeting assistance) (April 2005: archivist) (October 2004: archivist; May 2001: archivist and lending librarian) (April 2000: archivist and program committee)
Marilyn Priestly (May 2001: trade show staffing)
Laurel Pritchett (April 2002: meeting planning)
Drew Proctor (April 2002: newsletter committee, meeting planning) (May 2001: trade show staffing, newsletter committee, program assistance) (April 2000: nominations and program committees) (July 1999: program committee)
Nancy Radius (April 2002: meeting planning, pro bono projects)
Sabina Rascol (April 2006: archive management, Olympia meeting assistance, newsletter)
Mary Ratcliffe (April 2005: newsletter committee) (October 2004: newsletter committee, volunteer recognition committee; April 2002: newsletter committee, meeting planning) (May 2001: newsletter committee, program assistance) (April 2000: newsletter and program committees)
Renee Remlinger (April 2006: thank you notes)
Tami Robinson (April 2006: marketing committee)
Mary Rosewood (October 2004: website committee)
Ed Rush (April 2006: newsletter)
Annanaomi Sams (April 2006: marketing committee, listserv management) (April 2005: Richland meeting planning and logistics, listserv manager) (October 2004: INDEX-PNW listowner; April 2002: meeting planning)
Ron Sheriff (April 2002: meeting planning, marketing committee, speakers bureau)
Monica Smersh (May 2001: trade show staffing)
Scott Smiley (April 2006: Eugene and Olympia meeting assistance, anniversary book, peer review coordination, Wordstock booth assistance, treasurer) (April 2005: Peer review coordination, Wordstock booth staffing, meeting planning and logistics, treasurer)
Fran Smith (April 2000: newsletter committee) (March 1999: newsletter committee, chapter breakfast at Seattle conference)
Sherry Smith (April 2006: pro bono program coordinator, volunteer recognition, Eugene and Olympia meeting assistance, nominations, newsletter, Wordstock booth assistance) (April 2005: meeting planning and logistics) (October 2004: nominations committee coordinator, pro bono program coordinator, volunteer recognition coordinator, newsletter committee; April 2002: coordinator of pro bono projects, coordinator of volunteer recognition committee, marketing committee, newsletter committee, meeting planning, web site committee)
Maria Sosnowski (April 2006: newsletter, Olympia meeting assistance, anniversary book, thank you notes, Wordstock booth assistance)
Debra Spidal (April 2006: peer review coordinator) (April 2005: peer review coordination) (October 2004: peer review coordinator, pro bono program, publishers directory, website committee; April 2002: website committee, marketing committee, pro bono projects) (May 2001: web committee)
Betsy Stalker (April 2002: marketing committee)
Do Mi Stauber (April 2006: Olympia meeting assistance) (April 2005: Eugene meeting assistance) (October 2004: meeting assistance; April 2002: meeting planning)
PNW Chapter members who have served ASI at the national level
Colleen Dunham, board member 2005
Judi Gibbs, NISO representative (National Information Standards Organization) 2005
Julie Kawabata, board member 2005
Louise Martin, Wilson Award Committee 2005
Martha Osgood, Wilson Award Committee 2005
Sherry Smith, Wilson Award Committee 2005
Carolyn Weaver, co-web master 2005 and 2006; Wilson Award Committee chair 2005
Thank you all!!
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