Pacific Northwest Chapter Annual Report 2021
submitted by Bob Tangney
Current Roster
- Bob Tangney, Chair (2023)
- Emily Vickers, Past Chair, Webmaster (2022)
- Dylan Burns, Vice Chair/Chair Elect (2024)
- Bill Blair, Secretary/Treasurer (2023)
- Cate Gerhart, Publicity & Outreach Coordinator (2022)
- Reed David, Newsletter Editor (2023)
List of Previous Goals and Progress Made
- Continue PNWMLA oral history project
- There were no new interviews done this year due to the challenges of the ongoing pandemic
- Continue work on getting the chapter archives delivered to University of Washington
- much of this work had to be postponed due to the pandemic
List of Future Goals
- Continue PNWMLA oral history project
- Strategic Plan: Expand Membership Opportunities at All Levels of the Association
- The hope is to complete an interview at the 2022 annual meeting
- Also aiming to host interview transcripts on the PNWMLA website, as well as in the UW archives
- Migrate PNWMLA website to Wordpress
- Strategic Plan: Expand Membership Opportunities at All Levels of the Association
- Investigate options for future meeting formats
- Strategic Plan: Expand Membership Opportunities at All Levels of the Association
- The virtual meeting format has allowed more chapter members to attend who otherwise may not have been able to due to a variety of factors (e.g. time, available funding). In reconsidering how annual meetings are conducted, there’s an opportunity to increase membership involvement and a sense of community within PNWMLA