What’s Cooking? What’s Cooking? A Taste of the Future A Taste of the Future

NAHSLNAHSLRockport, MaineRockport, Maine

October 25-27, 2009October 25-27, 2009

Ah the coast of Maine…

Known for its rocky shores…

And brilliant breakwaters…

And Fine Dining!

Ah Yes!

Now Mainers are resourceful…

And we know how to cooperate to get the job done.

Which reminds me of a bedtime story.

Once upon a time, there was much work to be done preparing for …

a Great Big Conference.

Patty Kahn, Local Patty Kahn, Local ArrangementsArrangements

Patty is ALL SMILES!

Patty Kahn said, “Let’s all get together in my kitchen and we’ll make Stone Soup.”

NAHSL 2009 NAHSL 2009 Conference Planning Conference Planning

CommitteeCommittee

This is Patty’s Kitchen!

Dina McKelvy, Conference Dina McKelvy, Conference ChairChair

Dina apple picking in CT.

“But Patty”, Dina McKelvy cried, “I’m flipping out.

There’s too much to do! And you want to make soup?”

And Patty answered, “Cool it, chica. We’ll start with our stone

- a great location – the rocky coast of Maine,

and the lovely Samoset Resort in Rockport.

Lovely!

Kathy Brunjes, Program Kathy Brunjes, Program ChairChair

Kathy doing the horse thing in Malaysia!

Kathy Brunjes added, “And I have some great ideas for speakers and programs, like

Stuart Weibel, Noted Futurist!

Stuart Weibel, noted futurist, meta-data specialist and

a senior research scientist at OCLC!

And we’ll pack it with some tasty break-out sessions on web 3.0

and innovative programs to get everyone talking!”

Cynthia Arnold, Cynthia Arnold, Conference CE ChairConference CE Chair

Cynthia’s at home in the Midcoast Library

And Cynthia Arnold agreed, “We have excellent courses that we can add

to the conference to make our soup good and hearty.”

Doug Macbeth & Gary Doug Macbeth & Gary Pelletier, Pelletier, AV ChairsAV Chairs

Doug “Kewl Kid” Macbeth Gary “Party at the VA” Pelletier

Gary Pelletier & Doug Macbeth offered to help with audio-visual

to make it all go down smoothly!

Happy Copley & Cadence Happy Copley & Cadence Atchinson, Atchinson,

Hospitality ChairsHospitality Chairs

Happy is happy in MauritiusCadence is happy in chicken suit

Happy Copley and Cadence Atchinson said,

“We’ve got to spice it up with some fun too. How about an opening reception at the

Owls Head Transportation Museum?

“And for our secret ingredient - we’ll book some fabulous entertainment at the Banquet!

Marj Anderson, Finance Marj Anderson, Finance ChairChair

Marj in Rome

“Fabulous, AND fiscally responsible!” countered Marj Anderson.

Cora Damon & Barbara Cora Damon & Barbara Harness, Scholarship ChairsHarness, Scholarship Chairs

CoraBarbara

Team MaineGeneral!Team MaineGeneral!

Barbara Harness and Cora Damon joined in –

“The Scholarship table’s great prizes always add a heaping cup of fun !”

Dina McKelvy, Worry WartDina McKelvy, Worry Wart

“But who will tell everyone about our Great Big Conference?

And who will register the hundreds of attendees?” whimpered Dina

Cindy White, WebmasterCindy White, Webmaster

Cindy in the “Parrot” Library

“I’ll set up a fantastic website with information and pictures to tempt the appetite!”

declared Cindy White.

Tammera Race & Tammera Race & Susan Bloomfield, Publicity Susan Bloomfield, Publicity

ChairsChairs

Susan at the loom witha Mona Lisa smile!Tammera with her favorite

mag - NEJM!

And Tammera Race & Susan Bloomfield said,

“Postcards and email invitations from us will get everyone excited for our Stone Soup!”

Janet Cowen, Sponsorship Janet Cowen, Sponsorship ChairChair

Janet al fresco!

“Folks will definitely hear from me!” agreed Janet Cowen.

“Who wouldn’t want to sponsor our scrumptious Conference events?”

Deborah Clark, Exhibit Deborah Clark, Exhibit ChairChair

Deb takes you to the edge on the Presidential Range

And Deb Clark assured us, “I’ll take care of our vendors and exhibitors –

we’ll have a great set up for them too!”

Patty Williams, Registration Patty Williams, Registration ChairChair

The always classy Patty with a W.

Patty Williams spoke up, “I’m ready to register our attendees and welcome

them when they arrive! I’m the conference Maitre d’!”

Ann Jordan & Doug Macbeth, Ann Jordan & Doug Macbeth, EvaluationsEvaluations

Team Jackson Lab!

Doug

Team Jackson Lab!

Ann

Ann & Doug said at last, “We’ll handle the evaluations so the next helping of

our Great Big Conference with be as good as this one!”

“See”, said Patty – “we can put all of these ingredients together to make

a great Stone Soup of a Conference”

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“I know!”, cried Dina, “Let’s stir it up with some web tools like

wikis and blogs to mix all our ideas together”

See you in Maine in ’09!See you in Maine in ’09!

So it’s back to the kitchen for NAHSL 2009.

What’s Cooking? What’s Cooking? A Taste A Taste

of the Future…of the Future… Rockport, MaineRockport, Maine

October 25-27, 2009October 25-27, 2009

www.nahsl.org/2009www.nahsl.org/2009Come see “What’s Cooking!”