The meeting was called to order by Anne Myers, Chair, at 1:30 p.m.

The minutes of the 1995 business meeting were approved as they appeared in Technical Services Law Librarian.

Anne welcomed new Board members Jacqueline Paul, Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect, and Paula Tejeda, Member-at-Large. She thanked those officers leaving the Board: Mary Chapman, Past Chair, and Kathy Faust, Member-at-Large. She also thanked Innovative Interfaces Inc. for their financial support of the OBS-TS-RS-ASD reception.

» Announcements:

Anne Myers announced the dates and times of 1996 OBS-SIS committee meetings, and that this year food and beverages would be available at the meetings.

OBS engaged in several public relations initiatives this year. The OBS Table in the exhibit hall included a new feature: a very successful used book swap. Popular souvenir reversible screwdrivers were given out at the Table as well.

Anne urged members to sign up for time slots to keep the Table staffed as fully as possible during exhibit hall hours. Another 1996 initiative was Anne's creation of an OBS Web page, with Board input on content. She asked members to contact her with ideas for additional information to be added to the page. The page is located at

http://pappas-nt1.bu.edu/obs/obs.htm

and it is linked to AALL-Net.

Anne reminded committee chairs to submit their annual reports to her as soon as possible after the conference.

» Secretary/Treasurer's report:

Finances: Cindy May reported a balance of $8,807.10 on October 1, 1995, the beginning of the AALL fiscal year. Income from dues ($6 per member) in 1994/95 totalled $2322. Other sources of income included royalties and the Innovative Interfaces contribution to the 1995 reception. Expenses included food and beverages for the 1995 conference, souvenirs, printing, postage, and office supplies. Because nearly all income is recorded between the conference and the end of the fiscal year, there has been little activity in fiscal year 1995-96 through May, the most recent statement received from headquarters prior to the conference. Expenses have included the OBS share of the costs for Technical Services Law Librarian and postage for mailing the membership survey, proposed amendments to the bylaws, and election ballots. The balance as of June 1, 1996, was $7,203.25. A substantial time lag generally exists in distribution of monthly financial statements by headquarters, and occasionally sources of income or expense are unclear. AALL controller Stephen Ligda has been very responsive to questions concerning the statements.

» Election report: Of 395 ballots mailed, 115 were returned for a return rate of 29 percent. Jacqueline Paul was elected Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect and Paula Tejeda was elected Member-at-Large. Cindy expressed appreciation to all the candidates for their willingness to participate in the election.

Anne Myers emphasized the importance of linking OBS program proposals to association goals and the AALL strategic plan. She announced the split of the AALL Education Committee into an Annual Meeting Program Committee, whose members will have one-year appointments only, and a Professional Development Committee for broader association educational endeavors. She suggested that OBS strive for regular feedback from the Annual Meeting Program Committee concerning bumped programs in order to improve future proposals and increase their chances for acceptance.

Carol Avery Nicholson, AALL Board member, expressed the Board's desire for member input on educational needs and conveyed the Board's delight with the 46 percent return rate of this year's association-wide demographic survey. Committee reports, the report of the MARBI representative, and the report of the Technical Services Law Librarian editor were then presented, and appear elsewhere in this issue of TSLL.

Alva Stone, Chair of the Bylaws Revision Committee, reviewed proposed amendments to the bylaws, specifying that the Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect shall also serve as Chair of the Education Committee and that the Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect shall appoint members to the standing committees for the one-year term which corresponds to the year in which s/he is SIS chair. The proposed amendments further delineated the duties of the Education Committee Chair, dropped the WLN Committee, and formally created the Education Committee. The bylaws were amended by a unanimous voice vote.

Anne Myers then turned over the meeting to incoming chair Sally Wambold. On behalf of all, Sally thanked Anne for her hard work and leadership throughout the year.

Sally announced 1996 workshops and programs sponsored or co-sponsored by OBS-SIS. "Weaving Your Web: Building and Maintaining a World Wide Web Site" was presented as an all day workshop on Saturday, July 20, and again on Thursday, July 25. Three programs were presented: "The Logistics of Obtaining and Loading Records from Outside Sources into Local Systems," "Format Integration -- Finally," and "The Untold Story: Reference Databases Need Maintenance, Too."

Sally requested member input for program proposals for both next year's meeting in Baltimore and the following year's meeting in Anaheim. A new proposal deadline schedule has created a particularly tight timetable for Baltimore programs, which must be submitted by August 9. To avoid a similar crunch next year, Sally asked that Anaheim proposals be submitted by March 1997. There being no further business, Sally adjourned the meeting at approximately 3:00 p.m.