[Asist-india] Beata's message about starting the chapter

[Caryn Anderson]

Hi there everyone,

I thought I would resend Beata's terrific message of guidance about 
starting the chapter in India so that it is in the archives of this list.

Thank you again, Dick, for setting the list up so quickly! It will be a 
big help in the planning process.

Best,
Caryn


Caryn Anderson
Program Coordinator
PhD/Managerial Leadership in the Information Professions
GSLIS, Simmons College
300 The Fenway, P-204E
Boston, MA  02115
caryn.anderson at simmons.edu
617.521.2829
http://www.simmons.edu/gslis/phdmlip


********* From Beata - 2 January 2007 **********

Dear Yashwant, Amrit and Pradip,

Let me echo Caryn's enthusiasm about the possibility of forming an 
ASIS&T Chapter in India!  It makes a lot of sense to bring together 
ASIS&T members in India into a community to provide local programming 
and services.  If you manage to make this work, it could be a great 
catalyst to increase ASIS&T membership in India which will in turn 
strengthen the chapter and the organization as a whole.

Caryn is correct that reading the Chapter Officer's Manual is a good
start.  The most important parts to read and use are Appendix B -
Organizing New Chapters and Appendix C - Model Bylaws for ASIS&T Chapters.

Basic guidelines for forming a new chapter: "Fifteen or more Members or
Representatives of Institutional Members living or working within an 
area of not more than a 50-mile radius, or some other well-defined 
geographic area, desiring to form a Chapter may submit to the Board of 
Directors a written application signed by all the applicant Members 
together with a set of tentative bylaws for the proposed Chapter. Upon 
approval of the application and proposed bylaws, a charter will be 
issued by the Board of Directors in the name of the Society. The 
geographic boundaries of each Chapter shall be fixed by the Board of
Directors at the time the charter is approved and may be altered from 
time to time." (from Appendix B)

Once you contact Dick Hill saying you are ready to form a chapter, you
will be sent instructions and information, including a sample petition
form.  As you probably already know, you can easily get a list of all
ASIS&T members in India by doing a Membership Search once you're logged 
in on the ASIS&T website
https://www.asis.org/Membership/Directory/DirectorySearch.html

Please let me know if you have any questions or need any help!

Beata

Beata Panagopoulos
ASIS&T Chapter Assembly Director

Head of Technical Services
Kennedy School of Government Library
Harvard University
79 JFK Street
Cambridge, MA 02138
tel. 617-496-1775
fax 617-495-1972
email: beata_panagopoulos at harvard.edu