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

[Caryn Anderson]

Dear Yashwant, Amrit and Pradip,

Since we set up this listserv to talk about the development of an Indian 
or Southeast Asian chapter we have not talked any more about it.

Are you still interested in exploring the idea of trying to coordinate 
ASIST activities and communities in your part of the world?

Perhaps what I might do is ask Dick Hill (Executive Director of ASIST) 
to send a message to all of our members in India, Indonesia, and other 
countries in the area to see if they are interested in communicating 
together.

If you would like to do that, maybe you could together write a draft 
email to send out to those members, letting them know that you are 
trying to organize a regional chapter of ASIST to share knowledge and 
have virtual conversations about specific topics and to to plan 
activities including ASIST meetings at regional library or information 
science conferences.

What do you think?

Best wishes,
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

Caryn Anderson wrote:
> 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
> 
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