LIANZA Welly Christmas do - Flying Burrito Bro's!

Hey hey!

Just reminding you all that we'll be having din dins and drinks at Flying Burrito Brother's on the corner of Cuba and Vivian Street in Wellington City. Now if you're a bonifide LIANZA member living in the Wellington region, you would've received a personal invite from the committee chair, Paddy Plunket.

If you haven't, not to worry, just let Laurinda know if you'd like to attend and then we can just hang out at Flying Burrito Bro's on Tuesday the 8th of December 7pm onwards.

SLIS happen to be having a do on the same night at The Library, so maybe we can even do an all nighter?!?

Hope to see you there :-)

ma te wa,
Hana

Rowena Cullen: "Why IT matters: Your health and the public health" (10 November)

For those people who were unable to attend her inaugural lecture last month, RowenaCullen, Professor of Information Management at Victoria University, has agreed to reprise her talk a second time LIANZA members and others from the Library and Information Managment profession.

In her talk, Professor Cullen will explore some of the successful uses of health information technology (IT), and possible reasons for the apparent failure of health IT projects. In the 21st century sophisticated technology is routinely used for medical diagnosis, to record and share patient information, and to make unprecedented amounts of medical and consumer health information available through the internet. However, this investment often fails to significantly improve health care.

Rowena will be speaking on Tuesday 10 November at the Old Government Buildings Lecture Theatre 1, from 12-1pm. This lecture is open to anyone. Please feel free to bring your lunch!

Minutes of Te Upoko o te Ika a Maui regional AGM 2009

I don't know if anyone else has held or participated in an online AGM, but we just have and it was a blast! Really great to have the membership aware and involved. As you can see from the attendance and the comments, there was a decent turn out and some appreciated the ease afforded by online participation enough to leave an encouraging comment.
Next time I would like to get all the guff online earlier and be able to open the meeting sooner. We did strike the occasional hurdle in realising our plans, and this caused some delay as we tested and discussed what to try next. Thanks to Philip W. and Rebecca Y. for contacting me with helpful hints on where the url wasn't working, and for your encouragement. We may be able to include online discussion in future meetings, as one person suggested in the meeting. Certainly we will think about how to have more events online, and we welcome your ideas/expertise in setting this up.
To follow the rules the meeting is reported in the minutes below. Thanks to everyone who made this work!
I'm handing the Chair to Paddy Plunket now, but will see you 'round.
Charlotte

Minutes of the Te Upoko o te Ika a Maui regional AGM 2009

Meeting opened online at 6pm September 30.

1. Attendees: Rebecca Young, Philip Worthington, Charlotte Stretton, Beryl Anderson, Meg Cordes, Kareen Carter, Elizabeth Russell, Joanna Boyd, Rachel Lundberg, Anne Thompson, Gael Lamont, Jessie Moir, Charlotte Clements, Louise Mercer, Joan McCracken, Roger Swanson, Jan McCarthy, Timothy Greig, Julian Sutherland, Tim Hannah, Philip Casey, Margaret Anderson, Marilyn Edwards, Hana Whaanga.

2. Minutes of previous AGM. Moved: Charlotte, Seconded: Anne. Carried.

3. Matters arising: No matters arising

4. Financial report 2008/2009. Moved: Charlotte, Seconded: Paddy. Carried

5. Regional councillor's report - Paddy Plunket

6. Annual report. Moved: Paddy, Seconded: Gabrielle. Carried

7. Election of officers.
All nominees were elected.

Te Upoko o te Ika a Maui LIANZA regional committee for 2009/2010
Paddy Plunket (chair)
Gabrielle Hikaka and Trish Beamsley for Te Ropu Whakahau
Laurinda Thomas - regional councillor
Timothy Greig
Hana Whaanga
Charlotte Clements
Anne Thompson

9. Farewell to members leaving the committee - Fiona Rigby, Meg Cordes and Gael Lamont

Comments:
"Thanks for the regular and varied events offered during the year."
"Just that I think having it online is an excellent idea. Perhaps we can have discussion threads in the next one to imitate a debate, or perhaps a live online chat that is set for a specific time."
"What a painless way to do an AGM! Love to hear feedback on how it goes!"
"Think the online idea is a darn good one!"
"I like the idea of an online AGM to encourage participation"
"I feel strongly that ALL candidates in any election should provide a bio and candidate statement. Its also good to have a photo as part of that"
"great initiative - hope you get a good response."
Meeting closed 6pm Friday October 2, 2009
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Thank you!

LIANZA Te Upoko o te Ika a Maui 2009 AGM

This year the AGM is online!
Voting closed at 6pm Friday October 2nd.

AGENDA

1. Attendees (record on voting site) / Apologies (please send in reply to email or contact Charlotte or Laurinda)

2. Minutes of previous AGM (see below)

3. Matters arising (record on voting site)

4. Financial report 2008/2009 - Anne Thompson (see below)

5. Regional councillor's report - Paddy Plunket

6. Annual report - Charlotte Clements (see below)

7. Election of officers - See bio's down the page!!

* Nominations:
Paddy Plunket

* Continuing:
Gabrielle Hikaka and Trish Beamsley for Te Ropu Whakahau
Laurinda Thomas - regional councillor

* Committee members standing for re-election:
Timothy Greig
Hana Whaanga
Charlotte Clements
Anne Thompson
Paddy Plunket

8. General business (no general business)

9. Farewell to members leaving the committee - Fiona Rigby, Meg Cordes and Gael Lamont

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Thank you!

Minutes of the LIANZA Te Upoko o te Ika a Maui Region AGM 2008

Minutes of the LIANZA Te Upoko o te Ika a Maui Region AGM
Wednesday 27 August 2008, 5.30pm
Cinema One, Penthouse Cinema, Brooklyn

Attendees: Fiona Rigby, Trish Beamsley, Gabreille Hikaka, Philip Casey, Marilyn Edwards, Alan Gray, Eileen South, Linda Hall, Judy Keats, Cherie Chum, Alastair Smith, Linda Stopforth, Rachel Lundberg, Timothy Greig, Meg Cordes, Sandy Green, Lin Workman, Christine Hawker, Pip Wall, Frances Dawson, Linda Forbes, Christine Busby, Wendy Wilson, Moira Fraser, Craigie Sinclair, Charlotte Clements, Gael Lamont, Anne Thompson, Beryl Anderson, Paddy Plunket, Sue Hirst

Apologies:
• None received

Minutes of the AGM held on Tuesday 21 August 2007 were approved:
Moved: Anne Thompson Seconded: Beryl Anderson CARRIED

Matters Arising
• No matters arising

Chairpersons Report
Charlotte Clements spoke to the Chair’s Report and thanked Committee members for their contributions during the year. She noted important contributions of Committee members in moving the records of the Committee online, particularly that of Anne Thompson and Timothy Greig (incoming member).

Financial Report 2007-2008 Year
• Presented by Anne Thompson
Moved: Anne Thompson Seconded: Charlotte Clements CARRIED

Accounts Cheque Account Investment Account
Opening 3484.27 6746.05
Closing Balance 5445.99 7304.09

Regional Councillor’s Report
Paddy Plunket introduced herself as Region Councillor, Subject Team Manager at the Parliamentary Library and SLIS member. She thanked the Committee for support of her as Region Councillor and reported on LIANZA Council activities during the 2007/08 year. Paddy congratulated Te Upoko o te Ika a Maui Region members on their successes during the year, including the Fellowships awarded to Rowena Cullen and John Stears, Letter of Recognition to Margaret Calder, and Associateships to Fiona Rigby, Gael Lamont and Kat Turner at the Rotorua Conference. The Region had 116 Professional Registrants which was excellent. Continuing Professional Development was a major focus for LIANZA and an Advisory Committee had been established and a Coordinator appointed. Future Thinking Workshops had been held in every region and had been useful for prioritising LIANZA activities and gaining feedback that members valued Continuing Professional Development opportunities, networking, and good communication from LIANZA.

Election of officers
Returning: Charlotte Clements, Anne Thompson and Fiona Rigby

The following nominations were received
Gabrielle Hikaka and Trish Beamsley for Te Ropu Whakahau
Gael Lamont, Hana Whaanga, Meg Cordes, Timothy Greig

Moved: Charlotte Clements Seconded: Anne Thompson. CARRIED

General Business
Charlotte thanked Committee members who were not returning for their valuable input during the period of their memberships: Steven Lulich, Beryl Anderson, Kymberly Parker, Sam Searle and Kat Turner.

The meeting closed at 6pm.

The meeting was followed by food and wine and joined by other members for a screening of The Hollywood Librarian.