The Nethercutt Congressional Papers

George R. Nethercutt, Jr. Washington State Congressman 1995 - 2005

Guest Speaker: Stephanie Plowman Gonzaga University Archivist

NGIN Meeting May 14, 2010 Spokane Public Library 906 West Main Avenue Spokane, WA 99201-0976 (509) 444-5406 Contact: Jean Hartman Registration Form (link removed)

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Present: Carlos Diaz (The Evergreen State College), Sandra Dyer (Washington State Law Library), Jean Hartman (Spokane Public Library), Cass Hartnett (University of Washington), Jan Jorgensen (Central Washington University), Justin Otto (Eastern Washington University) Judy Solomon (Seattle Public Library), Marilyn Von Seggern (Washington State University)

NGIN Business Meeting:

The meeting was called to order by President Justin Otto. Election of 2010-11 officers was added to the agenda.

Fiscal Year vs. Calendar Year: It was reiterated that at the last meeting it was decided to change the NGIN fiscal year to a calendar year beginning in 2008.

Treasurer's Report: -- Jean Hartman In the financial report Treasurer Jean Hartman noted a balance of $917.62. We have added two new members and three new student members.

Secretary's Report: -- Justin Otto Justin gave a report for Robin Clausen.  The minutes of the previous meeting were approved via e-mail.

2011 WLA Programming: -- Justin Otto Justin Otto offered to lead the planning on a documents-related program for the WLA Conference in Yakima, April 6-8, 2011. One idea is to focus on free public access to some of the newer federal online databases such as FDSys, Regulation.gov, and Thomas.  He will be in touch via e-mail to do the program planning.

Depository Library Council: -- Justin Otto Justin reviewed the Federal auditor’s report on GPO and the digitization and archiving of the legacy collection as two large issues of the Spring Conference.

Regional Librarian Report: -- Justin Otto on behalf of Lori Thornton There was no news.  The state plan for federal depository libraries was not finalized.  In discussion this was identified as the topic for the fall meeting which could be held in the Olympia area to enable Lori to attend.

Election of 2010-11 NGIN Officers The only position needed at this time is President-Elect.  Sandra Dyer offered to be nominated and was unanimously elected. 

Transition at Evergreen State College — Carlos Diaz Carlos described the planning and processing necessary to disband the federal depository collection and relinquish depository status at Evergreen.

Updates from Members

Nethercutt Papers Presentation: -- Stephanie Plowman, Gonzaga University Archivist After lunch, the NGIN meeting was transferred from the Spokane Public Library to Gonzaga University Special Collections where archivist Stephanie Plowman spoke about the process they took to add Congressman George Nethercutt's papers to their library collection. Serving as co-presenter was Archival Assistant Kathy Hill.

Next meeting:
Washington State Library
Olympia, Washington
Fall 2010

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