Deadline Reminders: Chair-Elect and Chapter Sponsored VRA Membership

Today, December 14, 2011 at 5 pm is the deadline to throw your name in the ring to volunteer to be Chair-elect of our Chapter for the next year and to succeed Abby Dansiger in 2013 as Chair. To apply, you need to be a renewed member for 2012 of the VRA and the Chapter. Simply submit a short statement of candidacy stating why you want the office and what you would hope to accomplish along with a brief biographical statement to current Chair-elect Abby Dansiger (ADansiger@academyart.edu) or Chairperson Karen Kessel (karen.kessel@sonoma.edu). To date, we have one candidate, Emily Vigor, cataloging assistant at the Academy of Art.

Tuesday, December 20, is the deadline to apply for our new Chapter-sponsored membership in the chapter and the national organization. You can access a form with the full application guidelines under the Chapter Information column on the right, or click here. You must demonstrate financial need and a willingness to actively participate in the chapter to further the goals of the VRA. We are in the planning stages to have a second joint mini-conference with our southern California sister chapter next June, and this will entail dedicated efforts and coordination to make it as successful as last year's event in Santa Barbara. So if you would have been wanting to join the VRA and the Chapter but your institution just cannot provide the budget for it, this might be for you.