At the beginning of March 2010 the Steering Committee will hold its regular between-conferences meeting. This time it will be in Ghent, where we will have a chance to approve the final budget for the conference and discuss with the very enthusiastic organising committee any questions that are still outstanding. In addition the Steering Committee will deal with regular business and also meet with the members of Ex Libris management who regularly attend part of the SC meeting between the conferences.
While the face-to-face meetings of the Steering Committee are an important part of the work of the Group, much more communication takes place via a series of conference calls, involving dozens of volunteers from across the organisation (and from around the globe – which can make scheduling very tricky!). There are monthly conference calls of the Steering Committee; bimonthly joint calls of the Steering Committee and the PWG / SIWG Coordinators; monthly calls of the Chairs of IGeLU, ELUNA, and Ex Libris management; and the monthly call of the Program Planning Committee (for the Ghent conference). Of course the PWGs themselves also have their own schedules of conference calls, within the groups; between the PWG Coordinators, and their ELUNA counterparts; and with their respective Ex Libris Product Managers. These reliable and steady communication channels are important for monitoring and acting in a timely manner on all issues important to the user community.
Jirka Kende
