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Paige, et al,
 
I, much to my surprise, was one of those folks who received their
third notice from SLA.  Having dutifully sent my membership back in
December, I called to find out what was going on.  I was told that
the snowstorms had greatly slowed their processing of the renewals.  I
suspect that it might be a while before everything is straightened
out.
 
Chris Baruth
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>Fellow G&M Division members:
>
>As this year's Chair of the Geography and Map Division's membership
>committee I received the "January 1996 Membership Chair's Update" yesterday,
>along with a list of members who have been sent third invoices. Frankly, I
>was a taken aback by the number of members who have not renewed membership
>in the Division to date. Even though I am confident the majority of members
>who fall into this category will be renewing shortly, if they haven't
>already done so, the newsletter did include a reminder that if membership is
>not renewed by February 15th then those members will be *deactivated*, or
>dropped completely as SLA members.
>
>I'd also like to report that as of the end of the calendar year 1995 the
>Division's membership is down nearly 10%, from 229 at the end of 1994 to 209
>at the end of 1995. This is disappointing news, although I realize that most
>if not all of this difference is a reflection of folk who have not renewed
>membership as opposed to choosing to drop membership. On a much happier note
>I would like to report that from July 1st 1995 through Dec. 1995 we gained
>16 new members!! I have sent welcome packets out to each of these new
>members (the last six went out in the past couple of days, so those of you
>who are brand new to the Division that have not received one yet, its
>coming!) and look forward to meeting each one in Boston.
>
>Please, I urge those G&M Division members who have intended to renew their
>memberships, kindly do so before the 15th so that you can avoid being
>dropped from SLA completely.
>
>Finally, I look forward to seeing as many of my SLA friends and colleagues
>as possible in Boston in June. Ellie has put together a fine program that
>concludes with a whale-watching tour on Thursday of conference week!
>
>Paige
>Mr. Paige G. Andrew
>Maps/Nonbook Cataloger
>E506 Pattee Library
>Pennsylvania State University Libraries
>The Pennsylvania State University
>University Park, PA 16802
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>phone: 814-865-1755
>fax: 814-863-7293
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