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Adri Edwards-Johnson announced the newly elected officers and they are as follows:

        Chair           Lauren Donaldson
        Chair-Elect     Barbara Miller
        Secretary       Tanya Finchum

The GODORT basket for the OLA Auction went for a grand amount -- $80. Great job Adri.
It was one of the highest moneymakers! For those of you who are not aware, each year at OLA baskets are provided by the various roundtables, groups, committees, etc. and attendees at the conference can bid on them.  The theme of the GODORT basket was political scandals and contained such things as jelly beans for Reagan, spot remover for Clinton, and booze for the Kennedy boys.

The Genealogy Session for OLA Conference was well attended with 32 people and the Internet Mapping session was also well attended with 24 people.

There was open discussion regarding ideas for future workshops.  A few of the topics discussed include:

• How to find EPA and DEQ (Dept of Environmental Quality) documents on air and water quality
• How to actually do legal research from the CFR to state regulations
• How to find Administrative Law, City codes, and how to develop liaisons with Legal Aid offices and the Oklahoma Bar Association/Members

The American Memory workshop held last fall was a success and took planning a year in advance.  Future workshops will need advance planning as well and it was recommended that they be advertised to a broader clientele. An FYI on workshop presenters , OLA must approve of the program which means GODORT must justify it and show that it can at least break even.  In-state presenters are encouraged and out-of-state presenters will get transportation and board taken care of usually.

David Snyder at Lawton Public requests input on what CD's to install on his CD machine and stated that he can receive email messages from you but cannot return them at this point.

Please feel free to contact one of the officers with input on future workshops!

Meeting adjourned.