Lisa Sorenson as program co-chair welcomed attendees and turned it over to chair and co-program chair Elizabeth Bartmess for chapter announcements. Elizabeth began by thanking and recognizing incoming and outgoing volunteers, including Laurel Rush, our outgoing membership coordinator, for her service over the past year. Judy Staigmiller and Kristen St.John will be taking her place as membership co-coordinators. Judy is continuing as chapter archivist and Mamta Jha and Elizabeth Bartmess will be continuing as co-Webmasters. Alyssa Graybeal also served on the Program Committee this year—thank you, Alyssa! We are looking for another person to serve on the Program Committee for the coming year; if you are a chapter member and are interested in finding out more or about that or about any other position, feel free to email us. You can contact Elizabeth Bartmess at elizabeth.bartmess@gmail.com or Lisa Sorenson at sorensonindexing@gmail.com.
The chapter also has three elected positions—Chair, Treasurer, and Program Chair. Elizabeth will be continuing as Chair, Lisa Sorenson and Cait Morgan will be continuing as co-Treasurers, and Lisa and Elizabeth will be Program co-Chairs.
Emma Warnken Johnson, speaking on “What Not to Index: A Flow Chart for Passing Mentions,” was next up. Emma shared a presentation introducing attendees to a flow chart she has created to help determine whether or not to index passing mentions. Emma shared background information via a literature review of how indexing texts recommend indexers address passing mentions. Emma shared what led to her development of the flowchart and how she uses it in her current work. Emma also shared exceptions for when an indexer may make a decision that is different from what the flow chart would suggest. Following the presentation, Emma engaged in question and answer with the group.
Attendees were given the option to join one of three breakout rooms:
- Continued discussion of presentation
- Macros
- Indexing outside your specialty
The breakout rooms were followed by a board meeting.