Whereas, the Board has now determined that the functions for which the Public Relations Committee were established are better subsumed by the Executive Board; therefore; be it

Resolved, the Public Relations Committee, a permanent standing committee, be subsumed by the Executive Board and that all former functions of the Public Relations Committee be performed by the Executive Board.

Whereas, the Board determined in January 1997 that it would benefit the Association for the Technology Committee to continue its work and therefore resolved to establish the Technology Committee as a permanent standing committee of the Association; and

Whereas, the Board created a permanent standing Union List Committee in April 1987 for the purpose of designing and implementing a union catalog for the Association’s members and to facilitate resource sharing; and

Whereas, the Board determined in 1997 that the Union List should be made available digitally on the Association’s World Wide Web site; and

Whereas, the Board has determined that the further refinement and digitization of the Union List will require technological expertise; and

Whereas, the Board has now determined that the Technology Committee is the appropriate body to support and implement the electronic distribution of current and future Union Lists; therefore, be it

Resolved, that the Technology Committee, a permanent standing committee, and the Union List Committee, a permanent standing committee, be merged to form the Technology/Union List Committee, a permanent standing committee and that all former functions of the two distinct committees be combined into one.