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Membership Committee Minutes
June 17, 2001

Present: Mischa Buczkowski (Oregon), Jackie Byrd (Indiana), Tim Larson (Indiana)

Membership declining: Mischa Buczkowski reported that membership in SEES is declining. Between February 2000 and February 2001, membership dropped by 8.4%, from 250 members to 229 members. This includes a loss of two of the three corporate members. Personal members fell from 203 to 184. Organizational members remained at 44.

Some reasons for the decline were discussed, including:

• Older members choosing AAASS over SEES
• As librarians retire from the field, many jobs are not being filled, so the number of librarians in the field is declining.

Mischa reported that ACRL has awarded SEES $1500 to advertise in order to recruit new members.

Submitted by Jackie Byrd

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