Annual Meeting
PALMCOP holds an annual meeting/workshop every year in the Fall. In the past topics have included preservation of audio-visual materials, disaster planning and risk management.
Rags Back to Riches: Textile Conservation & Environmental Monitoring
Registration Deadline: October 7
Tuesday, October 18, 2011 9:30 am – 3:30 pm
Dept of Archives & History, 8301 Parklane Rd, Columbia
Patricia Ewer is the principal of Textile Objects Conservation in Minneapolis, MN. She is a conservation professional with 30+ years experience treating textiles and managing, developing and staffing conservation projects. She will present a lecture and two hours of hands-on demonstration.
Gina White and Robert Ryals of Winthrop University’s Louise Pettus Archives & Special Collections will present a session on collecting environmental data in storage areas to allocate resources.
$30 for lunch & sessions PALMCOP & SCFM members only
A vegetarian option is available, please note this on the registration form below.
Please make checks payable to PALMCOP and send your check by October 7 to Heather South, PALMCOP’s Treasurer. Her address is Preservation Officer, SC Department of Archives and History, 8301 Parklane Road, Columbia, SC 29223.
Due to the hands-on nature of the workshop, this annual meeting will be limited to 50 (excluding PALMCOP Board).
The PALMCOP Board meeting will be held during lunch.
Not a Member: Here’s the link for membership information and the membership form, http://palmcop.org/join-palmcop/
Membership is fairly reasonable: an individual membership is $10 and an institutional is $20.
Registration Form
Name ____________________________________________________________________________
Organization ______________________________________________________________________
Address ___________________________________________________________________________
City __________________________________ State _______ Zip Code __________________
Phone _________________________________ Fax ____________________________________
Email _____________________________________________________________________________
Deadline is October 7, 2011.
□ Check here if vegetarian lunch is preferred.
Please send completed registration form and payment to (make checks payable to PALMCOP):
Heather South, PALMCOP Treasurer
SC Dept. of Archives and History
8301 Parklane Rd.
Columbia, SC 29223
If anyone has questions about the program, please ask DebbieLee Landi at debbielee.landi@furman.edu
We hope to see you all there!
Proposed Revisions to the ByLaws
Article II Purpose
revised purpose
PALMCOP organizes and sponsors a broad variety of educational opportunities for its membership. These programs and services are made available at modest cost. Services include an annual meeting on relevant conservation or preservation topics, workshops on preservation practices, access to environmental monitoring equipment, membership communications including a web site and blog.
Article IV Officers
remove following duty from secretary and add to treasurer
B. Keep or cause to be kept a current membership list.
More Revisions…
Article IV Officers
Section 8. Committees
A. Standing Committees
Combine the Publications and Newsletter Committees and title the new committee, the Information Committee. The following describes its responsibilities:
This committee identifies topics of interest to the membership and is responsible for the blog, brochures, website and all other PALMCOP publications. This committee also announces workshops, annual meetings, and notes any new publications.
Slate of Nominations for 2008
Nominations Committee: Grace Cordial, Harlan Greene, Susan Boyd
The Nominations Committee offers to the PALMCOP Membership these candidates as District Representatives. If elected, their terms of service as District Representatives will end in December 2009. Each person currently serves as District Representative and has agreed to continue to serve PALMCOP in this capacity for an additional two year term of service.
District 1:
Nichole Green
Old Slave Mart Museum, Charleston
District 3:
Steve Robichaud
Clemson University, Clemson
District 4:
DebbieLee Landi
Furman University, Greenville