ALIA stuff

As previously mentioned I was rather sick in my initial stages of pregnancy (pass the bucket please) so I spent most of my time sleeping. This meant that I could no longer commit to many extra curricular ALIA activities so I had to resign from many committees. I said goodbye to:

ALIA Vic LT - I have learnt so much from this group as it was my first foray into ALIA. Just a great bunch of people who I will miss. I was pleased to be able to stop Technotes, the groups newsletter as I think I had run out of steam.

ALIA Vic - this group was so different to the LT group for lots of reasons. I will miss the experience of group members the most and admire many of them for what they have achieved.

ALIA NGAC - I felt bad about pulling out of NGAC as I had just been reappointed for another term (sorry guys). I did however learn so much more about ALIA the Association and how the Board works etc. Good to see "the other side's" view. I won't miss those reports though!

The only thing I kept was NLS4 as we had been working towards this for over 2 years. I will blog more about them later.

ALIA Victorian LT Christmas Dinner

Top: Me and Kim

Bottom: The steak! The food looked devine (not sure if it tasted all that good though)

Last Friday (the 7th) Kim and I headed down to the Melbourne Docklands to the James Squire Brewhouse for the Victorian Library Technician's End of Year Dinner. (BTW - Kim drove - how awesome!). Anyway it was a good night. I haven't really been to the Docklands but it was great looking at the multi-million dollar yachts from the restaurant! Anyway, we also managed to raise $82 for the Mobile Donkey fund too!

flickr

Ok - so I am sure everyone has a flickr account. I do too - just thought I share it. I have added more photos from ALIA's 70th birthday party to it to. This is where I tend to put all my "library related" photos so you can see me at NLS2006, River of Opportunities IV, TOT, ALIA's 70th etc. My photos can be found at: http://www.flickr.com/photos/70335716@N00/


Check out me, Jill and Trevor stiking a pose on Monday night!! You will notice Tania is missing (she's a bit to classy to act like a fool!!)

ALIA's 70th Birthday

On Monday (Agust 20th 2007), ALIA turned 70. The Victorian NGG had this massive event at the SLV to celebrate. There was cake and prizes and lots of chances to mingle with those from across various sectors of the industry.

Plus, the wonderful NLS4 committee (aka me, Tan, Trev and Jill - the Victorians), launched the NLS4 website. Jill has done such a marvellous job on it and we are so proud of her. (Jill you rock!!). Check it out - you won't be disappointed.