SF Bay Region Chapter Holiday Party
and Annual Awards Ceremony

Tuesday, December 18, 2012, 5:30 – 9:00 pm

ThirstyBear Brewing Company and Spanish Tapas Restaurant
661 Howard Street, SF
http://www.thirstybear.com

Please join us as we celebrate the season, another year of terrific Chapter events, and the contributions of some of our distinguished members.

Agenda:
5:30 – 6:30 Party!
6:30 – 7:00 Awards!
7:00 – 9:00 More Party!

Menu:
A variety of tapas and paella, including vegetarian options.
One drink ticket is included.

SLA Program Cost:
$25 per person for everyone

Location:
ThirstyBear is located in San Francisco’s SOMA neighborhood. It is a 6 minute walk from Montgomery BART and MUNI. Street parking and various garages are nearby.
http://www.thirstybear.com/contact

Registration Deadline:
Please register online or ensure your mail-in registration form and check are received no later than Thursday, December 13.

Registration Forms:

Mail-In Registration

Event Refund Policy:
After careful review, the Executive Board of the SF Bay Region Chapter of SLA has decided that we cannot accommodate refunds or “rain checks” for our events (this includes programs, tours, professional development workshops, etc.).

Some reasons why:

• Our chapter does not make a profit on our events. We subsidize our events because it is important to us to be able to keep our attendance fees low.

• We are required to pay in advance for food and venues, and these costs are frequently based on head count. Therefore, we’ve already paid for your attendance.

• As a volunteer organization we are just not staffed to be able to keep track of refunds or attendance for future events.

So if you’ve paid for an event you find you cannot attend, please consider the following:

• Post a notice on our discussion board inviting a member to take your place

• Think of it a tax‐free donation to our organization.

By Cynthia Berglez
2012 Awards Chair and Past Chapter President

Now is your chance to make us all aware of a Chapter member who has made a special contribution to our profession.

The Awards tab on our web page (http://sanfrancisco.sla.org/awards/) has a description of the awards we give, past recipients, and a form to nominate a deserving member for us to thank. As a volunteer organization, this is the one way we have to show how much we appreciate a special mentor, a colleague who gave vital help or a brilliant idea, or someone you think may be a shy, fabulous librarian.

I’m the Awards Chair this year. It’s my turn to seek out and thank our colleagues, and I need your recommendations to find those I may have missed.

This year we’re going to be giving the awards at our Holiday Party in December.

Please email me directly at past-president@sanfrancisco.sla.org if you know someone who should receive Chapter recognition or if you have any questions about the process.