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IUG Chair, Cheryl Gowing opened the program at 2:00 PM.

We currently have 1,028 members. Our membership year runs from July 1 to June 30, the membership fee is $70.00, and an invoice is available on the IUG website. As of December 31, 2005 our current bank balance is $86,666.08.

• 283 enhancement requests received to date
• current cycle ends March 15, 2006
• dates for this cycle include,
• May 15: preliminary ballot prepared by Functional Experts
• May 20-22: discussion forum scheduled for Denver (Early Bird session)
• June 12: ballot opens
• July 21: ballot closes
• July 31: results shared with Innovative

Update on IUG Clearinghouse:

• 113 entries to date
• RSS feed now available
• investigating wiki to share smaller items
• Gloria Kelley assuming coordinating responsibilities from Corey Seeman

The IUG conference is scheduled for May 19 to 22 in Denver, Colorado at the Hyatt Regency and Colorado Convention Center. A second program survey is scheduled for mid-February.

• Friday, May 19
• New Users pre-conference
• Innovative half-day workshops:
• Inn Reach Under the Hood
• Disaster Recovery
• Saturday, May 20 – Monday, May 22
• Main Conference sessions offered by IUG members and Innovative personnel

Registration opens January 30. Those registering by the early bird deadline of February 28 will be eligible for the free registrations. Five free registrations will be raffled off to international participants, and two free registrations will be raffled off to US participants.

IUG 2007 is scheduled for May 14-17 in San Jose, One Connection Marriott & Hilton hotels and the Convention Center. IUG 2008 is schedule for April 29 through May 3 at the Omni Shoreham in Washington, DC.

Betsy Graham, Vice President for Product Management, provided an update from Innovative who will be in Booth 1745 on the exhibit floor. The dessert reception will be Sunday at the Hilton Pavilion from 8:00 - 10:00 PM.

• Disaster Recovery-how to use the system to help recover collections and/or operations
• WebOPAC refresher service
• Release 2006
• WebOPAC - WebPAC Pro
• ERM

The inaugural meeting of the Texas IUG was held Friday morning at the San Antonio Public Library, and Betsy welcomed many of them in attendance at the afternoon program. She also encouraged individuals coming to Denver to join Kristen Hewitt who was running a marathon on Sunday.

Casey Bisson, Plymouth State University, presented " Designing an OPAC for Web 2.0." Casey's presentation is currently available as a Quick-Time movie on his website. His thought-provoking presentation was followed by Dinah Sanders, WebOPAC Product Manager, Innovative Interfaces, Inc. who presented "Make the Most of What You Have: WebOPAC Functions and Features You Should Investigate". Her presentation is available on III's CSDirect site and requires a local III username and password for access.

The program concluded with catalogers taking advantage of the free time to discuss items related to specific products and modules.

Respectfully submitted,

Theresa Preuit
IUG Secretary/Treasurer

Last updated February 15, 2006