Hello PAMily!
This message was supposed to be a bit … happier. We have a conference rapidly approaching in early June, where many of us will get together as a community to do professional development and connect. However, SLA’s dissolution makes our upcoming reunion bittersweet.
Many of us have been decompressing during the Friday afternoon PAM Water Cooler time, and others have been sharing messages on PAMnet. I am going to recycle some language that I used in my message and say that my heart goes out especially to our members who have invested decades of volunteering and community-building in the organization. This is very hard news. 💔
Again,
1. The PAM community’s core function has not changed. We are still going to move forward with supporting professional development for people in our community because we are a community. We may not know in the long term what this means, but we’re going to figure it out together in the context of the SLA volunteer leadership team’s process for dissolving the organization. As we continue to receive information from SLA about the dissolution process, we will come together as a community to react, process, and actively engage in next steps.
2. The PAM Water Cooler is still running! It happens every Friday from 3:30 – 4:30(ish) Eastern Time. It is a great space for the community to decompress together, and it is hosted by Danny Dotson. Here is the link for your calendars: https://osu.zoom.us/j/97029773216?pwd=djdQR0piR2xBSXhuN1lNamFFNGthQT09
Finally, for some sunshine:
3. We have (most of!) our committee positions filled!
## 2025 ##
**Archives**
– Archivist: Lance Utley
**Awards Committee**
– Chair: Nancy Curtis
– Member: Jeff Bond
– Member: NuRee Lee
**Bulletin Editors**
– Editor: Jerrel Horn
– Assistant Editor: John Kromer
**Hospitality Committee**
– Chair: Sarah Siddiqui
– Member: Jenny Mueller-Alexander
**Membership Committee**
– Chair: Kira Wyld
– Member: Nicholas Dehler
– Member: Phillip Jaffe
**Mentoring Committee**
– Chair: Jenny Hart
– Member: Khue Duong
– Member: Eliot Boden
**Networking Committee**
– Chair and Webmaster: Chris Doty
– PAMnet Listserv Manager: Lance Utley
**Professional Development Committee**
– Chair: Still Open – Please connect if you love organizing learning events! 🙂
– Member: Danny Dotson
– Member: Jeffra Bussmann
– Member: NuRee Lee
**Industry Partner Relations**
– Chair: Jordan Green (PAM Member-at-Large for Finance)
Thank you so much to our volunteers and to the entire PAM community! If you are interested in any of the open spots, please be in touch.
Your Chair,
Kayleigh Bohémier
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