# Manitoba Association of Health Information Providers

## Manitoba Association of Health Information Providers activities report
7 July - 10 September 2010

The annual general meeting (AGM) of the Manitoba Association of Health Information Providers (MAHIP) was held on 7 July 2010 at Tania Gottschalk's house.

### Discussion and action points from the AGM

* Membership directory to be created

* Investigate use of teleconferencing for Journal Club for rural members

* 35th Anniversary of Manitoba Health Libraries Association / Manitoba Association of Health Information Providers (MHLA / MAHIP) planned for spring 2011

* MAHIP Program Committee Chair re-instated and assigned to Vice President

* Honourary Membership — Motion made to nominate a member for honourary membership. Motion carried. Action: membership to vote on it at the 2011 AGM

* Tania Gottschalk to be MAHIP's representative for Manitoba Libraries Association (MLA)

* Journal Club — six meetings planned for 2010–2011

* Chapter History Project — add digitization and wiki to Canadian Health Libraries Association (CHLA) Factsheet

* CHLA 2010 Conference report given

### The new Executive

* Angela Osterreicher, President

* Lori Giles-Smith, Vice President and President Elect/ Program Committee Chair

* Janet Rothney, Treasurer

* Elizabeth Stregger, Secretary

* Tania Gottschalk, Past President/MLA Representative

On 10 September 2010 the 2010–2011 Executive held its first meeting. Action points from the AGM were followed up and discussed. Program planning is underway for two events:

* Winter event: wine and cheese with a speaker from the Canadian Virtual Health Library;

* Spring event: a 1 day symposium to be held in early May. The symposium will include a continuing education session, table talk, debate, the MAHIP AGM, and an evening celebration for the 35th Anniversary of MHLA / MAHIP.

The Executive will also look at completing the Executive Handbook and updating the MAHIP brochure.

Manitoba Association of Health Information Providers, P.O. Box 232 Winnipeg, MB R3M 3S7, http://mahip.wordpress.com, mahip@gmail.com.

### Angela Osterreicher

Librarian
Deer Lodge Centre
J.W. Crane Memorial Library
2109 Portage Avenue
Winnipeg, MB R3J 0L3, Canada
E-mail: angela_osterreicher@umanitoba.ca