Celebrate Quintessential 2014 with food and a live band!
During the meeting, Dan Burgard delivered a proclamation. The full text of his statement is reproduced below with permission from Dan and his co-authors.
"Resolution from the South Central Chapter of the Medical Library Association on the Occasion of the Quint-Essential, 5-Chapter MLA Meeting in Denver, Colorado, October 12-16, 2014
- Whereas 304 librarians from 5 Chapters of the Medical Library Association covering over 20 states and provinces in the Western half of the United States and Canada gathered in Denver at the foot of the Rocky Mountains to Converge and Collaborate;
- And Whereas these 5 chapters’ names are an alphabet soup consisting of 4 A’s, 6 C’s, 2 G’s, 5L’s, 6 M’s, 3 N’s, 1 P, and 2 S’s arranged thusly, MCMLA, MLGSCA, NCNMLG, PNCMLA, and SCCMLA;
- And whereas the Quint Local Arrangements and Steering Committees worked tirelessly to keep us on track, well fed, and well entertained – you can get back to boogie-ing in a few minutes;
- And whereas our CE classes and Writer’s Workshop were hosted with good cheer by Jerry Perry and crew at Anschutz Library, a place one participant called “Disneyland for Librarians”;
- And whereas 98 representatives from nearly 50 of our corporate and professional association partners graced our meeting with their time, companionship, and goodies -- RAFFLE;
- And whereas we learned
- That that our zip code is more important in determining our health than our genetic code
- That teams of compassionate healthcare professionals are using an array of tools to empower native peoples to change their health story
- That correlation does not imply causality … no, green jelly beans don’t really cause acne more than other candies
- And That nothing is better than having your own personal myth buster discuss the risks and benefits of electronic health records;
- And whereas we have it on good authority that the comedy team of Crossno and Traditi will be opening in Vegas next month;
- And whereas we won’t use the words “marijuana” or “mile high” or “Coca Cola” in this Resolution;
- And whereas the Denver Marriot Tech Center serves an awesome Avalanche Amber and may have sourced its fire alarms from a German U-boat;
- And whereas we graciously shared conference space and food with hi-fi audio guys, the Department of Homeland Security, and a tidy group of vacuum cleaner sales people;
- And whereas MLA members far and wide learned about the awesomeness of Armadillo Accolades;
- And whereas SCC is now the proud adoptive parent of a hippopotamus at the Fort Worth zoo … I swear it had nothing to do with marijuana;
- And whereas we lied about not using the word “marijuana” in this resolution;
- And whereas we made many new connections, brainstormed new projects, and met some new best friends;
Be it resolved that the convergence and collaboration on display in Denver is five times more powerful than your regular chapter meeting and that we cannot even begin to estimate the benefit of the new knowledge and new friends that we discovered in Denver.
Written by Daniel Burgard with contributions by Stewart Brower and Jon Crossno.
Delivered by Daniel Burgard, 7:00PM, Wednesday, October 15 at the Mid-Meeting Celebration."
