If I took away anything from the many sessions today, it was the dedication of SLA leadership to providing a quality experience for members. From Anne Caputo’s excellent explanation of how chapters could raise money (sponsorships, auctions, even grant money!), to Patricia Cia’s description of the responsibilities of office (OK, this was a little dry but contained very useful information), to the presentations of John Crosby, Kate Arnold, and others on the public relations functions of SLA and its individual units, and ending with Jill Calabria’s very entertaining take on the value of membership, it was an exhilarating afternoon, one that should have revitalized chapter and division leaders and sent them off with enthusiasm back to their chapters and divisions, ready to share the knowledge from the Leadership Summit and re-enthuse their unit membership groups.

I just didn’t appreciate the bum’s rush the hotel gave us, causing the meeting to end 15 minutes before its stated ending time.