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This year I am a member of the LITA National Forum Planning Committee which is taking place this weekend in Salt Lake City, Utah. Lauren (who is presenting later today) and I traveled yesterday from Raleigh (go for those cheap airline fares). We were surprised when Steve Kelley showed up on our flight. He was heading out for a NASIG Executive Board meeting in Palm Springs! So we parted ways in Dallas.

Once we arrived and got settled in, Lauren and I spent the rest of the afternoon doing a little exploration. We visited the Salt Lake Mormon Temple and the Salt Lake City Public Library. Then we found the best vegetarian restaurant in town (Sage’s Cafe) and had an excellent dinner to finish off the day.

The conference starts in earnest at 1 pm today (there were two preconferences yesterday and this morning), so Lauren spent the morning polishing her presentation while I figured out the new Canon camcorder we just got for ZSR. I’m using it here to record the 3 keynote speakers. See what skill sets you can build if you go on the South Trip as their technology support?

I also will be moderating the sessions called “Lightning Talks” where attendees who want to share new technology focused projects can talk about them for 5 minutes each. I get to introduce them and work the stop watch to keep things moving. They have been very popular sessions the past few conferences since the official presentation proposals have to be submitted months ahead and technology initiatives are so time sensitive!

So look for reports on all of our activities out here in Salt Lake City, there’s plenty of interesting reports to come.