During the holiday season PNC/MLA members and our colleagues joined in the celebrations by organizing 2 meetups – one in Seattle and one in Portland. Despite some last-minute fine tuning, we had an excellent turnout and most importantly, lots of fun! It was fantastic to socialize in person. We would like to thank the 2024 PNC/MLA board for supporting these local in-person meetups and their generous donation of the delicious appetizers!

PNC/MLA held a meet-up in Seattle at the Elysian Brewery on Capitol Hill on a very rainy Friday the 13th. Our group shared festive beverages, delicious food, and wonderful conversation.  Board members Ekaterini Papadopoulou (Seattle University), Teresa Jewell (University of Washington), Frances Chu (Providence), and Mary Beth McAteer (Virginia Mason) joined together with Carolyn Martin (NNLM Region 5), Margaret Holt (University of Washington), Amber Mak (University of Washington), Deb Gallaher (Bastyr), Heidi Hetzel (Seattle University), and Ann Glusker (UC Berkeley). We had a great time together!

From left: Margaret, Teresa, Carolyn, Amber, Heidi, Deb, Frances, Mary Beth, and Ekaterini. Not Pictured: Ann Glusker. 

On Friday, December 20, 2024, another group met at StormBreaker Brewing in Portland. Present were organizers, Heather Hawley (Legacy Health), Nicole Vollum (University of Western States), and Basia Delawska-Elliott (Providence). We were joined by Melinda Davies (Kaiser Research), Tim Zeigler (University of Washington), and Jonathan Ratliff (Samaritan Health). Jonathan came all the way from Corvallis to share some holiday cheer with us! 

We had a wonderful time learning about each other and discussing everything from library school, through library advocacy, to publisher relations.

 

From left: Heather, Melinda, Jonathan, Tim, Nicole, Basia. Picture courtesy of our amazing server, Andrew. 

We hope to turn these meetups into regular events and to see more of you there in the future! Stay tuned for more details.