Ken Klein, Chair, convened the meeting at 8:30 a.m.  He welcomed all the participants, and urged that the Users Group work to develop "common ground" to serve users of both traditional text materials and digital resources. He then thanked the outgoing officers:

Outgoing officers (2003-2005):

·        Chair: Ken Klein, University of Southern California

·        Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Hsi-chu Bolick, University of North Carolina

·        Member-at-Large: Ai-Lin Yang, University of California, Berkeley

·        Chinese Officer: Mary Lin, University of Wisconsin, Madison

·        Japanese Officer: Hitoshi Kamada, Arizona State University

·        Korean Officer: Sun Yoon Lee, University of Southern California

Klein then announced the results of the election to the Users Group Board.  The new officers will be:

Incoming officers (2005-2007):

·        Chair: Hsi-chu Bolick, University of North Carolina

·        Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Karen Wei, University of Illinois

·        Member-at-Large: Jade Yurong Atwill, University of Pennsylvania

·        Chinese Officer: Ai-lin Yang, University of California, Berkeley

·        Japanese Officer: Nagahashi Good, University of Pittsburgh

·        Korean Officer: Jaeyong Chang, University of California, Berkeley