[board-unyoc] Interesting vendor interaction - state of UNYOC

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In a similar vein, I have had two vendors ask me about the state of UNYOC
and a 2026 conference. I think they asked because I was last year's
planning committee chair, but I got the impression from both conversations
that they already suspected something is going on. I basically said that we
are in the midst of internal discussion and had not yet reached any
decisions.
*Regards,*
*Mary Jo*

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On Tue, May 26, 2026 at 12:39 PM Rebecca H. Kindon <KindonR at upstate.edu>
wrote:

> Hi everyone,
>
>
>
> I wanted to share an interesting vendor interaction I had at MLA.  When
> speaking with a vendor, they mentioned that they heard UNYOC was going to
> be, no more.  And I was taken aback because I thought that was internal
> board information and while I found it disconcerting for a vendor ask me,
> what I was more concerned about is  - did they ask other UNYOC members who
> were at MLA who have no clue about it yet??!!  Something random to add to
> my already long list of worries, over which, I have no control.
>
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> I told him that we were simply in a investigative stage, and some
> general/standard membership woes – and said that nothing was decided.  But
> I didn’t know if others had a similar experience?
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>
>
> And to ask everyone to hold this close until we have the chance to speak
> with our membership – and for NAHSL to speak with their membership too –
> because I don’t think they have spoken with their membership either.
>
>
>
> Hopefully I was the first and only UNYOC person to have this vendor
> interaction/conversation.
>
>
>
> Rebecca
>
> --
>
> Rebecca Kindon, MSLIS, AHIP
>
> Director,  Health Sciences Library
>
> SUNY Upstate Medical University
>
> kindonr at upstate.edu
>
> 315-464-7193
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