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foster and improve relationships and communication among members and between members and iii ; and gather and disseminate information on the use of iii products among the users of the systems . 1 activities and services edit annual conference edit the iug hosts a three day conference plus a one day pre conference every spring . approximately two thirds to three quarters of the sessions are presented by speakers from iug member institutions with the remainder being held by presenters from innovative interfaces . the sessions vary in nature and scope from structured how to sessions to open forums at which members share ideas and information about whatever is on their minds . the conference moves around from year to year alternating between sites in the san francisco bay area and other locations throughout the united states . past locations have included boston chicago houston washington d.c. and philadelphia . enhancements edit due to the diverse natures of the libraries using innovative s software and the rapid development of other computing technologies there is an ongoing flow of requests for enhancements and upgrades to the various pieces of software innovative sells . in order to keep this flow of requests manageable the iug has set up a process for submitting evaluating and prioritizing desired enhancements then submitting these requests to innovative . in turn innovative makes a point of trying to incorporate enhancements from the iug in their release upgrades . listserv edit the iug maintains a very active listserv along with a searchable list archive . clearinghouse edit the iug clearinghouse is a repository for member written documentation and examples of specific implementations and solutions to issues or problems . regional groups edit in addition to the main innovative users group there are numerous independent regional and special interest groups . some of these groups include the middle east north africa iug iug south africa the australasian iug hong kong iug european iug irish iug eastern canada iug iii ottawa montreal users group western canada iug numerous regional groups in the united states innovative law users group new england innovative law users group innopac music users group innovative interfaces public library users group metropolitan new york area inn reach users group innopac datatel users group 2 leadership edit the iug is run by the member elected steering committee which consists of the chair vice chair chair elect past chair secretary treasurer and five members at large . there is also an ad hoc position for a financial consultant . 3 steering committee duties edit the chair is the head of the iug and responsible for overseeing the ongoing activities for the iug . the chair also serves as the iug s primary point of contact with innovative . the vice chair chair elect assists the chair in managing the iug . traditionally the vice chair is also the chair of the program committee for the annual conference . the secretary treasurer keeps minutes from meetings and helps manage finances with the financial consultant . members at large are responsible for overseeing the enhancements process managing the clearinghouse and working with the regional and special interest groups . elections edit the steering committee is elected by the iug membership with each member institution getting one vote for each open position . the secretary treasurer and the members at large serve two year terms . the vice chair chair elect is chosen annually serving one year each as vice chair chair and past chair . references edit http www.innovativeusers.org iug bylaws http www.innovativeusers.org regional and special interest groups http www.innovativeusers.org iug steering committee external links edit innovative users group home page retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title innovative users group & oldid 699820255 categories library automationhidden categories articles with topics of unclear notability from march 2009all articles with topics of unclear notabilityarticles lacking reliable references from march 2009all articles lacking reliable references navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 14 january 2016 at 17 44 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; 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