Meeting Minutes 2010-11

April 14, 2011 (SCoSAA-wide Meeting)

April 14, 2011
GSLIS Student Lounge
5:30 p.m. to 5:45 p.m.
Attendees: SCoSAA officers (Stacie Williams, Derek Mosley, Abraham Miller, Sarah Funke Donovan); roughly 30 other attendees.
Recorded by: Abraham Miller

  1. Call to Order
  2. Introductions
  3. Elections
    • Nomination SurveyMonkey closed at midnight
    • Nominees for Co-Chair
    • Erin Faulder and Amanda Strauss
    • Helen Schubert
    • Camille Torres
    • Nominees for Secretary
    • Frances Harrell
    • Jasmine Jones
    • Bridget Jeffs
    • Nominees for Treasurer
    • Sarah Funke Donovan
    • Andrea Cronin
    • Voting is Open via SurveyMonkey from 4/16 to 4/23
  4. Upcoming Events
    • SCoSAA Career Panel 4/19
    • GSLIS Career Fair 4/20

 

January 28, 2011 (SCoSAA-wide Meeting)

January 28, 2011
GSLIS Student Lounge
5:40 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Attendees: SCoSAA officers (Stacie Williams, Derek Mosley, Abraham Miller); Ross Harvey, Kathy Wisser, Andrew Flinn; roughly 30 other attendees.
Recorded by: Abraham Miller

  1. Call to Order
  2. Introduction of Officers and Faculty
    • Andrew Flinn is a visiting faculty member, focusing on Archives and Oral History
    • Flinn is giving a talk on 31 March 2011
  3. Special Elections for new SCoSAA webmaster
    • Nominating for the position via SurveyMonkey
    • Floor was opened for nominations and then directed to SurveyMonkey
    • Email to be sent out with link to elections
  4. Spotlight on Professional Development through LISSA
    • Students can get back 75% of costs for conferences, memberships, etc.
    • Form A is due to the LISSA Treasurer by 11 February 2011
  5. Upcoming Conferences
    • NEA Spring Meeting: April 1-2, 2011, Brown University, Providence, R.I.
    • SAA Annual Meeting: August 22-27, 2011, Chicago, Ill.
  6. Upcoming Events
    • LISSA GSLIS Trivia Night: 4 February 2011 at the Bell in Hand, Boston.
    • NEA/SCoSAA Job Shadow Program
      • Registration begins in late February/March
      • Placements will begin in March
      • If students enroll in the program, it is the responsibility of the student to be in contact with the archivist in terms of scheduling and changes in scheduling once the student is placed
    • Now is the time to begin applying for Summer Internships
    • Now is the time to be applying for scholarships
    • Other events to be announced
  7. Call for Volunteers to become SCoSAA board members
    • Current board is graduating at the end of the term
    • Elections will be held at the end of the Spring

 

July 19, 2010 (Officer's Meeting)

The following are general notes and points of discussion not covered in “Rough draft of SCoSAA activities-First semester”

  • Google Calendars
    • Internal calendar for use with scheduling and planning of events/meetings/etc
    • Calendar listing said events embeddedon SCoSAA page
  • Increased use of Twitter
    • Granting @scosaa access to the officers so they can retweet interesting links and ideas
    • Live Tweeting events so those not there can participate [ADM Note: this brings up the idea of GSLIScast; we ought to see if we can’t get them to podcast whatever events we do]
    • Use of twapperkeeper to archive tweets or another app to schedule tweets
  • Events
    • Need for interactive events with practical applications and hard skills
    • Career Panel in spring?
    • Archives specific technical workshops in the techlab
    • Tours
  • ▪ Congregational Library / Athenaeum tour; ADM as lead?
    • If I forgot to enter anything, please add it to the list.  This is just the summation of what I recorded~ADM

 

September 8, 2010 (SCoSAA-wide Meeting)

GSLIS Student Lounge
5:35 p.m. to 5:55 p.m.
Attendees: SCoSAA officers; Ross Harvey, Martha Mahard, Tywanna Whorley, Kathy Wisser; roughly 50 other attendees.
Recorded by: Abraham Miller

  1. Call to Order
  2. Introduction of Officers
  3. Introduction of SCoSAA
    • Goals of the organization
      • Introduce students to the archives profession
      • Enhance the archives curriculum through programs, tours, and panels
    • Student Group related to the national professional association, Society of American Archivists [SAA], to which students receive discounts
    • Works with local professional organization, New England Archivists [NEA]
  4. Introduction of Archives Professors
  5. Announcement from the LISSA
    • Miranda Rivers, LISSA Treasurer, discussed the Professional Development fund
    • Fund is good for conferences, professional memberships, workshops, continuing education.
    • Deadline for application is coming up quickly, near the end of September
  6. SAA*DC2010 Report
    • Abraham Miller attended
      • Enjoyed the conference and recommends the experience
      • A lot of energy is required because of long days and many panels
      • Invaluable networking experience and has contacts across the country
    • Stacie Williams attended
      • Similar experience to Abraham
      • Attended Simmons GSLIS Alumni event
      • Recommends that everyone attend a conference
  7. Upcoming Events
    • Curriculum and Internship Meetings
      • Monday, 9/13/2010, 12:30-1:30 p.m., GSLIS Lounge
      • Wednesday, 9/15/2010, 12:30-1:30 p.m., GSLIS Lounge
      • Discussion on Curriculum changes regarding LIS532B: Field Study Requirement
      • Internship Experience Chat on what to expect and look for in an internship
    • Archives Month, October – More details to come soon
      • Tour of Congregational Library, October 7, 2010
      • Panel Discussion, October 12, 2010
      • Open Access Week / Archives Month workshop, October 19, 2010
    • NEA, Fall 2010 Meeting
      • November 5-6, 2010 in at Keene State College, NH
      • SCoSAA will have wiki online to help coordinate transport and/or roomshares
    • Job Shadow program with NEA
  8. Contact information
    • Join the listserv
    • Officers use social media and SCoSAA has a twitter account and facebook group
    • Contact us if you have any questions or concerns
  9. Opened the floor for question and comment