Upcoming -- July 2017 Ballot Referendum: Change to Standing Rules (section bylaws)

BACKGROUND:  The Archival History Section should have continuous representation on the Advisory Board of Information and Culture: A Journal of History, a major journal representing authors in the field of archival history. From about 2010 to 2014, the Archival History Roundtable had representation on the board of Information and Culture: A Journal of History, but representation lapsed until October 2016, when a vote of the steering committee re-initiated representation on the board. To ensure continuity, this revision is proposed.

RECOMMENDATION: That the following addition (underline=addition) to section IV.D of the section’s Standing Rules be submitted to a vote of the entire membership of the Archival History Section during the upcoming spring 2017 elections for section leaders: