LAGAR Annual Meeting agenda, 2011

SOCIETY OF AMERICAN ARCHIVISTS

LESBIAN AND GAY ARCHIVES ROUNDTABLE (LAGAR)

Annual Meeting

Wednesday 24 August 2011

5:30-7:30 pm Columbus Room I/J

Hyatt Chicago, Chicago, Illinois

AGENDA

1. Welcome and introductions:

(co-chairs, steering committee members, guests)

2. Business:

a.  (Tom Hyry our SAA Council Liaison will join us during the meeting and also Terry Baxter, our incoming liaison to the SAA Council)

b.  Debbie Richards -- Report on liaison duties to the SAA Diversity Committee and Lavender Legacies update project.

c.  Steve Mandeville-Gamble – Website report and work on the Queer History Social Media project.

d.  Maggi Gonsalves - Report on liaison duties to the SAA Standards Committee and the newsletter.

We need a new newsletter editor, Maggi has served admirably but must step down.  This is a very important position as it is written into our

by-laws, "Newsletter Committee shall produce at least two issues of the LAGAR Newsletter and record the minutes of any meeting.”

3. New Business:

Election of female-identified chair: (from the by-laws)

“Nomination and Election.

1. Nominations will be taken from the floor of the annual LAGAR meeting. All nominations must be seconded and consent of the nominee is required.

2. Elections for each office shall be by a show of hands. A simple majority shall elect an office. If there is any contest, the election shall be retaken by secret ballot with a simple majority rule.

4. Speaker:

David Purdy, World AIDS Organization, “The Mission of the World AIDS Institute is to document and preserve the global history of AIDS. As each day passes,

establishing a comprehensive record of the fight against AIDS becomes more difficult, and more individual stories of personal devastation and triumphs of the

human spirit are lost to us forever. The World AIDS Institute is dedicated to creating innovative projects designed to preserve that history. A substantial part

of our commitment is to ensure the stories of those who led the fight against AIDS and the stories of those who we lost are never forgotten. WAI strives to

partner with like-minded organizations to help further this important mission.”

5. Adjournment