February - April 2020 Steering Committee Minutes

February 2020 - April 2020

February 2020

• SAA Annual Section sub-committee update
  • Government records interested in email archiving conversation and would be happy to work with ERS
  • Speaker suggestion: Someone from Review, Appraisal, and Triage of Mail (RATOM) project
  • Possible future presentation idea for a future SAA: collaborations
• Resource Project update
  • Drafted a project overview document
  • Can start collecting resources in a spreadsheet
  • Access: might consider using Collective Access for this project
  • We have some money available to us from SAA: this might be something we can tap into.
  • Shared concern is maintaining this resource over time, especially when everyone currently on the SC has cycled off
• Resource Project Taxonomy Review
  • Will refine/revisit this as we start working with the resources

March 2020

• SAA Annual Section sub-committee update
  • Form submitted, going to collaborate with GRS
  • If you have ideas for any email projects that would make good speakers, let committee know
  • RATOM might be an option, but they’re not confirmed
• Resource Project update 
  
  • Project overview document
  • Do we want to pause for a month or continue?
    • Yes, people probably need work to do
  • Susan will reach out to Felicia re: partnering (a la CoSA); Susan will also reach out to CoSA to learn more about their tool and who maintains it, how it works
  • Project plan feedback
    • What do we mean by open access? (Resource will be open access)
    • Include institution size? Budget is probably more important than # of total employees
    • Susan will work on matching resources to taxonomy, will let Annalise know if she needs help
• Resource Project naming brainstorm
  • Digital Archivists Toolkit
  • Digital Archives Resource Center (like this) DARC 
  • Digital Archives Hub

April 2020

• Reached out to Felicia (SAA) and COSA about who administers website: is there a place our resources document could be added and maintained?
• SAA Annual
  • Assuming that conference is likely to be online only
  • In Chicago, large public events (those run by the city) have been canceled for this summer; does not necessarily extend to private events but seems likely that large in-person events won’t take place
  • What can we organize online, regardless of the status of the conference itself
  • Standard presentation format can easily be translated to online panel
  • Will touch base with Government Records group about planning a virtual meeting

• Elections
  • We need to submit everything (open positions, candidates, and candidate statements) to Felicia by June 1
  • SAA Election Guide: includes timeline
  • Open positions: vice-chair, 2 steering committee members
  • Secretary will post candidate information on ERS micro-site