I&A Roundtable Annual Report 2008

Date: December 1, 2008

Name of Section/Roundtable: Issues and Advocacy Roundtable

Officers: Kate Theimer and Kheir Fakhreldin, Co-Chairs (as of annual meeting –new co-chairs below)

Report from annual meeting:
•    Number of attendees: 27
•    Election results:
o    Co-Chairs: Kate Theimer and Kheir Fakhreldin
o    Steering Committee: Peter Gunther, Dana Miller, Heather Soyka, Kathleen Feeney, Christina Fidler, Anastasia Karel


•    Summary of meeting activities:
 (or attach minutes or newsletter accounts)

    - Minutes attached.

Completed projects/activities

-    Members of the roundtable’s steering group developed and submitted two session proposals for the 2009 Annual Meeting that pertain to the group’s selected focus: "Appraising the Archives Profession: Multiple Outlooks on Professional Sustainability Issues" (submitted by Dana Miller) and "Money, Money, Money - Lessons from Successful Advocates for Archives Funding" (submitted by Kate Theimer). The roundtable also received five session proposals to consider for endorsement. The steering group determined that the two session proposals developed by its members were the most relevant to the roundtable’s focus, and so endorsed them.
-    The steering group developed a wiki (http://issuesandadvocacy.wetpaint.com/) to facilitate discussion of possible new activities and issues related to its focus topic. The wiki was populated with information from the meeting minutes regarding session and white paper ideas.

Ongoing projects/activities

-    The roundtable’s web presence on the SAA site is being revised to reflect the group’s new mission and goals.
-    Consideration of possible white paper topics and other activities is on-going.

New projects/activities

    - None.

Diversity initiatives

    - No activities specifically related to diversity.

Questions/concerns for Council attention

    - None.