SNAP Steering Committee Meeting Minutes - 2025/12/20

What you’re working on, what are you looking forward to, what are you reading/watching/listening to? Any cool announcements?

• Breaks!

• UMD has a great Preservation class

Governance / Council Updates

• SAA Member Dues Increase in 2026 | Society of American Archivists

• Limited access to Google Drives to current Steering Committee

• SAA Council is exploring hosting a mid-winter SAA leadership check-in meeting 

• Statement (with recommendations) from Diversity Committee: https://www2.archivists.org/sites/all/files/1125-IV-A-Diversity.pdf

  • Mentioned in report: Community Archives Collaborative  

Programming

• Video recordings of programs

  • Annual meeting from 2025, as well as the job market materials program, posted on SAA’s YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/SocietyofAmericanArchivists 

• Certificate Programs webinar

  • Planning meeting with panelists on December 10th. Program will be hosted on January 22nd @ 2pm CST, and will not be recorded.

• Collaboration with GAES (Graduate Archival Education Subcommittee)

  • “Welcome to SAA” program potential date: March 4th

• Collaboration with Issues & Advocacy Section

  • Steering committee member on I&A reached out to collaborate on a “Hive Mind” program to “discuss perspectives on navigating the precarity of work, building confidence, and/or advocating for yourself as a new professional, with the goal of coming away with some productive tips and resources.” Planning meeting will take place on January 12th. 

Blog / Web Team

• Student Experiences blog series – updates from team?

  • Posted Christine Garaudy’s submission on 11/12

  • Katelyn will follow up with Lark

• Adding language about AI to the blog’s editorial guidelines

  • Classifying AI Use in Manuscript Preparation – A Recommendation 

  • Push discussion to January meeting

  • Katelyn will draft some sample language for next meeting

• America 250 Task Force - Jason will ask connection for Task Force point person so blog/web team can meet with them about spring call for submissions

• Katelyn, Sarah and Mary Katherine have been given solid access to SNAP email.

Action items

• Fill out when2meet poll for the January meeting.

From the floor

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