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SNAP Steering Committee Meeting Minutes - 2025/08

Part A

 

Present: Kay, Emma, Jason, Katie, Katelyn, Erin, Mary Katherine

Absent: Maya, Sarah

Introductions – name, current position/school, any hobbies or interests to share
Other points of contact – any other emails, social media accounts?
Establishing roles

  • Student Chapter Coordinator

  • Programming Chair

  • Blog/Web Team

Ideas for us for accomplish in the next 12 months (big or small)

  • Calls for contributions to blog

  • SNAP spotlight in Archival Outlook

Ensuring access to Google Drives
Action items

  • Fill out when2meet poll for September’s meeting

  • Read position descriptions and assign yourself a specific role

  • Take a look at on-boarding links – aka all the links you’ll likely need to access at some point in your role this year

From the floor

  • Kay - no requirement to attend Part B meeting in August if you’ve already attended this one

  • Kay - Blog/Web Team roles will be a group, Kay will change how it looks in spreadsheet

  • Job materials workshop / standing meeting for drop-in – maybe coordination with SAA leadership for feedback from established folks?

  • Kay will reach out to Esperanza about her vision for writing about conference, propose guest editor for first call for contributions for blog (Kay will copy Blog/Web Team folks)

  • General calls for contributions to the blog will ideally be at 2-3 points through the year

  • Kay is waiting on Council Liaison to change to get further information about possibilities for coordination with SAA leadership / governance

  • Kay will set a meeting with the Blog/Web Team after the August meeting(s) to clarify expectations, such as a structure for the calls for contributions and concrete deadlines

 

 

 

 

Part B

 

Present: Erin Robinson, Maya Scheirer, Kailyn Slater, Sarah Lewis

Absent: Katie, Jason, Mary Katherine, Emma

Introductions – name, current position/school, any hobbies or interests to share
Other points of contact – any other emails, social media accounts?
Establishing roles
  • Student Chapter Coordinator – great for folks with student chapter leadership experience! Katie has taken this on.
  • Programming Chair – point of contact for any events (besides the annual Section meeting)! Jason and Emma have taken this on.
  • Blog/Web Team – these can be condensed into singular roles!
    • Co-Editor – Katelyn has taken this on.
    • Co-Editor – Sarah L has taken this on.
    • Web Liaison – Mary Katherine has taken this on.
    • Social Media Coordinators – 1 spot open!
Ideas for us for accomplish in the next 12 months (big or small)

  • Calls for contributions to blog

  • SNAP spotlight in Archival Outlook

  • SAA give a talk about Certifications

  • Career Commons - highlight on social media or blog

  • Webinars

  • SAA Governance talks

  • Push for more events/programs for members

Ensuring access to Google Drives

  • Access was given to the email addresses that you have provided to the Chair. Please let the Chair know if you have any trouble accessing any of these materials in the future, and/or need to change addresses.

Action items

  • Next meeting is Monday, September 8th at 9am CST

    • Minutes will be the record of the meeting

    • Re-assess for the next meeting

    • Possibility to record meetings and delete after a month?

      • Would need someone to manage that

  • Read position descriptions and assign yourself a specific role

  • Take a look at on-boarding links – aka all the links you’ll likely need to access at some point in your role this year

Updated: 2025-09-30