SNAP Steering Committee Meeting Minutes - 2018/10/17

Attending: Elena Colon-Marrero, Gayle Schechter, Maggie Hoffman, Rachel Fellman, Eve Bourbeau-Allard, Brenna Edwards

Agenda:

• Student Fund Update - Elena
  • https://docs.google.com/document/d/1VWoVjJJerpZQqoUDx3modXLj_eL171xMFp4j...
  • Might not be through before SAA this year, but will be sent out to more people to get thoughts and feedback to see what we can improve on so it can get passed (hopefully) quickly and smoothly
• BloggERS Update - Elena
  • There is no update; here so we don’t forget about it. Still TBD
• Call for Nominations - Elena
  • I’d like to send out a call for nominations for ex-officio positions next week (October 22 - 26)
  • Draft email for feedback will be sent out either Monday or Tuesday to committee for feedback
  • Rachel will post on the blog
  • Will also be emailed and put on social media.
  • First Due date Nov. 14th? Can extend if needed.
  • Once nominations come in, Elena will compile, send out to steering, and then we can provide feedback and then Elena will send out notifications to nominees.
  • Any questions can go to Elena
• Vice Chair/Chair-Elect - Gayle
  • Advocacy surrounding unpaid Internships
    • Thoughts and ideas have been posted in Discord channel
    • Schedule Twitter chat for soon, since lots of interest from people in working with SNAP on something
    • Can choose any day that falls on a 5; Elena can help
      • November 15th!
    • Any ideas or things you come across on the topic can be tossed into the Discord channel on it
    • Let Gayle know if you have any thoughts on this!
• Blog Team - Rachel
  • SAA Session Recaps/Summaries are all posted. Had all but 5 people out of 30 who posted!
  • Interview format coming soon - end of November
• Social Media
  • Twitter chat November 15th!
• Student Chapter Coordinator - n/a
• Web Liaison - Eve
  • Resource Guide for New Members with Manuscript Section
    • MSS and Memberships Committee - who reached out to
    • MSS decided not in scope
    • Memberships Committee super interested; SAA is also really interested in moving forward with this project!
    • 2-3 of their officers/helpers to work on together
    • Next step: virtual meeting for those helping; Doodle poll will be circulated by Friday
    • Brenna and Molly have expressed interested in helping
    • Google Doc from past sent out; if there’s anything you want to help with or have thoughts on, let Eve know/just throw in a comment/suggestion
    • If interested in helping, let Eve know
• Additional updates?
  • No additional updates!
• Feel free to use Discord as well as the listserv to bring up anything you want to talk about!