SNAP Steering Committee 2018-2019
Meeting 3: Tuesday, November 13, 2018
Time: 6 PM PT / 8 PM CT/ 9 PM ET
Attending: Elena Colon-Marrero, Gayle Schechter, Brenna Edwards, Maggie Hoffman, Molly Brown, Rachel Fellman, Eve Bourbeau-Allard, Laura Bell, Virginia Seymour, Joe Schill, Tiffany Cole, Kia Guest
Absent: Kara Flynn, Heidi Charles
- Chair - Elena
- Welcome new Ex-Officio Members
- Student Chapter Coordinator: Virginia Seymour
- Student Blog Editor: Joe Schill
- New Professionals Blog Editor: Laura Bell
- Senior Social Media Coordinator: Tiffany Cole
- Junior Social Media Coordinator: Shakia (Kia) Guest
- Student Fund Update
- Summary: est. award/scholarship for first generation students through SAA for membership. Written out, and have item to send to Council for their next meeting.
- Contacted individuals for feedback - waiting to hear back from them
- BlogERS Update
- Summary: Electronics Record Section reached out to connect students/new professionals with digital archivists for Q&A blog series. SNAP in charge of reaching out to students, and have ability to cross-post when series is live.
- Start recruitment January with publishing in February and March
- #snaprt chat with Mentorship committee
- Planning has begun. Chat will be on Thursday, Jan. 24th, 8 pm EST
- Vice Chair/Chair-Elect - Gayle
- Brainstorming Session on advocating against unpaid internships
- Did Twitter chat back in November on this topic (see #snaprt)
- SAA is going to stop posting unpaid internships on the job board (per Erin from November Council meeting)
- Study on unpaid internships? Women’s Archivists Section did salary survey, which is similar to what thinking (longer term project)
- Reaching out to College & University Archives Section to collaborate on something (still thinking on possibilities)
- Reaching out to student chapters - see if they have any ideas on how to confront this; see how jobs are posted at individual schools?
- Informal survey looking into different program’s requirements regarding unpaid internships; see what resources are available on this topic
- Post anything you find on unpaid internships in the #unpaid-internships text channel on Discord!
- Before meeting next month, Gayle will brainstorm a list of resources
- Create a formal statement for support when SAA formally announces ban on unpaid internships on the job board, and post on SNAP blog/listerv when the time comes
- Blog Team - Rachel
- There’s a blog team now - yay!! Laura and Joe
- Meeting tomorrow to go over plans for the blog
- Will be looking for new Year In The Life contributor - if you know anyone, let Rachel know; looking for anyone who is interested!
- Social Media - Tiffany and Kia
- Met with Elena last week, looking forward to hitting ground running
- Drafted social media schedule, alternating every 2 weeks
- #snaprt January 24th, 8 pm EST
- Potential early January #snaprt for archives resolutions 2019, looking back on 2018; probably first week of January
- Student Chapter Coordinator - Virginia
- Goals for the next year: reviewing Chapter Handbook and expanding it; want to add resources on how to launch new chapters, like to keep more regular connection between the leaders to keep people aware of what’s happening
- SAA in Austin this year, want to use as way to connect with student chapters in the Southwest to host events and connect them to each other
- Harry Ransom Center wants to host professional development workshop
- Host student chapter meet and greet?
- Web Liaison - Eve
- Resource Guide for New Members with Membership Committee - Brenna and Molly are working on this too, as well as members of the Membership Committee
- Additional updates?
- Remember this is a volunteer position, so if you need to take a step back, just let Elena know! Details not needed.
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