2006 ACH Executive Council Meeting Agenda

July 4th, 2-5pm & July 5th, 9am-noon (Maison de la recherche Sorbonne)

1. Welcome and Introductions (15 minutes)
2. Meeting Formalities (15 minutes)
   • Additions to 2006 Agenda
   • Approval of 2006 Agenda
   • Approval of 2005 Minutes
3. Review of Executive Committee business (1 hr)
   • Review of 2005 2005 action items
   • Questions on reports: finances? , membership, employment, nominating, website? , MLA Sessions? , Publications? , LLC, Humanist
4. DHQ (Julia): report and memo
5. Membership (1 hr)
   • Issues
     • communication with members
     • outreach at events
     • clarity around subscription
     • regional structures
     • connection with ADHO
   • Outcomes
     • identify role of membership liaison officer and initial tasks
     • appoint membership liaison officer
6. ADHO Governance (1 hr)
   • Issues and discussion
     • bring ACH EC up to date on governance issues (Lorna)
     • membership issues and governance
   • Outcomes
     • approve governance documents
     • nominate and vote ADHO Steering Committe representative (voting position)
7. ADHO Conference planning and protocol (1 hr)
   • review of documents, including http://digitalhumanities.org/view/Adho/GovernanceProtocol
   • discussion of 2007 conference
   • appoint members to 2008 programme committee
   • bids for 2008 conference?
8. ADHO and ACH Website (1 hr)
   • Issues
     • appeal of website (http://www.ach.org/)
     • purpose of website and relation between ACH and ADHO webs
     • newer standards compliance
     • ongoing maintenance
   • Outcomes
     • reinvigorate website through update proposal
9. Outreach, Employment and Mentoring (1 hr)
   • Issues
     • report on Digital Humanities Institute: http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/institute/ (Ray)
     • mentoring outside of conference
     • mentoring through the year
     • mentoring at different levels
     • coordination with other ADHO groups
   • Outcomes
     • maintain strength of current programme and consider expanding in sustainable ways

-- Main.StefanSinclair - 27 Jun 2006