2007 ACH Executive Council Meeting Agenda

June 3rd, 9:30-4:30, Graduate School of Library and Information Science, 501 E. Daniel St., Champaign, IL.

1. Welcome and Introductions (15 minutes)
2. Meeting Formalities (15 minutes)
   • Additions to 2007 Agenda
   • Approval of 2007 Agenda
   • Approval of 2006 Minutes
3. Review of Executive Committee business (1 hr)
   • Review of 2006 2006 action items?
   • Questions on reports: finances? , membership, employment, nominating, website? , MLA Sessions, Publications? , LLC, Humanist?
4. DHQ (Julia): report
5. Membership (1 hr)
   • Issues
     • Mailshot
     • Liason with OUP
     • communication with members
     • outreach at events
     • clarity around subscription
   • Outcomes
     • Agree future initiatives for increasing membership
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 - 09 May 2007