Minutes: February 2, 2012 (Officer’s Meeting)

When: February 2, 2011, 5:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
Where:Outside Java City
Attendees: SCoSAA officers (Amanda Strauss, Camille Torres, Jasmine Jones, Sarah Donovan, Alessandra Morgan)
Recorded by: Jasmine Jones


  1. February Events
    1. Just Desserts
      1. P 207
      2. Monday, 6 February, 4:30 to 5:30 pm
        1. Setup at 4 pm
      3. Talk about February events
      4. Drinks (Jasmine) and Desserts (Camille)
    2. ACA events
      1. Gregor, SAA President, and alum discuss ACA
        1. Thursday, 9 February, M201, 12 to 1 pm
        2. Raffle off test registration
        3. Recorded by GSLIScast
      2. Debrief
        1. Monday, 13 February, P 207, 4:30 to 5:30 pm
        2. Drinks (Jasmine) and Snacks (Camille)
    3. Mass Memories Road Show Lunch
      1. Documenting the 250 counties of Massachusetts
        1. Like Antiques Roadshow and Storycorp
      2. Talk about the event and call for volunteers
      3. Thursday, 23 February, 12 to 1 pm, M201
      4. Cookies (Michelle) and juice (Camille); advertise as bring-your-own lunch event
      5. Find out if able to GSLIScast it
    4. I Found It In the Archives contest
      1. Disbanding the contest
      2. Encouraging submission straight to SAA
  2. March Events
    1. Workshops
      1. Presentation skills with Donna Webber
      2. Resume with Donna Webber
      3. Mock Interview with CEC & ALASC
        1. May work with Panopticon as well
          1. Afternoon event with professionals for mock interviews
      4. Publication workshop with Panopticon
        1. Digital Humanties with Anne Whiteside, Harvard GSD
        2. Camilles coworker who writes on reference
    2. Tour at American Antiquarian Society (Worcester)
      1. GSLIS vans? (Michelle) Zip cars?
      2. May have to ask participants to pay ($5) to attend
    3. NEA
      1. Wiki rideshare
    4. SCoSAA Elections
      1. Elections right after spring break
      2. New officers in place by April
      3. Training in the month to follow
  3. April Events
    1. Remaining workshops
    2. Grad Symposium
      1. 20 April: SCoSAA Reads
        1. Read, The File, Timothy Garren Ash
        2. Documentary about the Stazi
          1. Copyright on the film; cost of public showing
        3. Discussion on the book and documentary
        4. Co-sponsored by the Book Club and ALASC
        5. Announced mid-February
      2. 21 April: Symposium
        1. Co-sponsoring with LISSA for funding
        2. Opening remarks and four panels
        3. Volunteer tasks
          1. Day of coordinator
          2. Moderator
            1. All of us are willing to moderate
            2. Call for moderator volunteers
            3. Moderator meeting
          3. Program design (Jasmine)
          4. GSLIScast (Allie)
            1. Ask panelists for permission to record
          5. Day of photos (All of us)
        4. Website (Allie)
          1. Dedicating a page to the symposium
        5. Budget
          1. Co-sponsorship with LISSA and/or SLA
          2. Possible split on food with SLA
    3. Preservation week
      1. Sarahs panel
        1. How to market you archives, especially to administration
        2. Working with the management school, Anne Sauer from Tufts, Donia Conn from NEDCC
        3. Early April
        4. Sarah to take the lead
        5. Possibly asking someone from Donia Conns class to work with Sarah on the panel
  4. Other projects in the making
    1. Job-shadowing
      1. Place about 20 students
      2. Revising the application form
        1. Including where participants are willing to go
      3. Give a report to NEA about it
    2. Allies panel from last fall
      1. Maura Marx from DPLA
      2. Organize with ASIST
      3. March
    3. Dominics talk/coffee hour
      1. Lunchtime talk about his work with NARA
      2. Needs projector
    4. End of the year celebration
      1. Off-campus possibly
  5. Officers
    1. Projects?
    2. Suggestions?