A regular meeting of the board of Capital Area Archivists was held
on Tuesday, March 7, 2000 at 4:30 p.m. in Borders bookstore in Albany,
New York.
Present: Dorothy Christiansen; Jessica Lacher-Feldman; Nancy Langford;
Jean Root Mahalov; Denis Meadows; Elizabeth Putnam; Geoffrey Williams.
Jean Root Mahalov,
President, called the meeting to order at 4:43.
I. Minutes
The minutes of the November 9, 1999 meeting were approved as amended.
The minutes were corrected to indicate that the State Archives is
remodeling, not moving.
II. Financial Report
The financial report of FY 1999 to 2000 was approved.
III. Directory of Board Members
Elizabeth circulated a draft directory of board members and corrections
were made as needed. The updated listing will be distributed at the next
meeting.
IV. Announcements
Jessica announced that she has accepted a position in the University
Archives of the University of Alabama. Jean pointed out that we will
need a new newsletter editor and webmaster. Elizabeth volunteered
to work on the website, and Jessica noted that the School of Information
Science and Policy will continue to host the site.
Jean announced
that she sent a note to Father Julian Davies to congratulate him on
the development of the new Siena College archives.
V. Spring Meeting
The spring meeting will be held on April 27, 2000 at 4:30. Dorothy
announced that the location will be the Helderberg Room in the new
University at Albany library. Members of the library's Special Collections
staff will lead meeting participants on a tour of the new library
and Brian Keough, Curator of Manuscripts, will speak about the library's
labor exhibit. Geoff will speak to Brian about coming up with a definitive
program for the meeting, and about the possibility of inviting staff
of other repositories with labor-related collections to discuss their
holdings. Dorothy will arrange for refreshments.
VI. Calls for Volunteers
Jean has joined the Capital Region Archives Dinner Committee. She
reported that this year's dinner will be at the Glen Sanders Mansion,
and that the theme will likely be canals. Jean asked for volunteers
to assist in the preparation and planning. The board approved a motion
to co-sponsor the event for at least one year.
Dorothy requested
volunteers to assist the LOAC (Lake Ontario Archives Conference) Local
Arrangements Committee.
VII. Membership
Jean and Geoff opened a discussion about the possibility of inviting
several additional members to join the board. Elizabeth suggested
developing a brochure to help expand membership, and Dorothy indicated
that one might already exist. She offered to look in the CAA archives
to try to find an existing brochure. Nancy offered to work on updating
the brochure.
Geoff suggested
making the SAA student chapter president an ex-officio member of the
board. Susan D'Entremont, the new DHP Regional Archivist, can also
be asked to join the board.
There being no
further business, the meeting was adjourned at 5:45 p.m.
Respectfully
submitted,
Elizabeth Putnam, Secretary, CAA
March 7, 2000
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