January 15, 2020
ACRL DVC Board Meeting Minutes
Attendees: Stefani, Mary, Jessica B., Adam, Elise, Karen, Sarah, Meaghan
- November Meeting Minutes approved and posted to blog.
- January Financial Report
- Adam researched an alternative to Wild Apricot (our association management software program) called StarChapter. StarChapter is more expensive and seems to make sense for larger organizations. Adam recommends renewing Wild Apricot
- After crunching numbers, Adam reported that Chapter operational costs (web hosting, domain name, Post Office box and Wild Apricot fees) add up to about $71 per month. The Chapter needs 51 members to cover these costs, aside from Conferences and supporting travel grants and stipends.
- Stefani, Jess, and Jasmine met to discuss the Fall Conference and are in the process of writing a dialogue about cultural humility that will be sent out to the membership and posted on the blog.
- Spring Conference Update
- Date: April 3rd at the Charles Library, Temple University
- The planning committee (Stefani, Jasmine, Aimee, Caitlin, Jessica, and Olivia) have met, chosen a topic and are preparing a call for proposals to be sent out soon
- Everyone will be asked to help spread the word out to the listservs and their libraries
- Legislative Day
- Discussion about what we could do to support participation in Legislative Day (May 4-5, 2020 in Washington DC.) Since no one has attended in recent years, Sarah asked whether the board position should be redefined.
- Social Event
- The Chapter will host a happy hour (snacks provided) on Thursday, February 27 at The Post located at 30th Street and Chestnut in Philadelphia
- We plan to invite Library School students and use the event to recruit new chapter members
- New members recruitment
- In addition to the social event, the Board discussed offering discounted memberships for lapsed and new members in conjunction with the Spring Conference
- Website
- Karen raised questions about the Chapter Google Drive folder organization and access