Society of American Archivists Manuscript Repositories Section Annual Meeting

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Society of American ArchivistsManuscript
Repositories Section Annual Meeting

• Friday, August 4, 2006
• 1000 AM 1200 PM

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Agenda

• Welcome and Introductions (15 minutes)
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• Balloting Instructions and Collection of Ballots
  (15 minutes)
• Candidates
• Bylaws Change
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• Presentations When Bad Things Happen to Good
  People
• Brenda Gunn (15 minutes)
• Jim Cartwright (15 minutes)
• Discussion (20 minutes)
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• Voting Results and recognition of Steering
  Committee members rotating off (10 minutes)
• NOTE Steering Committee Meeting Noon
  130/200, location TBA. New and old Steering
  Committee members gather directly after the
  Section meeting.
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• Closing Discussion What can this Section do for
  you?  What should this Section do for SAA? (25
  minutes)
• Other business?
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• Adjourn

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Manuscript Repositories Section Steering
Committee

• Amy Cooper Cary, Chair
• Beth Bensman, Chair Elect
• Cynthia Miller, Past Chair
• Karen Spicher, Web Liaison
• Paul Atwood, Web Liaison

• Matt Darby
• Maria Estorino
• Morna Gerrard
• Sammie Morris
• Fernanda Perrone
• Jill Severn

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Ballots

• TWO ballots this year
• Candidates for Vice-Chair and Steering Committee
• By-laws change for web liaison

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Presentation When Bad Things Happen to Good
People

• Brenda Gunn
• Jim Cartwright

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Voting Results

• Nominating Committee
• Cynthia Miller, Chair
• Mat Darby
• Morna Gerrard
• Sammie Morris
• Rotating Off
• Maria Estorino
• Fernand Perrone
• Jill Severn
• Karen Spicher, Web Liaison

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Closing Discussion

• What can the Section do for you?
• What can you do for the Section?
• Filling in the gaps of our Section Records the
  SAA Archives at UW Milwaukee
• Creating a Section History?
• What is the best means of communication between
  the Section leadership and members?
• Newsletter
• Section Listserv
• Activities Section of the Website?
  http//www.archivists.org/saagroups/mss/activities
  .asp
• Communication between Council and Section?
• Network and Communication with other Sections?