2006 ACH Executive Council Meeting Agenda

July 4th, 2-5pm & July 5th, 9am-noon (Maison de la recherche Sorbonne)

Welcome and Introductions (15 minutes)
Meeting Formalities (15 minutes)
- Additions to 2006 Agenda
- Approval of 2006 Agenda
- Approval of 2005 Minutes
Review of Executive Committee business (1 hr)
- Review of 2005 2005 action items
- Questions on reports: finances, membership, employment, nominating, website , MLA Sessions, Publications, LLC, Humanist
DHQ (Julia): report and memo
Membership (1 hr)
- Issues
  - communication with members
  - outreach at events
  - clarity around subscription
  - regional structures
  - connection with ADHO
- Outcomes
  - identify role of membership liaison officer and initial tasks
  - appoint membership liaison officer
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)
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?
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
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 - 27 Jun 2006