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Conversation starters for increasing Visibility:
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“Community” is defined broadly as any user of ArchivesSpace, not limited to just creators of archival description and not limited to those who are part of member institutions.
What do Do you have any ideas for increasing the visibility of TAC/UAC and our work to the community? This question is purposefully broad.
Is there anything you wish the council community (the other people serving on UAC/TAC) knew?AS user community knew about the councils or the work?
Do you wish you could engage the community more directly in your work on councils? What answers would you like from the community?
Have you ever reached out to the community for council work? For example, have you ever posted a question to the listserv to help address a work item for your sub-team(s)? Does that sound like a good idea or a bad idea and why? What do If you have done so, did it help, or was it successful?
What about the opposite: There is a risk of too many voices on a single topic. Please feel free to discuss the idea that engaging the community might be problematic for your work (too many chefs). Are there too many community thoughts in your work on councils, or too few?
Is there anything you want to show off from this term or from a prior term?
What do Is there anything you wish the board knew?
Reaching outward is one thing, but reaching upward is another. We can engage with the community, but we may also wish to engage with the board.
TAC and UAC Chairs provide quarterly reports to the board and have a board representative. In addition to summaries, we may also raise concerns and ideas. But what are theseDid you know that? Now that you do, would you raise a concern or an idea to the board?
Conversation starters for Improving workflows:
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