Accomplishments from this term
Completed Member Match Program
Held three quarterly events:
2 1 Tips and Tricks
Collaborated with DevPri where Dan Michaelson the Development Prioritization sub-team on an event where Matthew Neely provided a great presentation which facilitated lots of discussion and engagement with the more technical side of ArchivesSpace
Held a session reflecting on this year’s program where participants offered great suggestions for improvement, including:
Instituting a slack channel as an informal discussion board
Providing matches with discussion topics to inspire their meetings
Vary the date and time of events to allow for increased attendance from participants who have not been able to attend due to conflicts
Instituted first Friday informal events, a monthly open discussion event where any participants could come to talk with the program team about anything, ASpace related or not
Used the listserv for to provide updates about the Member Match program for discussion questionsto participants
Solicited feedback from program participants via the half-year survey and end of year feedback form
Launched next year of Member Match , 2023-2024
Improved match making workflow based on feedback
Brainstormed ideas to improve the program next year
Published “Making the Case for ArchivesSpace” document2024-2025
Included preferences for 2-person of 3-person matches to better reflect the desires of participants
Participated in reviewing the ArchivesSpace Code of Conduct
Mary and Regina met with Annie Benefiel to discuss how to reevaluate the Code of Conduct
Welcomed a community volunteer
Hired the Center for Scientific Collaboration and Community Engagement to lead our discussions on reevaluating and updating the language in the ASpace Code of Conduct
Challenges from this term
Struggled to keep up with listserv discussion questions, all members forgot at least once
Program participants did not engage with the discussions
Retention challenges as both the lead and vice lead resigned
Organizational issues, keeping on track with work plan
Retention challenges as a new member resigned as well as someone resigning just a month before the end of the term
Getting more Member Match participants to engage with our programming offerings, we had a small number of regular attendees but we struggled to connect with the more laid back participants
Priorities for next term
Create documentation on the Lead and sub-team responsibilities to keep confusion down and participation up
Continue Member Match program
Plan and implement a calendar of events/activities/discussion questions
Document outcomes, including keeping data on participation
Assess and make changes as needed
Implement a slack channel for informal discussion
Create a series of discussion topics to provide to participants
Vary the times and dates of Member Match events to increase attendance
Increase participant engagement in our programming opportunities
Collaborate with at least one UAC sub-team on a quarterly event
, possibly a new sub-team
Complete the review of the ASpace Code of Conduct violations
Leadership assignments for next term
Bailey and Patrick William Clements resigned from the sub-teamMary
Regina Carra resigned just one month before finishing her term on UAC
Jaime will serve as lead
TBD vice-lead
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Manage space
Manage content
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