2022-11-01 Board Meeting

tags: UF Caprentries Meeting Minutes

Meeting Info

• Location: Remote

• Date: 2022 November 1, 13:00 ET

• Agenda

1. Introductions
2. Approval of October 18 Board Meeting minutes
3. Board nominations & elections update
4. Libraries workshop update
5. Intro to R workshop organization delegation
6. IFAS report update
7. Sponsorship emails
8. Other business

• Participants:
  • Audrey Smith, Cory Brunson, Ali Alruzuq, Plato Smith, Ke Zhang
  • Meeting Chair: Audrey
  • Meeting Secretary: Cory

Notes

Introductions

All participants were acquainted so introductions were skipped.

Approval of October 18 Board Meeting minutes

Some minor adjustments were discussed

• what decision was made on how to handle lunches at the next in-person meeting

Board nominations & elections update

• Audrey will send one email:
  • election instructions
  • an update on rolling nominations

Libraries workshop update

• confirmed for December 1–2
• 2 instructors confirmed, 1 more being sought
• need to solicit helpers (delegated to Amanda)

Intro to R workshop organization delegation

• tentatively will be co-organized by Cory and/or Natya and an incoming board member
  • plan to coordinate by email or at next board meeting, after elections have concluded

IFAS report update

• Cory will email Geraldine again about meeting
  • IFAS benefits from having workshop registration & attendance numbers

Sponsorship emails

• need to begin delegating sponsorship emails to be sent in January
• new associate dean Emily McElroy needs to be included in sponsorship requests to the Health Libraries
• Audrey will share templates and spreadsheets with incoming board members after the election

Other business

Plato asked about our membership fees

• we changed from gold to lower tier to pay only for instructor training slots that meet member interest

Next meeting

• 2022 November 15, 13:00 ET
• Chair: Audrey
• Secretary: Cory