California Chapter Annual Report 2021

submitted by Rachel Smiley

Current Roster

  • Rachel Smiley, California Chapter Chair (2023)
  • Julie Bill, California Chapter Past-Chair (2022)
  • Blair Whittington, California Chapter Secretary/Treasurer (2022)

List of Previous Goals and Progress Made

  • Membership
    • Began new mentorship initiative within chapter to promote outreach to MLS students, emerging professionals, and other disciplines beyond music
    • Maintaining zero fees for chapter membership for students and retirees to support economic equity
    • Continued use of virtual platforms for conferences, board meetings, social gatherings, and more for the chapter members encouraging participation unfettered by geographic limitations
  • Organizational Excellence
    • Chapter Board and leaders utilize Google Suite for communication, organizing documents and records, and event planning
    • Multiple members serve in web developer capacities to maintain accurate, up-to-date information on the Chapter sites, hosted by YM and Wordpress
    • Business meeting at the Annual conference is great opportunity for members to bring up concerns and/or ideas for the chapter’s growth

List of Future Goals

  • Membership
    • Continue to expand mentorship program to reach underrepresented groups in the chapter and organization
    • Considering future meeting partnerships with neighboring chapters (discussed possible joint with Pacific Northwest)
    • Work towards partnerships with recently formed local associations, like BIPOC_in_LIS, as well as other geographic branches of national organizations (west coast members of TLA)
  • Organizational Excellence
    • Explore repository options for born-digital materials from the chapter – Zoom videos, transcripts, meeting documents, etc.
    • Upcoming annual conference scheduled for October 2021