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