New England Chapter Annual Report 2022
submitted by Memory Apata
Current Roster
2021-2022 Officers
- Sandi-Jo Malmon, Chair (2022)
- Lisa Wollenberg, Past Chair (2022)
- Memory Apata, Vice-Chair, Chair-Elect (2022)
- Brendan Higgins, Secretary-Treasurer (2022)
- Brendan Higgins, Member-at-Large (2022)
- Memory Apata, Newsletter Editor (2022)
- Emily Levine, Archivist (unlimited)
- Liz Berndt-Morris, Web Editor (2022)
- Patrick Quinn, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Justice Officer (2022)
2022-2023
- Memory Apata, Chair (2023)
- Sandi-Jo Malmon, Past Chair (2023)
- Terry Simpkins, Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect (2023)
- Carol Lubkowski, Secretary/Treasurer (2024)
- Emily Colucci, Member-at-Large (2024)
- Jennifer Hadley, Newsletter Editor (2022)
- Emily Levine, Archivist (unlimited)
- Peter Laurence, Web Editor (Spring 2024)
- Patrick Quinn, Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Justice Officer (2024)
Note that the current chair will continue as Past Chair until 2024, and current Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect will continue as Chair until 2024 and then Past Chair until 2025.
List of Previous Goals and Progress Made
- Document Committee Membership (Organizational Excellence): The board will better document current and past chapter committee membership.
- The board has maintained an accurate list of committee membership through the 2021-2022 appointment year.
- Identify a single location for the NEMLA Archives (Organizational Excellence):
- The NEMLA Archivist (Emily Levine) has formalized agreements to move our archives to the Boston Public Library.
- Re-engage lapsed membership (Expand Membership): The board has sent personalized welcome emails to new and returning lapsed members.
- We continued to give members the option to renew at our student/paraprofessional rate ($6/year) if they were facing financial hardships due to COVID.
List of Future Goals
- Improve access to information about the chapter (Goal 4: Strengthen Communication):
- Although NEMLA officers and committee chairs are asked to make a report at each NEMLA business meeting, the structure and content of these reports varies widely. The board will implement a procedure for officers and committee chairs to report their goals and outcomes each year and establish timelines for goals currently in progress.
- Goals identified in the annual report will be reposted on the NEMLA website to allow for greater transparency and accountability from the membership.
- The board will review and organize internal documentation in our Google Drive to improve discovery.
- Improve on-boarding process for new board members (Goal 4: Strengthen Communication):
- The board will meet remotely on a monthly basis for the 2023 fiscal year to support incoming board members and check-in on progress for 2023 goals.
- A change to the by-laws has been proposed to allow greater mentorship for the incoming NEMLA Chair from the Past-Chair. Members will vote on this change in Fall 2022.
- Embed EDIJ work at all organizational levels (Goal 3: Cultivate Inclusivity):
- With the guidance of the EDIJ Committee, craft goals at the leadership, committee, and individual levels centering EDIJ work. Report these goals out to the membership.
- The Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Justice Committee discussed recommencing the Oral History project in August 2022. This is still in an exploratory phase with a focus on capturing oral histories of a more diverse cross-section of current and former membership. The Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Justice Committee will investigate collaborating with a reconstituted Oral History Committee.