First Executive Committee Meeting Minutes
Saturday, April 21, 2007
9 - 9:30 am
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Present: Jill Coelho (Chair/Harvard);
Joseph Caruso (Vice Chair/Columbia); Atoma Batoma (Member
at-Large/U. of IL, Urbana-Champaign); Peter Limb (Ex-officio
Member--ALC Chair/MSU); Laverne Page (Ex-officio Member--LC);
Judy Eckoff (CRL); James Hill (CRL); Lauris Olson (Guest/U.
of Penn.)
Absent: Peter Malanchuk (Past Chair/U.
of FL); Faculty Representatives: Holly Hanson (Mt. Holyoke
College) and John Thornton (Boston U.); Emilie Ngo-Nguidjol
(Secretary/U. of Wisconsin); James Simon (CRL)
Coelho reviewed agenda. Coelho will call for volunteers
to serve on the Nominating Committee: to organize a ballot
for 3 offices: Secretary, Member-at-Large, and Faculty Representative.
Current occupants can run for re-election. Limb mentioned
communication with Faculty Rep (just elected in November
2006) Thornton and his subsequent e-mail regarding his interest
in Angolan archives. Preliminary discussion about proposed
membership fee increase and membership fee structure reform.
CAMP Executive agreed in principle that CAMP membership
fees should be raised. Coelho will call for consensus of
the business meeting about membership fees, structure, the
issue of consortia for smaller institutions, etc. A reminder
to CAMP members should be made about the general CRL purchase
of the remaining part of the German Colonial Archives.
Second Executive Committee Meeting Minutes
Saturday, April 21, 2007
12:30 - 1 pm
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Action Items from CAMP Business Meeting
- Nigerian State Documents: Before dis-encumbering the
$4000 that has been committed to the filming project and
that was previously being shepherded by Phyllis Bischof
(UC-Berkeley), Ruby Bell-Gam (UCLA) will check once more
with Simon Bockie (UC-Berkeley) on status of project.
- CRL Digitization Projects- prioritizing: James Hill
(CRL) will see if there are ILL records that can show
which are the most requested films. If so, the subcommittee
on Digitization and Newer Technologies, plus Joseph Caruso
(Vice Chair/Columbia) and Peter Limb (ALC Chair/MSU) will
work together to compile a list of items for digitization.
- Peter Limb (ALC Chair/MSU) and Gregory Finnegan (Harvard)
have volunteered to be the Nominating Committee for Faculty
Rep., Secretary, and Member-at-Large.
- The Membership Committee, with Atoma Batoma (Member-at-Large/U.
of Illinois) as liaison to the Exec, will work with the
CRL staff (James Hill, James Simon, Judy Eckoff) to arrive
at a presentation of the questions and variables of the
membership structure in preparation for a vote on the
amount and nature of a dues increase for CAMP. For example,
amount that fees should be raised, tiered fee structure
for CAMP members who are CRL members/non-members, and
voting rights for CRL members/non-members.
- Congo Newspapers: LC-Nairobi has requested $21.702 to
film. CAMP has voted to spend $5000 in the coming fiscal
year. This leaves a shortfall of $16,702. J.Coelho will
send out a message urging separate contributions from
CAMP institutions to the Congo newspaper project supporting
and reinforcing Judy Eckoff's message.
- Liberia project: CAMP has agreed to fund $3616, and
is referring any other requests back to Title VI.
- Senegal digitization training pilot: Referred back to
Title VI for discussion and decision on funding.
Minutes submitted by Joseph Caruso (Acting Secretary &
Vice Chair/Columbia)
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