{"id":790,"date":"2022-01-10T21:17:40","date_gmt":"2022-01-10T21:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.capitalarchivist.org\/caa\/?p=790"},"modified":"2022-01-10T21:17:40","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T21:17:40","slug":"call-for-feedback-on-constitution-bylaws-revision","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.capitalarchivist.org\/caa\/?p=790","title":{"rendered":"Call for Feedback on Constitution\/Bylaws Revision"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Hi,<br>In light of the world around us, the Capital  Area Archivists have not been very publicly active lately. However, the  CAA Board has still been meeting remotely at times to try and sort out  how CAA should function in our current environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In light of the world around us, the Capital  Area Archivists have not been very publicly active lately. However, the  CAA Board has still been meeting remotely at times to try and sort out  how CAA should function in our current environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We found the existing <a href=\"https:\/\/www.capitalarchivist.org\/caa\/?page_id=10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CAA Constitution<\/a>\n assumes that we regularly meet in-person, contains a lot of \nadministrative overhead for a small organization, and is a bit \noverly-formal. So, for the past year or so, the CAA officers have been \nworking on redrafting the CAA\u2019s rules into a new set of Bylaws, as well \nas introducing a Code of Conduct.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We are now asking for your feedback on the new documents:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1iMNy0hl12mGEK0-Mbk5T7fauswzRjrLkNuW5KUTo0y0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Capital Area Archivists Bylaws<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1NmjY35k_ZEooI6-a-PVvoCQHxoSnVWd10ooW_hGL4jg\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Capital Area Archivists Code of Conduct<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1xwvQhx9PYNX6_WrVVBx0aevNZExERQdy6wFJgolZ2d8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Procedures for Responding to Violations of the Code of Conduct<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These were the principles or goals that guided the revisions and were the reasons for the major changes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>To make CAA more remote-friendly and easier to administer without meeting in-person.<\/li><li>To de-formalize the bylaws and ensure that they are feasible to follow.<\/li><li>To reduce the number of officers, making it easier for positions to rotate regularly.<\/li><li>To make CAA more inclusive and welcoming, particularly to individuals or groups who have not participated in CAA in the past.<\/li><li>To\n make it easier to hold smaller professional development events when \nthere is interest, while preserving the annual Archives Dinner that has \nhelped sustain CAA in the past when it is safe and appropriate to do so.<\/li><li>Finally,\n to accommodate both periods of energy and slack. I think all of us \nalternate periods where we\u2019re excited to serve and support professional \norganizations with periods when we are overwhelmed and have no capacity \nto contribute. With that in mind, we reduced the regular operating needs\n as much as possible, and documented a list of \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/docs.google.com\/document\/d\/1iMNy0hl12mGEK0-Mbk5T7fauswzRjrLkNuW5KUTo0y0\/edit#heading=h.1uz9zpf8kcx3\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">minimum annual business<\/a>\u201d to help sustain CAA through fallow periods.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>You  are encouraged to comment on the documents directly, and we are also  holding an open Zoom meeting to discuss the changes on<strong> Thursday,  February 10<\/strong><sup><strong>th<\/strong><\/sup><strong>, at 2pm.<\/strong> The full invite is below, and you can register here: <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/albany.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tJcqc-2trz4pHtHwgBU4d-K6jWDZQe69YsD0\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/albany.zoom.us\/meeting\/register\/tJcqc-2trz4pHtHwgBU4d-K6jWDZQe69YsD0<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>We\n hope that once we incorporate your feedback, if the reaction is \ngenerally positive to hold a vote on this major revision according to \nthe existing Constitution. If the measured are eventually approved, the \nterm of the current Board will end and new elections will be held \naccording to the new Bylaws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Best, Greg<br><br>Greg Wiedeman<br>CAA President<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi,In light of the world around us, the Capital Area Archivists have not been very publicly active lately. However, the CAA Board has still been meeting remotely at times to try and sort out how CAA should function in our current environment. 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