Hi all,
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The vote on the amending the CAA Constitution into the new Bylaws has completed. The vote was nearly-unanimous in favor with 18 votes for and 1 vote against. Attached is the vote report.
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The current CAA board will work to update the website and send out a call for nominations for the new 4-person Governance Group to be elected under the new Bylaws. I encourage anyone who is interested to serve!
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Thank you to everyone who worked on these revisions! I¡¯m confident that CAA will more sustainable and steadily active going forward!
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Best,
Greg
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Gregory Wiedeman
University Archivist
M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives
University at Albany, SUNY
GWiedeman@...
518-437-3936
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From: Wiedeman, Gregory
Sent: Wednesday, March 9, 2022 12:16 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Capital Area Archivists Bylaws Vote
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Hi Everyone,
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Today, all Capital Area Archivists members should receive a ballot to vote on the amended Capital Area Archivists Bylaws. These will be sent out over email using Qualtrics.
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This is a vote to amend the existing Capital Area Archivists Constitution:
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Into the new Capital Area Archivists Bylaws:
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The new Bylaws also reference two supplemental documents:
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Capital Area Archivists Code of Conduct:
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Procedures for Responding to Violations of the Code of Conduct:
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Ballots will remain open for 14 days and close on March 23rd, 2022.
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Thank you to all who attended the open Zoom call and who provided feedback. We made one change based on the feedback we received. Previously Section 3.1(A) stated that any member may be expelled from membership by a majority vote of the Governance Group without
referencing any cause. This was because it was adapted from Article 7.5 from the existing Constitution which states that any Board Member may be removed without referencing a cause. Section 3.1(A) has been changed to read that members can only be expelled
for violations of the Code of Conduct.
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We¡¯ve decided to take an expansive interpretation of CAA members, as even with setting dues at $0 for the past two years there are many of use whose membership has technically expired. Thus, we¡¯re sending ballots to the all recent members going back to 2017.
There are also a few members who we do not have email addresses for, so if you do not receive a ballot, please email me at
gwiedeman@... to receive one.
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Thanks again to the current leadership for contributing to this revision:
Jenifer Monger
Jamie Brinkman
Katherine Federiconi
Melissa McMullen
Samantha Mahoski
Anastasia O'Neill
Brian Keough
Susan D'Entremont
Mark Wolfe
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Thank you for participating in the vote!
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Best,
Greg
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Gregory Wiedeman
University Archivist
M.E. Grenander Department of Special Collections & Archives
University at Albany, SUNY
GWiedeman@...
518-437-3936
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