S-USIH Minutes April 2018

Executive Committee Meeting

April 10, 2018, 11:18am EST

Attending

Kevin Schultz, Leah Gordon, Richard Candida Smith, Natalia Petrzela, Tim Lacy, Rebecca Brenner

Agenda

President’s Update

Approval of Minutes

Personnel Matter

Appointment of new Blog Editor and discussion about blog

President’s update

The election date will be in May

All offices are up for renewal this year

Kevin and Leah are stepping down from President and Treasurer respectively

Try to expand the circle widely within our field

Tim: Signal to Society that we are doing the above, by placing referendum on our election

Kevin: That would be one more committee to recruit

Richard and Natalia: Agree that we should have a nominating committee

Richard: In most societies the nominating board is an elected position

Kevin: May add nominating committee to the bi-laws

Minutes from last meeting are approved

A personnel matter was discussed

Appointment of Lora Burnett for the position of Blog Editor

Unanimous vote

Discussion about blog

Need governance for a blog with structure

Need more bi-laws relating to blog because not much tells us what to do or how to do it

Rebecca: Lora is the heart and face of the blog

Kevin: Lora will serve a 3-year term ending on August 31, 2021

Meeting adjourned at noon EST.