S-USIH Minutes January 2019

Executive Committee Meeting

Mon. Jan. 14, 2019, 4pm EST

Attending

Sarah Gardner, Andrew Klumpp, Richard Candida Smith, Natalia Petrzela, Tim Lacy, Sara Georgini, Rebecca Brenner

Agenda

Update on SUSIH’s Charitable Status

Conference 2019 Update

Lora’s Blog Update Via Richard

Conference 2020 Update

President’s Update

Update on SUSIH’s Charitable Status:
All of paperwork is in with IRS, and we are now waiting for IRS
Might be officially resolved mid-year or in the fall

National Council for Public History is our “charitable institution,” in Ray’s department

Conference 2019 Update

Natalia:
Almost all of the plenaries and keynotes are all set

USIH Blog editor will moderate publishers’ plenary

CFP will now include individual papers

Sarah: MLA mails badges to attendees in advance, and AAR emails badges with registration & organization supplies the lanyard. Investigate whether these are possible?

Natalia: Freshman design student might design badges

Andrew: AAR emails PDF, and then conference has a scissors station

Natalia: Wants lasting tote bags for good advertising, plus sustainability

Maybe water bottles with our logo

Rebecca: Someone from The North Star should be on the publishing plenary

Lora’s Blog Update

Via Richard:
Survey will be distributed to our readership

Asks if committee has specific questions about readership

Expanding into pre-twentieth century content

Diversifying contents and topics
Book review pretty much every week now

Have scholars contact Richard and Robert if they want to review a book for USIH

Sara: How long have you been reading the blog, and lots of other good questions

Conference 2020 Update

Sara:
Boston conference will be happening

Sarah will be visiting Sara in May

Learned a lot reading Tim’s report

Brief discussion about what time of year our conference should be in the future

Rebecca: In 2020, do we want it before or after the election
Sarah: There were many tears in the early 2000s

Maybe Columbus Day weekend or Veterans Day weekend

No Friday and Saturday night plenaries in New York and Boston because other things to do

President’s Update

Sarah:

Prize announcements are up on the website

Submission deadline is later than it has been

Committee on sexual harassment and bullying is in progress

Ad hoc committee to examine sponsor panels