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The Visual Materials (VM) Section seventh annual mid-winter meeting is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, 2009 February 20 - 21, University Park, MD, northeast of the Washington, D.C. metro area.  Save the date!

We will be planning the Section’s activities for 2009 and need the membership’s input and involvement. We’re trying to keep the cost down for attendees by providing family style meals at a low price, no registration fee, and plenty of free laughter.

Midwinter is a working meeting open to all Section members who wish to actively participate in section committees or working groups. A list of committees and brief descriptions can be found elsewhere on the VM web site. The goal of the meeting is to develop long-term projects and plan for the annual conference. The meeting is sanctioned by SAA but funding support is not available from SAA or the Section.

Please look over the draft agenda and send me any items you would like added. At the end of this email is a list of nearby hotels. If you have not done so already, please let me know you are coming, so we can have a head count. We look forward to seeing you in February!

Beth Bilderback
Visual Materials Section Chair

You will continue to see reminders and a meeting agenda as we get closer to this event. If you know that you will be attending the meeting or have questions, please contact me at bilderbk@mailbox.sc.edu . So mark you calendars and make plans to join us then.

Beth Bilderback Visual Materials Section, Chair

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Draft Agenda - 2009 January 12

Visual Materials Section
Midwinter Meeting
February 20-21, 2009
Washington, D.C.
 

Overview

Day 1 (Friday): Section administration, reports, brief discussions

Day 2 (Saturday): General brainstorming day: new initiatives, ideas for 2009 sessions, ideas for 2009 tours

Day 1
Welcome, introductions, logistics
Review of the agenda

Administrative Group (reports)
Three-year plan / goals review and revisions
Brief review (revisions likely throughout the meeting)
VM finances
t-shirt report
Book Fair
Annual SAA meeting
Session updates for 2009
VM Section tours / planning
Ideas for 2009 section meeting in Austin
Elections/Nominating for 2009-2010
Midwinter meeting review
Liaisons

Publications Groups (reports)
Newsletter (Views)
Bibliography
Website
Other publications
VM Reader Project
VM Special Issue of American Archivist

Education and Special Topics Groups (reports)
Professional Development/Education
Advanced Workshops
VMCAR
Preservation
Digital Collecting

Day 2

Discussion deferred from Friday
Annual SAA meeting / planning for 2009-2010
Session ideas
New Initiatives
Ideas from membership
Review action items

Click here to open a PDF of VM Midwinter Draft Agenda, 2009 in a new window.

[Please take a look at the record of the 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007, midwinter meetings to get an idea of what to expect. The 2008 meeting was canceled. - Web weaver]