March 22 (Executive Committee)

22 March 2018

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Regrets:

Secretariat Update (MRK)
- Wikispaces replacement. For the public wiki, I would like to restrict editing access to Secretariat and Technical Staff. Starting to do some cleanup and pruning in preparation for the move. Part of this involves removing accounts. Most accounts on the public wiki were removed; for the private wiki, all people who have left BHL (and could be identified by their id) were removed. Still over 200 accounts on the site. (Connie says....I would like to discuss restrictions on editing access more.). MRK will make sure that there are options for things.

Technical Update (MRK) [Reminder: all Tech team call notes are here]
- Blog Move. Underway. We will have a beta site for review soon. Target date for launch is still on for later in the month.
- Full Text Search. No further updates since meeting. Members and others should take a look at the beta full text search site, and there will be official calls/invites from Carolyn to collect formal comments.
- BHL Egypt offer. Need to finalize various levels of offer. And what about BNF?

Topics from the Chair (Connie)
- Recap of 2018 Annual Meeting
  - Composition of Membership Committee. EC will select new Committee members based on those who volunteered at the Annual Meeting. See current information on Committee here. The EC selected three candidates for the open positions and will confirm with them that they will serve.
  - Review of Evaluations
  - Proposal that BHL adopt official meeting rules as Bylaws appendix, specifically, Roberts Rules of Order for running the business of the meeting and Chatham House Rules for discussion/reporting (Martin)
  - Expected Outcomes from the discussion group. Inquiring minds are already asking.
    - We have action items, right? (committee for print retention, Affiliate participation suggestions, others?)
    - Connie
  - CETAF ready to sign letter for reciprocal partnership: signing ceremony and voting in April
    - MOU signing photo op for Berlin at CETAF? Approved by EC

Planning for 2019 Annual Meeting (MRK/Connie/Carolyn)
- Never too early to start.