SIL2011_28_Sept_2011

SIL BHL Task Force

28 September 2011

1. BHL Governance updates
   Nancy Gwinn was elected as vice-chair of the Executive Committee; Connie Rinaldo will continue as re-elected secretary. From the SIL EC Minutes (9/26/11): NEG reported that the BHL governance structure is now in place. There are now two levels of membership, the Institutional Council (those institutions that sign an agreement to participate in BHL) and the Steering Committee (those institutions that put $10,000/year; these are: SIL, MOBOT, NHM, Kew, MBL/WHOI, CalAcademy, HU/MCZ) that will manage the BHL. An Executive Committee will be elected from those on the Steering Committee. For communication purposes, the Executive Committee will hold weekly calls (with Steering Committee members invited to participate); monthly Steering Committee calls; and quarterly Institutional Council (all of the above institutions plus: NYBG, ANSP, Field, AMNH, Cornell) calls.
   
   In the election for the new officers, NEG was elected as vice-chair of the Executive Committee and Connie Rinaldo (Harvard, Museum of Comparative Zoology) was elected as Secretary. The Executive Committee will be composed of Cathy Norton (Chair, MBL/WHOI), NEG (Vice-chair, SIL), Connie Rinaldo (Secretary, Harvard, MCZ). Non-voting ex officio members are Tom Garnett, MRK, Chris Freeland (Missouri Botanical Garden).
2. New BHL business card prototype
   GC showed of the new prototype of the BHL business card that we'll have for Life and Lit; if everyone likes them we can print more with
3. Ingest of SIL Orange Bag items
   There is a process in place; volunteers are moving files from CD/DVD to harddrives and also cropping the images; Wilkes will be near the end because of various complexities
4. Planning for CAS visit to Washington, DC, November 8/9/10/11
5. Planning for Boris Jacob visit. Arrive 4 November now
6. Possible "lunch with BHL" event for people interested in learning more about BHL
   Everyone likes this idea and we'll organize something; BC will talk with Cyndy Parr about an EOL/BHL event
7. Exploring Expedition subject headings for scanning: how do we do it, do we want to do it, etc.
   DS will look into some of this with help from GC and BC