September 6, 2011 BHL Executive Committee notes

BHL Executive Committee Conference Call Tuesday September 6 at 11 a.m. EDT
On Call: Tom Garnett, Cathy Norton, Martin Kalfatovic, Chris Freeland, Connie Rinaldo
Topics:A. gBHL Planning issues:Jana Hoffman will be at L&L so Henning would like her to attend the global BHL meeting. We agreed that this is appropriate. William has been working on agenda input for the meeting.Should be a draft MOU ready for approval at the meeting.Executive Council election status: Cathy will send out candidates (one for secretary--Connie Rinaldo and one for vice-chair-Nancy Gwinn) by Sept 15.
B. Technical update (Chris Freeland): Oct 28--Sherborn event hosted by ICZN: Chris and Suzanne are going. Cross-Ref, WP7 of ViBrant, meeting with Rod Page and meeting with Nigel Robinson, also Rich Pyle regarding sharing Zoo Record and related info.New UI rolled out and responses are positive. Martin noted that versions of the logo are available on the public wiki. Awaiting clarification from BHL Australia on logo issues. There has been one donation--don't have a report yet. There will be a weekly report. This is a tax deductible donation. We should plan a membership drive. Martin will check with development staff on timing.
Cathy and Chris are participating with the Biology of Aging folks at Arizona State. Humanities, philosophy and history of science opportunities."contextualization of BHL". Should result in an IMLS National Leadership grant. Gets BHL content into the hands of new groups. C. BHLEurope notes: Europeana interested in working with BHL on data and research space.
D. other: 1. Poster for Berlin 9 accepted (Connie Rinaldo, Bianca Crowley, Boris Jacob); jump in Spanish use of EOL with rollout

2. Tom noted that the March Institutional meeting should be scheduled soon since Tom will be leaving in March and Graham in October. Cathy's term will end as well. Cathy noted that we should review on the next IC call. DC or Boston? Chris noted that Boston is cheaper for most. Connie will explore with Jim if we can host this. Tom noted that he is retiring earlier in March rather than later. Everyone will be paying own way.