Annotated Index to the NEA Minutes
15. Public Relations
Division of NEA public relations duties. [1/6/89, p. 4]
Public Relations coordinators developing regional mailing list and needs Board aid. [3/31/89, p. 6]
Public Relations coordinators should copy and sent all NEA stories they find in publications. [3/31/89, p. 6]
Public Relations coordinators working on a press release kit. [3/31/89, p. 6]
Request for clarification of difference between roles of the Public Relations Coordinator and the Outreach Committee. [1/25/91, p. 7]
Committee requested guidance from the Board concerning publicity goals. [4/26/91, p. 6]
Board members suggested that Public Relations Coordinators consult list of museums, regional repositories, and state associations created by Julie Bressor. [11/1/91, p. 6]
Public Relations Coordinators sent press releases to Bay State Historical League and the New England Museum Association. Estimated annual expense for postage was given as $150.00. [1/10/92, p. 5]
Coordinators circulated a list of associations and news outlets contacted concerning publicity for the Spring 1992 NEA meeting. They are attempting to add more library associations to their data base. [4/24/92, p. 5]
To ensure meeting deadlines, a self-addressed envelope will be sent along with the next press release requesting deadline information from each publication. [10/29/93, p. 4]
The PR mailing list has over 100 associations. Request to put meeting notice in the Archives LISTSERV was made. [4/29/94, p.3]
PR coordinator's job description will be revised to include acting as liaison with vendors and advertising for semi-annual meetings; responsibilities will include maintaining a vendor list and lining up vendors for meetings. [7/12/96, p. 3]
The Board voted to accept the PR coordinator's job description as revised. [10/25/96, p. 5]
The outgoing PR coordinator reported that the Massachusetts Historical Society has been mailing NEA materials free of charge, so the new PR coordinator may need an extra $70 in the annual budget. [4/25/97, p. 6]
Vote to approve the appointment of Aimee Felker as Public Relations Coordinator. [10/24/97, p. 6]
Felker presented a proposal for an annual coordinated fund raising appeal. [1/28/98, p. 4]
Felker is updating the information in the 1996 vendor database. [4/24/98, p. 4]
Fundraising letters were sent to 67 potential donors and several have committed to donations of several hundred dollars. [7/17/98, p. 6]
$3100 was raised from vendors for the Fall 1998 meeting. [10/30/98, p. 3]
Vote to authorize Felker to work with vendors to arrange give-aways at meetings. [10/30/98, p. 3]
The Board agreed in principle that by the April Board meeting, sites would be planned for the next year's spring and fall meetings, and program theme/committees and local arrangements committees would be in place, so that fundraising efforts would be worth the time and expense. [10/30/98, p. 3]
Board approval of Felker's proposed fundraising categories. [10/30/98, p. 4]
Several vendors have expressed an interest in becoming involved with workshop instruction. [10/30/98, p. 4]
Vote to accept job descriptions for the position of Public Relations Coordinator and the new position of Development Coordinator (to be responsible for fundraising). [1/8/99, p. 2]
$2500 raised from 5 vendors for the Spring 1999 meeting, $1000 for the Fall 1999 meeting, and $500 for the Spring 2000 meeting. [4/9/99, p. 3]
Vote to approve the appointment of Ron Patkus as Development Coordinator. [11/5/99, p. 6]
The Board voted to co-sponsor (by providing membership labels and publicity) a workshop on electronic records management to be held at Simmons this spring. [2/4/00, p. 1]
The Board noted that press releases about meetings should include all information available about any upcoming meetings, and that all press releases should include NEA's URL. [2/4/00, p. 5]
The Board voted to co-sponsor the 3rd Annual Community Forum on Historical Records on May 9, 2000. [2/4/00, p. 7]
The Board voted to co-sponsor the Essex National Heritage Commission's conference, "The Road to Success: Preserving the Historical Records in Essex County,"to be held on May 15, 2000 by providing $25.00 and a set of NEA mailing labels. [4/28/00, p. 1]
Announcements for the Spring 2001 meeting will be sent to non-NEA arts organizations in addition to the regular recipients. [4/28/00, p. 5]
Board noted that whenever labels are sent out, they should be accompanied by a letter that sets out NEA's policy for one-time use of the labels, and suggested that vendors should be required to sign an agreement letter to insure that they do not enter NEA's database information into their own databases. [4/28/00, p. 5]
Board voted to approve Development Coordinator's recommendation that vendors be given one-year institutional memberships in the year in which they contribute to NEA. [7/31/00, item 9]
Board voted to accept the NEA Co-sponsorship policy. [7/31/00, item 28]
Board voted that President Felker write a letter in suppport of the Dartmouth grant proposal. [7/31/00, item 34]
Reminder of the idea of putting vendor information in meeting packets for Spring 2001 to make up for lack of vendor presence at that meeting. [10/20/00, item 17]
Public Relations Coordinator reported that he sent out a total of 137 releases to advertise the most recent meeting. [10/20/00, item 18]
Public Relations Coordinator issued a press release on the winner of the Distinguished Service Award. [1/22/01, item 9]
Public Relations Coordinator provided Local Arrangements with the names of 35-40 local arts organization for meeting with an arts theme. [1/22/01, item 9]
Idea of vendors being offered as an option for the sessions before and after lunch, and vendor showcase listed on the program. [1/22/01, item 17]
Development Coordinator states that vendor showcase has been a good selling point with vendors. [5/4/01, item 10]
For Spring Meeting where vendors were not allowed, a "package" was offered to vendors. [5/4/01, item 14]
Public Relations Coordinator advised to advertise New Haven meeting in New York area. [5/4/01, item 20]
Outreach Committee chair wrote a report for vendors on brochures handed out at Archives Roadshows events. [7/13/01, item 4]
Development Coordinator states that it is up to the Coordinator's discretion to sell NEA address labels. Discussion of price of address labels. [7/13/01, item 9]
Discussion of rate for non-profit vendors. [7/13/01, item 9]
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