Annotated Index to the NEA Minutes
4. Education
Consensus that educational role of NEA is most important. [6/23/78, p. 2]
Report of the Education Committee offers a number of conclusions and recommendations regarding the past and future educational activities of NEA. [10/20/78]
Workshop activities should be used to raise funds as well as provide education. [11/16/79, p. 3]
NEA will conduct workshops with specific topics, basic training sessions for 1/2 days for people in small repositories, and concurrent sessions at meetings to give registrants a choice. [4/26/80]
President will appoint an education coordinator to insure continuity in our educational efforts. [4/26/80]
Ideas for workshops should first be screened by the Education Coordinator in insure continuity. [4/26/80]
Registration for workshops should be paid to NEA, and the association billed for expenses. [6/20/80]
Term of Education Coordinator set at three years. [6/20/80]
Education Coordinator should not be responsible for the practical details of local arrangements, but should make sure that local arrangements run smoothly. [9/19/80, p. 4]
NEA should offer not more than two workshops/seminars per year. [9/19/80]
Workshop\seminar planners should submit a report evaluating the experience, including financial details. [9/19/80]
Fall programs should contain a strong educational component. Program committees should include a members of the previous committee. Chairpersons should pass on the file of previous programs to the next program chair. Formal evaluation should be required. [1/23/81]
Advance poll of members to determine size of workshops helpful for preparing examples. More hands-on experience should be offered, and participants should be grouped by size of institution. It should be a Board policy to thank the host institutions and the program planner after each workshop. [1/23/81]
Honorarium would be appropriate for leaders of special programs and registration fees should be adjusted accordingly. [7/16/82]
NEA annual scholarship proposed. [7/16/82, p. 5]
Workshops should be offered in two-day format. [10/8/82]
1978-1982 list of NEA activities. [1/14/83 App. 3E]
NEA can cancel a workshop if fewer than 25 people register. [1/14/83, p. 4]
Workshops reduced to one-day programs presented at regular meetings. Workshops requiring more than one day would be held at times other than the regular meetings. Programs would continue to be offered at basic, middle, and advanced levels. [4/22/83, p. 3]
Position of Education Coordinator divided between two individuals. [4/23/83, p. 3]
Grant proposal to NHPRC for regional cooperative education discussion and draft. [11/4/83, p. 6]
Task Force on Archives and Society established. [11/4/83]
Continue having workshops with regular meetings. [1/13/84, p. 3]
Meeting of reps from various records repositories in New England on 27 Jan 1984 at Clark University to serve as informal introduction to NEA educational proposal to NHPRC. [1/13/84, p. 7]
NEA education grant project will continue under direction of NEA; NEA education coordinators and the NHPRC state coordinators will become involved; and outside staff will also work on grant project. [4/13/84, p. 7]
Grant submitted for 1 Oct 1984 deadline. Final amount requested $55,380 for two years. NHPRC will decide on the proposal at Feb meeting. [11/2/84, p. 5]
Questionnaires may be helpful in future to learn what workshop applicants hope to gain. [2/8/85, p. 3]
David Horn will receive $150 to teach "An Introduction to Archival Methods". [2/8/85, p. 3]
Task Force on Archives and Society is compiling survey of archival literature to publish in Newsletter. Also discussed poster, design contest, discussion by rep of national Task Force on image of archives. [2/8/85, p. 5]
NEA Coordinator(s) to attend NEA workshops free. [5/3/85, p. 3]
Local arrangements person organizing workshops may attend free. [5/3/85, p. 3]
NEA should pay honorarium to persons teaching NEA workshops at rate of $100 per day. [5/3/85, p. 3]
Task Force on Archives and Society should present report of budget, timetable, and funding sources for New England Archives Week". [5/3/85, p. 4]
Pay $300 plus expenses to Maureen Sullivan to teach workshop at fall 1985 meeting. [6/28/85, p. 2]
Board asked Task Force on Archives and Society to carry out the proposals in their report. [6/28/85, p. 3]
Authorization for grant writing committee to proceed with a draft. [1/31/86, p. 5]
Proclamations for "New England Archives Week" from all six New England states. [4/25/86, p. 3]
Task Force will continue to work on approved initiatives and present a report at the fall meeting with recommendations for future activities. [4/25/86, p. 4]
Jimerson, P. Stark, and Llyn Conrad will work on archival education grant, and will poll Board members on 20 May about 1 June deadline. They will determine project director and host institution then. [4/25/86, p. 4]
Education grant will work out of the University of Connecticut at Storrs with Jimerson as project director. [6/13/86, p. 3]
Moseley to speak about SAA Council's activities re certification. [6/13/86, p. 4]
Procedure to replace Preston to be worked out. [10/24/86, p. 2]
NHPRC voted to defer action on the proposal in order to collect additional information. [1/16/87, p. 1]
Week of 18-24 October 1987 voted as New England Archives Week. [1/16/87, p. 2]
$30 workshop fee approved for Spring 1987. [1/16/87, p. 5]
Selection committee send resumes of potential interviewees to Board members for comments and committee will make the final decision. [5/15/87, p. 3]
Exhibit at SAA approved contingent on report of costs. [5/15/87, p. 3]
The Archival Education Specialist reported on the "Archival Education Through Cooperation" grant, including curriculum and administrative issues. [7/22/88, p. 3]
Progress report on "Archival Education Through Cooperation" grant. [10/28/88, p.2]
Sense of the Board that there should be tighter coordination between the Education Coordinators and the Committee on Long Range Planning. [10/28/88, p. 5]
Board voted to pay $200.00 toward expenses for Archival Education Specialist to attend NAGARA meeting. [3/31/89, p. 2]
NHPRC Education Grant report given. [3/31/89, p. 5]
Board voted to add $10.00 to cost of workshops and attendance at NEA meetings for non-members, the fee to cover membership for a year. [3/31/89, p. 5]
Education Coordinators notified Board that ethics workshop had been cancelled due to low registration. [3/31/89, p.5]
Board approved recommendation of Education Coordinators that they be replaced by an Education Committee. [3/31/89, p.5]
Voted to abolish Committee on Professional Development. [6/16/89, p. 2]
Questions concerning Education Project, including use of surplus funds. [6/16/89, p. 4]
Board authorized Education Project Committee to request an extension of the grant period from NHPRC. [6/16/89, p. 4]
Sense of Board that Committee should continue to send NEA mailings to workshop attendees for a transition period to encourage membership. [6/16/89, p. 4]
Sense of the Board that money available for committee beyond expenses of workshops. [6/16/89, p. 5]
Non-NEA members to be charged an additional $10.00 to attend workshops and will thus automatically become members. [6/16/89, p. 5]
Sense of Board that non-NEA members who have attended previous NEA workshops will be kept on the NEA meeting and workshop mailing list for the next 3 meetings. [6/16/89, p. 5]
Sense of the Board that a member of the Education Committee should serve on the planning committee for all future NEA meetings to coordinate workshop plans with meeting programs. [6/16/89, p. 5]
Education Committee to explore ways to follow up on the NEA education grant project. [6/16/89, p. 5]
Mailing for Spring 1990 meeting to be send to NEA educational workshop participant list. [11/2/89, p. 3]
Report and discussion of effort to coordinate work of the Education and NEA meeting program committees, including problems with time conflicts. Sense of the Board that themes should be chosen after consultation between interested committees. [11/2/89, p. 4]
Education Committee proposed a series of topical seminars or workshops organized around a theme or type of records, for example social welfare agency records. [11/2/89, p. 5]
Information added to report on NHPRC Education Project, including the extension of the grant period for another nine months, plans for a new series of workshops, and reports and publications. [11/2/89, p. 5]
Difficulty noted by vice-president of coordinating plans with large Education Committee. [1/12/90, p. 3]
Recent expenses for workshops had included up to $300 for honoraria and up to $90 for room charges. [1/12/90, p. 5]
Discussion of workshops to be conducted under a follow-up grant based on evaluations of Education Project workshops. [4/27/90]
Board moved to encourage Education Committee to apply to NHPRC for funding to meet June 1 deadline. [4/27/90]
Instructors to be sought through Newsletter. Education Committee to supervise selection of instructors for project. [4/27/90]
Board voted to raise payments to NEA workshop instructors to $200.00 per instructor per day, and $125.00 per instructor for half-day workshops. [4/27/90]
Question of whether occasional publications as described in objective 7 of Long Range Plan are an appropriate responsibility of Education Committee. [4/27/90]
Board to consider doctrine of fair use as a workshop theme. [4/27/90]
Final report of NHPRC project committee to be distributed to all interested members of NEA Board. [7/13/90, p. 3]
Status of NHPRC grant project manual. [7/13/90, p. 3]
Formal plan and request for Educational Committee to become a standing committee to be submitted. [7/13/90, p. 4]
Grant proposal to NHPRC to continue Education Project was rejected. Similar grant proposal to NEH was still pending. Other funding sources to be explored. [10/26/90, p. 2]
Liaison from Education Committee to Program Committee to be appointed for Fall meeting. [10/26/90, p. 2]
Report from Education Committee on four workshops for 1991. [1/25/91, p. 5]
Sense of the Board that effort should be made to consolidate membership surveys to be conducted by Outreach, Education, and Membership Committees. [4/26/91, p. 4]
Discussion of future Education Committee activities, including suggestions for changes in and themes for activities and workshops. [7/12/91, p. 5]
At request of Education Committee, Board members suggested topics and approaches for workshops. [11/1/91, P. 4]
Request from Education Committee for suggestions for programs. Discussion followed. [1/10/92, p. 4]
Education Committee Chair noted that the Education Committee may ask the Board to reconsider fees paid to instructors. [4/24/92, p. 4]
Committee agreed not to make a follow-up grant to NHPRC, and to offer the basic workshop once a year. [6/26/92]
NEA is expected to pay 1/2 of cost of joint workshops with SAA if enrollment is below 16. [11/13/92, p. 5]
Long-Range planning committee is to investigate additional educational formats such as special subject seminars. [11/13/92, p. 5]
Slaight will serve as chair of the Education committee for another year. [1/8/93, p. 2]
Discussion of what should be the formats presented by the Education committee. Is it limited to workshops, or can it include other formats. [1/8/93, p. 4]
Board voted that Education Committee use their judgment in arranging joint NEA/SAA workshops without a voice vote of the Board if the only costs to NEA are for half the cost of mailing. [6/25/93, p. 2]
Board agreed that advanced workshops may require larger honoraria and expenses, and that they should be organized as long as the budget covers the costs. The Board also agreed that workshops would not be cancelled except for extreme conditions because it would be too costly to cancel. Education Committee will draw up a letter of understanding with presenters. [6/25/93, p. 2]
Board agreed that there should not be any set rules for working with other organizations on workshops, but decisions should be made on a case-by-case basis. [10/29/93, p. 2]
The Board agreed that the current fee structure for workshops was working, and that it was not necessary to make a profit. If workshops consistently lose money, this policy should be reviewed. [10/29/93, p. 2]
Printout of NEA workshops since 1988. [10/29/93, Appendix F]
1/2 payment to instructors of workshop which was cancelled was authorized to cover preparation time. [4/29/94, p. 2]
The Board voted to pay travel and expenses to Tawney Ryan Nelb for architectural workshop if it is cancelled. [4/29/94, p. 2]
The Education Committee was asked to review costs of honoraria to see if they are sufficient. [7/14/95, p. 1]
The Registrar is responsible for sending confirmations of enrollment in workshops to enrollees. [7/14/95, p. 1]
The Education Committee is conducting a survey of the membership to determine what workshops will be given in the future and who is willing to be a presenter. [10/20/95, p. 2]
The Education Committee's long-range goals are 1)to strengthen ties between Program and Education Committees 2) to present basic workshops once a year 3) to conduct intermediate workshops as follow-up to basic workshop 4) to have other organizations sponsor workshops to share this responsibility with the Education Committee 5) to solicit feedback from membership 6) to help NEA membership develop their teaching skills 7) to create a database of membership teacher force. [10/20/95, p. 4]
The Education Committee should follow-through on all details when sponsoring SAA workshops and not the Local Arrangements Committee. [2/2/96, p. 3]
The consensus of the Board was that in future members of the Education Committee should not teach workshops. [7/12/96, p. 4]
The Education Committee may be interested in purchasing several "Fundamental Workshop" packets from MAC. [10/25/96, p. 4]
The Education Committee will establish a "Dr. Archives" table at semi-annual meetings, beginning with the Fall 1997 meeting. [10/25/96, p. 4]
Responses from the education survey done at the Fall 1996 meeting showed high interest in description, electronic records, special media (particularly photographs), and records management; the Education Committee will consider these responses when arranging future workshops. [2/7/97, p. 5]
The Board voted to authorize the Education Committee to explore possibilities for workshop teaching packets and to spend $250 to develop a teaching packet for the "Caring for Historical Records" workshop. [2/7/97, p. 6]
Julie Bressor suggested that the Education Committee put together an ad hoc curriculum review committee for the "Caring for Historical Records" packet once it has been prepared. [4/25/97, p. 5]
The Education Committee and SAA will use a standard contract when scheduling SAA workshops, beginning with the Fall 1997 workshops. [4/25/97, p. 5]
The Education Committee is planning a four-part cycle of introductory workshops. [7/16/97, p. 6]
Vote to adopt the policy that workshop instructors will not be paid an honorarium if a workshop is canceled due to lack of registrants. [10/24/97, p. 4]
NEMA to co-sponsor workshops at the Spring 1998 meeting. [1/28/98, p. 4]
Maureen Melton and Liz Andrews report on their attendance at two meetings concerning the Massachusetts Historical Records Advisory Board's planning project. [1/28/98, p. 7]
NEA to be a co-sponsor of MHRAB's "Documenting Massachusetts: A Community Forum" in April 1998. [1/28/98, p. 7]
Board discussion of difficulties in dealing with SAA in preparation for offering the workshop "Administration of Photographic Collections" at the Fall 1997 meeting. [1/28/98, p. 8]
Education Chair request to offer reimbursement for hotel expenses in addition to honorarium for workshop instructors if necessary; the Board agreed to consider this on a case-by-case basis. [4/24/98, p. 3.]
Vote to pay for lodging for the instructor of "Caring for Historical Records" at the Fall 1998 meeting. [7/17/98, p. 5]
Vendors have expressed interest in becoming involved with workshop instruction. [10/30/98, p. 4]
Vote to co-sponsor the Museum and Library Archives Institute by sending a set of membership labels at no charge. [10/30/98, p. 5]
Discussion re an NEA voting Board member being reimbursed for teaching an NEA workshop that directly conflicts with a Board meeting; consensus that this should not be done again. [10/30/98, p. 5]
Discussion of honoraria and reimbursement of hotel/mileage expenses for workshop instructors. Honoraria to remain at $125/$250. Vote to establish a flexible policy with a maximum amount that can be used for reimbursement according to the needs of the instructors. NEA will pay up to $75 in reimbursement for hotel expenses, meals, or mileage (at the current government rate). [1/8/99, p. 1]
Discussion of vendor participation at meetings, covering session and workshop participation, vendor showcases, and procedures for insuring that rules will be followed. [1/8/99, p. 2]
Discussion of National Forum on Archival Continuing Education. [11/5/99, p. 4]
Discussion of various types of mentoring and career development assistance that NEA might provide. Education Committee to follow up. [11/5/99, p. 6]
Board voted to co-sponsor the Museum and Library Archives Institute, to be held in June. [2/4/00, p. 5]
SAA preservation workshop at Spring 2000 meeting canceled because of low registration. [4/28/00, p. 6]
Education Chair reports on attending the National Forum on Archival Continuing Education meeting. [7/31/00, item 13]
Board discussed fees for workshops, currently $40.00 for full day workshops, $20.00 for half day workshops. [1/22/01, item 5]
Education Committee considered self-supporting - it arranges for workshops and sets the fees. [7/13/01, item 22]
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