2023-2024
Committee Roster
David Aycock, Baylor, Co-Chair (David UNDERSCORE aycock AT baylor DOT edu)
Michelle Sybert, Notre Dame, Co-Chair (msybert AT nd DOT edu)
Rebecca Brutus, Cornell
David Famiano, California
Paloma Friedman, McGill-Queen’s
Meagan Levinson, Cornell
Kemi Ogunji, South Carolina
Alison Welsby, Liverpool
Board Liaison
Jane Bunker, Cornell
Central Office Liaison
Alexis Fagan
Central Office Staff Support
Trevor Nau
Charges
General Objective:
- Organize the main program and procure speakers/panelists/moderators for the 2024 Annual Meeting to be held June 11 to 13 in Montréal, Quebec.
Specific Charges to the 2024 Annual Meeting Program Committee:
- In organizing the main program and procuring speakers/panelists/moderators, create sustainable opportunities and frameworks for EJIB initiatives and have your liaison to EJIB invite input from the EJIB Committee and membership in order to generate continued progress and expansion for future meetings.
- Implement creative solutions to engage and invite participation from non-US-based membership, learned societies, and AUPresses members throughout all stages of their careers; develop strategies to prioritize accessibility for all.
- Promote opportunities for organic networking throughout the program.
Common Charges to All Committees of the Association:
- Include your board and staff liaisons in all committee communications and activities.
- Use UP Commons as your primary communications and collaboration tool.
- Encourage discussions on appropriate UP Commons groups.
- Coordinate all research and survey activity through the Central Office.
- Seek opportunities to support the Association’s core value of diversity & inclusion by engaging in activities and developing programs that include participation from diverse members of the community and/or that aim to increase equity and inclusivity in our community.
- Seek opportunities to support the goals of the Association’s 2016 membership restructuring by integrating into your committee activities the participation of colleagues from non-North American member presses.
- Support the Annual Meeting Program Committee as requested, and include in your final report to the board any suggestions for future programming your committee identifies over the year.
- Seek opportunities when conducting activities and events to recruit new members to serve on your committee in future years, being sure to emphasize diversity, equity, and inclusion in your efforts; include in your final report to the board discussion of your recruiting efforts; share with the Executive Director the names of potential future committee members.
- Submit reports on Committee activities to the Association Board in time for its October, March, and June meetings. Interim reports are due on 22 September 2023, and 1 March 2024; final reports that recap all committee activities for the year and are shared with the membership are due 31 May 2024. (For convenience, please reproduce your Charge & Tasks at the beginning of all reports, and list the names and institutional affiliations of all committee members, along with board and staff liaisons.)
- Apply the lens of equity, diversity, inclusion, and decolonization to all committee work.
- Appoint a member of your committee to serve as a liaison to the Equity, Justice, Inclusion, and Belonging Committee, providing updates on your committee’s EJIB efforts, seeking information, support, or guidance on EJIB matters as needed, and attending Fall and Spring meetings for liaisons sponsored by EJIB Committee.
- Review your General Objective and Specific Tasks at the end of the service year and recommend changes for next year to the Executive Director.