2025-2026
Committee Roster
Lara Speicher, UCL, Chair (l DOT speicher AT ucl DOT ac DOT uk)
Catherine Cocks, Syracuse
Alexandria Leonard, Princeton
Lara Mainville, Ottowa
Antonia Pop, Toronto
John Sherer, North Carolina
Stephanie Williams, Wayne State
Central Office Liaison
Peter Berkery
Central Office Support
McKenzi Thi Murphy
Charge
General Objective:
- Evaluate all applications from presses to become Association members in the various categories and recommend acceptance or rejection to the Board; as requested by the board or the executive director, review expressions of concern regarding an individual member’s adherence to membership eligibility requirements and make initial recommendations.
Specific Charges to the Admissions & Standards Committee:
- Provide timely, comprehensive consideration and evaluation of all applications from presses to become Association members in the various categories and recommend acceptance or rejection to the Board.
- Submit reports on Committee activities to the Association Board in time for its October, March, and June meetings. Interim reports are due on 10 October 2025, and 27 February 2026; final reports that recap all committee activities for the year and are shared with the membership are due 22 May 2026.
- Continue to mentor and monitor progress of Introductory members toward permanent membership. Specifically, produce an annual update document for Introductory members to submit in order for the Committee to assess their progress to member of affiliate member.
- Liaise with the Global Partnerships Task Force to explore the barriers to entry for a potential wider global membership and if appropriate propose a way forward.
- Liaise with the new Dues Structure Task Force as appropriate to explore requirements for potential new membership classifications.
- Begin creation of a best practices document for committee members to guide practices on application reviews.