The group met 2-3 times this quarter.
Recent Activities
First Activity
LITAchat planning –
planning for continuation of LITAchat on Twitter events was done with two LITAchats being planned.
October 26 LITAchat will be discussing LITA Forum 2018 with a member of CAM moderating the chat, and members of the LITA Forum Planning committee discussing what to look forward to.
November 30 LITAchat will be inviting 3 participants to share and discuss an interesting project they're currently working on.
Meets LITA’s strategic goals for Education and Professional Development, Member Engagement
Second Activity
Member Engagement opportunity at LITA Forum 2018 –
A member of MDC is reaching out to LITA Forum Planning folks to conduct a Post-It note feedback survey regarding LITA membership experience for assessment.
Meets LITA’s strategic goals for Member Engagement, Organizational Stability and Sustainability
Third Activity
LITA Happy Hour planning –
discussions and planning commencing regarding LITA Happy Hour at Midwinter Seattle. A few venues have already been identified with member of MDC located in Seattle to make contact with venues for planning.
Meets LITA’s strategic goals for Member Engagement
Fourth Activity
Conference Kickoff Planning –
discussion and planning on the conference kickoff/LITA Open House has begun for Midwinter Seattle. MDC has decided to make a recorded presentation discussing LITA's offerings at Midwinter and of being a LITA member as doing more virtual asynchronous engagement work is becoming more and more important. Depending on how the activity goes, a hybrid live/recorded kickoff event may take place at Annual 2019.
Meets LITA’s strategic goals for Member Engagement, Organizational Stability and Sustainability
Fifth Activity
LITA Tactical Plan –
Work is continuing slowly in regards to tasks on LITA's Tactical plan designated for Membership Development. To make some of the work and desired outcomes clearer and more succinct, a cleanup process of our Trello workboard has commenced to make action items more discernible and moving items that are more appropriate in Connect or Google Docs to those spaces.
Meets LITA’s strategic goals for Education and Professional Development, Organizational Stability and Sustainability
What will your group be working on for the next three months?
Continuation of event planning at Midwinter and LITA Forum, continuation of LITAchat events for January, February, and March, continuation of work on tactical plan tasks. Beginning discussions and planning for ALA Annual events.
Submitted by Robert Wilson on 10/12/2018