20240402- Board Of Publications Meeting - April 2024.
The April 2, 2024 Board Of Publications Meeting Agenda: Welcome and Review of Agenda [Penny] Roll Call [Zelda] Approval of Minutes from March 12, 2024 BOP Meeting [Zelda] Public’s Point of View [The BOP welcomes all guests and encourages you to ask questions, share comments, and make suggestions.] The ACB Voices BLOG and Member on the Mic
Update on MOM [Anthony]
ACB Voices reviewers for April and May [All]
Editor’s Report [Sharon]
Braille Forum Themes [Sharon] Have we gotten positive responses from the committees and affiliates from whom we requested content for May and June, i.e., “Aging and Vision Loss” for May; “Sight and Sound Impairment” and “June Teenth” for June?
The ACB-Conversation list [Jeff, Rick, All]
Have we implemented the 5-day time limit for individual threads that we discussed in March, and can Rick or Jeff send out a message describing how the newly implemented change will work?
Do we want to discuss list moderation again? Is it appropriate for elected leaders to moderate a discussion list for members? Should we expand the moderation team, or attempt to recruit additional members again? These are issues which ACB members, including affiliate presidents, have brought to my attention.
An announce-only list for ACB [Deb, Katie]
Is this possibility still under discussion?
BOP Editorial Manual Update [Penny, Zelda, Jeff, Deb]
Let’s try again to schedule a preliminary meeting to work on the update.[Penny, Jeff, Zelda, Deb]
Groups.IO Training on Main Menu [Jeff, Rick, Penny]
Thank you to Jeff, Rick, the ACB Media Team, many BITS members, and everyone who made this happen! When will the podcast and hand-out be ready? What is the date for Part II?
ACB Editors’ Quarterly Training Update [Zelda] BOP Participation at the ACB Convention [All]
Janet tells us that we can have an hour (between 4:00 PM and 5:15 PM on Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday, with Monday probably being our best opportunity for avoiding conflicts with popular convention events, for an in-person-only Board of Publications presentation or training. Do we want to do something at convention, and, if so, what?
BOP Awards [Sharon]
Please describe the ratings process, and let us know when to expect the list of qualifying articles for our review and the deadline date for getting in our ratings.
ACB Media Report [Rick] Candidates Pages Reminder [Penny]
May 20: Your submissions are due.
June 19, BOP Candidates Forum
Additional Topics? [All] Adjourn
Next BOP Meeting: Tuesday, May 7, 2024 beginning at 9:00 PM, ET
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