The Data Standards Committee (DSC) was established in 1993 to meet the visual resources community's growing need to manage complex visual collections in the networked environment. Our charge from the Visual Resources Association is "To develop, advocate and promote standard descriptive practices in visual resources collections that will facilitate the management, organization, and exchange of information."
More specifically our goals are:
Charge: To nominate a slate of candidates to run for offices of the Association; to prepare the candidates’ statements and a ballot for submission to the membership with approval by the Executive Board; appoint tellers to monitor the balloting; and to notify the candidates and the President of the results.
Charge: To assess the Visual Resources Association's (VRA) current publications, advise on potential new publication formats, and consider how they will operate within an overall communications program. With an eye to ongoing developments, the Publishing Advisory Group (PAG) will provide counsel and oversight to guide the future course of the VRA publications program. Responsibilities include: using recommendations in current VRA Strategic Plans to create and sustain a comprehensive, flexible, and forward-thinking VRA publications program; recommending changes in existing publications; and pursuing new modes of communication in light of technological advances and the efficient use of organization resources. The PAG will work with the VRA's Public Relations and Communications Officer as well as collaborate with individuals and committees involved in Association publication activities. All changes to the VRA Publications program will require VRA Board approval.
The Committee is responsible for:
Assisting the Treasurer in maintaining surveillance over the funds and investments of the Association with the goal of steadily increasing the assets while providing funds.
Ensuring that the Association maintains a reserve fund equal to 6 months of current operating expenses.
Reviewing and revising, at least annually, the Association’s strategy for long-term financial growth and stability with the goal of hiring a management firm to perform the daily operations of the Association.
Investigating for the Treasurer investment vehicles for the Association; the Treasurer will submit the recommendations of the committee to the Executive Board for approval.
Working with the Development Committee to ensure that funds raised by that Committee are appropriately allotted or invested.
Ensuring that the Investment Policy and the Treasurer’s Manual are reviewed and updated regularly.
VRA Regional Chapter Chairs Meeting
Planning meeting for the 2013 VRA Conference in Providence, Rhode Island. Members of VRA New England Regional Chapter, VRA Executive Board, and interested others are all welcome to attend.
Cindy Abel Morris , University of New Mexico; VRA Vice President for Conference Arrangements, Incoming
Brian Shelburne, University of Massachusetts Amherst; VRA Vice President for Conference Arrangements
The purpose of the SEI is to provide information professionals with valuable training and education in the area of visual resources and image management. Under the direction of the Executive Boards of the Art Libraries Society of North America (ARLIS/NA) and the Visual Resources Association Foundation (VRAF), the Implementation Team (IT) is charged as the management group for the Summer Educational Institute (SEI) providing or coordinating administration, local arrangements, registration, scheduling, fundraising, publicity, curriculum, instruction and teaching materials.
Meeting of the VRA Mid-Atlantic Chapter
The VRA Annual Business Meeting is the official forum for conducting Association business. The agenda includes the President's State of the Association message; the Treasurer's report; updates on current and future Association projects and activities; the recognition of outgoing officers, committee chairs, and appointees; the induction of incoming officers, committee chairs, and appointees; and the presentation on the 2013 conference host city. There will be an opportunity for questions and announcements from the membership. Breakfast will be provided.
This year we will be recognizing the contributions and lives of those members who have passed since VRA's 25th Anniversary ceremony, including a tribute to Nancy Schuller, one of VRA's founders.
The Executive Board cordially invites all Visual Resources Association members to attend and participate.
The charge to the Awards Committee is to encourage worthy nominations from the VRA membership and evaluate them using the established criteria for the Distinguished Service Award (DSA) and the Nancy DeLaurier Award (NDA). To then recommend to the Executive Board one potential recipient for the DSA award and one or more recipients for the NDA Award, to notify the recipients, to prepare the award presentation speech from the supportive materials, and make arrangements for the award presentation at the annual conference.
The Development Committee’s charge is to recommend to the Executive Board fund-raising ventures and the means to implement them; to coordinate all fund-raising activities for the Visual Resources Association authorized by the Executive Board.
The committee charge is to study and monitor intellectual property and copyright issues; and to develop and promote the Association's position on intellectual property rights issues and educate the membership on these issues.
Charge: To engage in research, build accessible resources, and share information about educational and professional development opportunities for the VRA membership by remaining in contact with appropriate members of related professional organizations and educational institutions. To regularly solicit information from the VRA membership about interests and educational concerns in order to develop supportive programming at the annual conference and as other opportunities arise.
Meeting of the VRA Great Lakes Regional Chapter
Meeting of the VRA Midwest Regional Chapter
Meeting of the VRA New England Regional Chapter
Joint meeting of the VRA Northern California and Southern California Regional Chapters
Meeting of the VRA Pacific Rim Regional Chapter
Meeting of the VRA Southeast Regional Chapter
Meeting of the VRA Texas Regional Chapter
Meeting of the VRA Upstate New York Regional Chapter
This invitation-only breakfast is a chance for the VRA Leadership (including Committee Chairs, Chapter Chairs, Board Appointees, VRA Presidents Group and the VRA Executive Board) to gather and discuss organization matters and interests.
Charge: To support the Association’s membership retention and enrollment efforts in conjunction with the Membership Services Coordinator. This includes the development and maintenance of contact lists and listservs, placing advertisements where appropriate, and coordinating the regional chapters program through involvement, encouragement, and recognition. To make recommendations to the Executive Board and implement decisions of the Executive Board in accordance with the Association’s Membership.
The Committee Charge:
To maintain the Travel Award program that has been established to encourage participation and attendance by VRA members at the Association’s annual conference; to administer the awards by formulating criteria for application guidelines and the selection of the award recipients upon approval by the Executive Board; and to arrange for the presentation of the awards.
The Travel Awards Committee will be responsible for planning and making arrangements for the Tansey fund-raising event held at the annual conference; the proceeds of which go to the Tansey Fund to provide the travel awards.
