Readium Foundation Board meeting - 2023-05-10
Attendees
Risa Wolf (NYPL) Brian O’Leary (BISG) Robert Cartolano (Columbia University) Hadrien Gardeur (De Marque) Laurent Le Meur (EDRLab)
Agenda
- Elections
- Use of the treasury
- Promotion of the Readium brand
- Bylaws
- General Assembly
Board Elections
Discussed proposal to start election process immediately for 3 members, class A and class B
- Agreed to send an email to members in good standing to solicit candidates.
- Class B (1 seat) serving until 2025; Class A (2 seats) serving until 2026
- 3 weeks to submit one’s candidacy, 3 weeks to vote
- Proposal to send immediately seconded and accepted unanimously
Members no longer in good standing
Discussion of unpaid members who usually are in good standing
- Board identified several members who have not yet paid for this past year
- Proposal that a reminder will be sent to members immediately
- Proposal that we do research into possible new contacts
- Both proposals seconded and accepted unanimously
Sponsoring Digital Publishing Summit
Discussion of whether we should sponsor
- Proposal to support as part of the promotion efforts of the RF
- Proposal seconded and accepted unanimously
Promotion of Readium
Discussion of varying opportunities in the US - ALA, Code4Lib Discussion of library adoption in US academia Discussion of web reader initiative and adoption in Spain and other countries
- Proposal to reach out to other developers and decision makers
- Proposal to develop downloadable promotional materials
- Both proposals seconded and accepted unanimously
Bylaws
Brian O’Leary has already volunteered to review bylaws
- Deferred until Brian reviews
General Assembly
- Discussion of timing
- Proposal to have it the week of June 26th
- Proposal seconded and accepted
- Proposal to include this information in the email for elections
- Proposal seconded and accepted unanimously
Other business
Comics support discussion - starting work with developers in that community OPDS2 discussion