Committees
SCA members are encouraged to volunteer! To inquire about volunteering for a specific committee, contact its Chair.
Standing Committees
Provide essential services to SCA. Committee Chairs are not elected (exception: Nominating Committee); Chairs are appointed by the Board.
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Special Committees
Provide limited-time services as ad hoc committees, or task force groups, established by the Board. |
External Relations
Provide representation of SCA for allied groups and endeavors.
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Standing Committees
Awards
Administers SCA's various awards; develops criteria for the awards, promotes the awards, and selects recipients.
Chair:
Chuck Wilson, University of California, Riverside
cwa1989@sbcglobal.net 951-686-7870
Development
Fund-raises to support SCA's activities and programs, through both member gifts and outside funding sources.
Co-Chairs:
Jeanette Berard, Thousand Oaks Library
jberard@tolibrary.org 805-449-2660 x.228
Jill Golden, Hoover Institution Library and Archives, Stanford University
jegolden@stanford.edu 650-723-1512
Education
Provides archival education and professional development; coordinates several workshops each year, analyzes the educational needs of SCA members, and pursues other training opportunities.
Co-Chairs:
Jenny Johnson, Stanford University Archives
jenny.johnson@stanford.edu 650-721-1529
Jennifer Goldman, Huntington Library
jgoldman@huntington.org 626-405-2208
Election
Conducts annual elections for SCA Board member positions.
Chair:
Julie Graham, UCLA
jgraham@library.ucla.edu
Electronic Communications (formerly "Website")
Designs, maintains and updates the SCA website, and SCA social media sites, to facilitate communication among SCA members and others.
Co-Chairs:
Sarah Wilson, Stanford Law School
admin@calarchivists.org
Sue Hwang, The Pacific Basin Institute at Pomona College
sue.hwang@pomona.edu 909-607-7856
Finance and Investment
Manages SCA’s assets; advises the Board of SCA's financial outlook.
Chair:
Leilani Marshall, Sourisseau Academy for State & Local History, San Jose State University
lmarshall@sourisseauacademy.org 408-808-2064
Government Affairs
Monitors national, state and local legislation, governmental funding agencies, political appointments, and political issues of interest to archivists; coordinates special governmental projects.
Chair:
David Keller, Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
dkeller@mwdh2o.com 213-217-5911
Local Arrangements (AGM)
Manages all physical arrangements of the Annual General Meeting (hotel, event venues, catering, travel, etc).
Co-Chairs (for AGM 2014):
Tanya Hollis, Labor Archives and Research Center, San Francisco State University
thollis@sfsu.edu 415-405-5570
Membership
Solicits new members, renews existing memberships, manages the current interests and concerns of the membership, and encourages participation in SCA activities and programs.
Chair:
Eric Milenkiewicz, University of California, Riverside
membership@calarchivists.org 951-827-4942
Nominating
Solicits candidates for SCA Board member positions, prepares a slate of candidates for offices falling vacant within a given year. (This is the only committee whose members are elected.)
Chair:
Lisa Miller, Hoover Institution Library and Archives, Stanford University
lisa.miller@stanford.edu 650-724-2961
Members:
Adrian Turner
Adrian.Turner@ucop.edu
Audra Eagle Yun, University of California, Irvine Libraries
audra.yun@uci.edu 949-824-2263
Outreach and Publicity
Disseminates information about the archival profession and about SCA activities to allied organizations and professions and the public.
Co-Chairs:
Brooke M. Black, Huntington Library
bblack@huntington.org 626-405-2202
Jessica Knox, California State Archives
jessica.knox@sos.ca.gov 916-653-5075
Program (AGM)
Plans and presents the program of the Annual General Meeting; develops a theme, contacts speaker candidates, solicits and reviews session proposals.
Chair (for AGM 2014):
Clay Stalls, Department of Archives and Special Collections, Hannon Library, Loyola Marymount University
wstalls@lmu.edu 310-338-5357
Publications
Develops, produces and markets SCA’s publications: the SCA Newsletter, the Directory of Archival and Manuscript Repositories in California, and other publications.
Chair:
Josh Schneider, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
jodsch@gmail.com
Site Selection (AGM)
Locates and recommends to the Board options for hotel sites for the Annual General Meeting in the city or area designated by the Board, according to prescribed criteria.
Co-Chairs:
Gabriele Carey, History Associates, Inc.
ggcarey@emacorp.com 714-529-3953
David Uhlich, The Bancroft Library, University of California, Berkeley
duhlich@gmail.com 916-616-8003
Western Archives Institute Joint Management
Plans, develops, and oversees the Western Archives Institute (WAI), a two-week archival training program held each summer; consists of representatives from the California State Archives, SCA Board and WAI.
Chair:
Jessica Knox, California State Archives
jessica.knox@sos.ca.gov 916-653-5075
Special Committees
Strategic Planning Task Force
Started in 2012, this latest special committee is tasked with learning and shaping SCA's future directions, which we do roughly every ten years.
Co-Chairs:
Anne Hall, Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco
sf.frbarchivist@gmail.com 415-974-3217
Chuck Wilson, University of California, Riverside
cwa1989@sbcglobal.net 951-686-7870
External Relations
California Historical Records Advisory Board (CHRAB)
As the central advisory body for historical records in California, CHRAB carries out statewide planning and assessment activities, facilitates cooperation among historical record-keepers within the state, and serves as a state-level reviewer of NHPRC grant applications.
SCA representative
Sue Hodson, The Huntington Library
shodson@huntington.org 626-405-2205
Western Round-Up 2015
Every few years, instead of the SCA AGM, SCA joins with other archivists' associations in the Western U.S. for a joint conference named "Western Round-Up" and the next one will be in 2015.
Liaison for the Planning Committee
Lisa Crane, Honnold/Mudd Library, The Claremont Colleges
Lisa_Crane@cuc.claremont.edu 909-607-0862
Liaison for the Program Committee
Tracey Panek, AAA Northern California, Nevada and Utah
Tracey.Panek@goAAA.com 925-279-4831
