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--></style></head><body lang="EN-US" link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal">Dear ArchivesSpace members,</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">I am writing to report some of the decisions the ArchivesSpace Governance Board made during its 4th Quarter meeting Monday, June 13. Going forward, the Chair of the ArchivesSpace Governance Board will update the membership on Board topics and decisions after each quarterly Board meeting. </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">The most important outcome of the 4th Quarter meeting was the Board’s unanimous approval of the ArchivesSpace FY2016/17 budget. This budget is in healthy shape and will allow the ArchivesSpace program to continue its many activities including building and engaging the ArchivesSpace community and supporting the use of the ArchivesSpace application by providing user documentation, coordinating workshops around the country, and responding to user questions.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">I expect that the item of greatest interest to all of you is that the approved budget allocates the funding necessary to continue and increase ArchivesSpace software development and support. We know that your highest priority is the functionality of the software, and the Board’s objective is to ensure that membership dues are invested in the most effective way to meet that priority. We will be recruiting to replace the on-staff developer, and we are adding a half-time technical support position to assist ArchivesSpace members with installing the software, troubleshooting, and migrating data. In addition, we will be contracting for additional development support, both to accomplish desired work while the developer position is open and to address additional high priority development needs.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">The ArchivesSpace program team has already started the process of recruiting an on-staff developer and is negotiating a contracted plan of work with the development firm Hudson Molonglo (HM). As many of you know, HM built version 1.0 of ArchivesSpace and has been responsible for significant code contributions since, including the new container management functionality and location enhancements present in the upcoming release of version 1.5.0. </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">We are very pleased that Harvard University is contributing a full-time developer for the next five months to work on enhancement of the ArchivesSpace public interface, and Yale University has contracted HM to develop additional enhancements to the public interface within the same time frame. Yale is also providing a project manager to coordinate these efforts. The Board is very grateful for these contributions to the community effort. </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Other business transacted during the 4th Quarter meeting included the following: </p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.75in"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span>Setting a pattern of quarterly Board meetings for FY2016/17, including two face-to-face meetings and two by teleconference. </p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.75in"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span>Endorsing Gregor Trinkhaus-Randall as the new liaison to the ArchivesSpace Board from the LYRASIS Board. Gregor Trinkhaus-Randall is currently the Vice Chair of the LYRASIS board and a former SAA President. He succeeds Jay Schafer as the LYRASIS Board Liaison.</p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.75in"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span>Endorsing the report of the Nominating Committee, and thanking the committee for its excellent work. </p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.75in"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span>Reviewing operational reports from the Program Manager and the chairs of the Technical and User Advisory Councils. We note that the range and impact of the activities of the councils and their respective sub-teams is impressive, and extend our appreciation to UAC chair Gordon Daines, TAC chair Sally Vermaaten, and all of the members of both groups for their tireless and terrific work. </p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.75in"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">•<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman""> </span></span>Determining Board member contributions at the ArchivesSpace Members Forum scheduled for August 2 during SAA week. Christian Dupont and Lynda Kachurek will attend the forum and present a Board update; they are looking forward to hearing from ArchivesSpace members.</p><p class="MsoListParagraph" style="margin-left:.75in"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">In closing, I am very happy to report that the ArchivesSpace program continues to grow. As of the June, there are 290 members across the five membership levels, 9 Educational members, and three Registered Service Providers hosting 61 ArchivesSpace databases. </p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">The Board extends its thanks to the ArchivesSpace staff for their excellent work, and I thank all of you for your continuing support and ongoing contributions to the great community we are building.</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Respectfully,</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Carol A. Mandel</p><p class="MsoNormal">Chair, ArchivesSpace Governance Board</p><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></body></html>