Evergreen Outreach Committee Meeting August 3, 2022 2 p.m. Eastern, 11 a.m. Pacific

Attending: Rogan Hamby, Kean (IVPL-PaILS), Jennifer Weston, Deborah Luchenbill, Ruth Frasur (minutes)

Minutes

• Press releases (Rogan)
  • Ron has released several press releases including a recap of the conference.
• Community Spotlight (Andrea, Ruth) - form - Committee will choose someone at September committee meeting from nominations and have spotlight ready by end of 2022Q3 or early part of 2022Q4.
• Image archive (Ruth)
  • Jennifer Weston shared link to archived conference presentation on Evergreen's unsung heroes.
• Hack-A-Way (Rogan)
  • date selection closes this Friday (August 5)
  • Small group of community members to develop comparison model for potential platforms in the next month or so.
• Annual Report (Rogan)
  • 2021 Annual Report was distributed on last day of 2022 Evergreen Online Conference.
  • Planning for 2022 Annual Report will begin in November 2022.
  • Acknowledge that in-person conferences tend to generate significantly more content for the annual report than online conferences.
• Merchandise (Debbie, Rogan)
  • Discussion re: different philosophical approaches to TEP merchandise - general "community goodwill" vs. "revenue generation."
  • Challenges w/ managing inventory/stock make Print-on-demand (POD) w/ lowest cost possible for customer more attractive.
  • Redbubble situation spurs search for POD alternatives.
  • Jennifer and Deborah will work with Rogan to develop comparison matrix.
• Conference Videos
  • Rogan is working on getting these uploaded as time and circumstance allow.
• Website Planning
  • On pause for the time being.
• Social Media Content
  • Good entry point for community member.
  • Does not need to be a member of the outreach committee
• Standing Conference Committee
  • Website has been updated to current membership

Adjourned 2:45pm EDT