Web Committee 201807 Minutes

1. CORAL Recording for EIFL/Youtube channel (HW)

• EIFL (Electronic Information for Libraries) a European organization that provides library training resources asked if we had training videos/tutorials or webinar
• The Web Committee would like to create some content for them and also launch a YouTube channel with existing videos and new content
• Heather and Rebecca are already working on this; Heather will put together a shared document together to flesh out details
• We should be able to launch the YouTube channel by October with our existing content, and a goal to add one video per month going forward
• This will overlap with social media initiatives, we can highlight new and existing video content
• All Committee members can contribute video content to highlight the various functionalities in CORAL
• Once we have content, we can link to videos within the documentation

2. Look into funding options

• We need funding for website hosting fees and domain registration
• Scott discovered an organization, the Open Collective, that is specifically for raising money for open source projects, which may be a potential option
• Heather has been in communication with Open Library Foundation as a potential option to provide funding and hosting - Q: would we be responsible for server maintenance? Would they cover domain registration?
• Heather will email Kristen form the OLF board and find out what our options are
• Other ideas: asking companies for donations or offer sponsorship opportunities

3. Add new users/organization to CORAL user map (XS)

• We would like to highlight the user map as a resource for CORAL users, and also encourage users to add themselves
• We can highlight it in the newsletter as well as provide instructions on how to add yourself
• We can have a feature about it in an upcoming newsletter; we could possibly have a standing item in the newsletters to highlight new additions to the user map
• Other ideas:make it more prominently displayed on the website, highlight it on social media, send emails about it to user list
• Yan will get some content together about the user map for the newsletter

4. Consider the appointment of a new chair

• Scott has been chair for several terms; he would like to provide the opportunity for someone else to serve as chair
• This transition could happen at any time
• The Committee members will think about this, and we will discuss this again during the next meeting
• Scott will look at our governance document to find out what processes we may need to follow to select a new chair