Samvera Marketing WG - March 23rd, 2022

Notes from the call held. Heather and Chris were present.

• Institutional profiles

  • All members of the Marketing WG are asked to complete a institutional profile for their institution ahead of the Virtual Samvera Partners Meeting, to use as examples in advocating completion of the profile to others.

  • The template can be found at Partner profile questions. Please take a copy and send the completed form to Heather.

• Website move

  • Heather shared a charter for a Website Migration Working Group for review. This will be circulated across lists shortly.

• Sponsorship

  • Heather confirmed that Supporter level sponsorship for Code4Lib has been paid - our logo is now on the conference website (see Sponsors )

  • Information on sponsoring Open Repositories is vague (see https://or2022.openrepositories.org/sponsorship-opportunities/ ). Heather will reach out to get additional details.

• Samvera Virtual meetings

  • The Marketing WG will have a 5 min update at Virtual Connect.

  • Coverage of the institutional profiles and website move will be useful at the Samvera Partners Meeting (agenda to be confirmed).

• Connect 2022

  • The call for participation in the Organizing Committee has gone out for this conference. Those with prior experience of helping with a face-to-face conference are especially welcome as we return to this mode of community engagement.

• Annual Report

  • Heather is preparing the Samvera Annual Report, and will circulate a draft for comment by members of the WG soon.