Attending: Vinopal, Metz, Prater
Zoom Link: https://lyrasis.zoom.us/j/8128353771
Agenda
- Review of the membership analysis. Below are the areas for improvement
Community Engagement
Long Tail of Membership
Representation of Diversity
- Brainstorm actionable ideas based on the recommendations
Report recommendations:
1) Community Engagement
Notes
Where should we focus membership engagement? Report outlines three groups to focus on
Group A: high number of sites and members (US, Canada, UK, Australia, Switzerland)
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Group C: low number of sites and members ← doesn't make sense to us to focus here.
2) Long Tail of Membership
3) Representation of DiversityNote: We did not get to discussing items 2 and 3.
Recommendations from the Group:
- General Recommendations for moving work forward
- Develop a story for library directors re: why you should join Lyrasis AND Fedora.?
- Does Lyrasis have a communications & marketing profession who could help us develop a more sophisticated and successful outreach/membership development strategy?
- What support services does Lyrasis offer to its communities?
- Membership Specific Recommendations
- Focus on locations with high gap between high implementations with low/no memberships (Group A and Group B)
- Target specific consortia and membership orgs (e.g., UK-based Digital Preservation Coalition, DCC, ask David about Canada)
Canadian Consortiums)
Action Items
- Jennifer Vinopal , Scott Prater , and Rosalyn Metz : Confirm at the quarterly Leadership Meeting that the Communications Group is working on developing a story for membership outreach.
- Jennifer Vinopal , Scott Prater , and Rosalyn Metz : Provide recommendations for focus at the quarterly Leadership Meeting (?)
- Rosalyn Metz : Reach out to Mic to find out if we can discuss the Membership Analysis report in more detail.
- Rosalyn Metz : Reach out to Laurie to discuss services in more detail