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Society of American Archivists Student Chapter

The University of Pittsburgh (saa.at.pitt@gmail.com)

I. Introductions

a. President: Nikki Williams

b. Vice President: Harrison Behl

c. Business Manager: John Tomasicchio

d. Secretary: Abigail Miller

e. Web Coordinator: Tim Notari

II. Overview of SAA

a. Join SAA at www.archivists.org

b. Mission: “SAA's mission is to serve the educational and informational needs of more than 5,000 individual and institutional members and to provide leadership to ensure the identification, preservation, and use of records of historical value.”

c. Numerous SAA publications, list serves, discussion boards, roundtables

III. SAA Student Chapter at the University of Pittsburgh

a. Advocacy organization that will connect students to archive resources in the Pittsburgh area through speakers, meetings, trips, and social events

b. Social networking and building a base of archives peers

c. Creating a name and place for SAA in the industry in Pittsburgh

d. http://saapitt.blogspot.com/

IV. Upcoming Events (check the blog for full info)

a. Meet and Greet on Thursday, November 6^th at the Library in the Southside

b. SISCO Volunteering at Bookem: November 2 from 3-8pm

c. Bowling Night: TBA

V. General Discussion

a. Any questions or ideas?

b. Contact info again:

i. Saa.at.pitt@gmail.com

ii. http://saapitt.blogspot.com/

iii. Join the Facebook Group: SAA Student Chapter at the University of Pittsburgh (you must be in the Pitt network to join)