<div dir="ltr">That is a good question. I'm pretty sure the first time I got on a site selection committee (for the 2015 conference), it was in answer to an email request for volunteers to the General listserv. And it is one of those committees you can serve on until you want a break, lol. But I've never kickstarted the process.<div><br></div><div>I just looked back at all of the first emails and it seems that someone from the Standing Committee would email everyone from the year before, asking if they want to do it again, then putting out the call for more volunteers (or asking people recommended) when necessary.</div><div><br></div><div>So, I guess the standing committee just needs to get together and figure out which of us is kicking off the site selection. Amy chaired the 2015, 2016, 2018, and 2020 site selection committees (maybe more prior?), so we should probably ask her--she's also the only one I can tell that is still on the standing committee and has also chaired a site selection before. </div><div><br></div><div>But I agree with Galen; it will be good to see what the survey results say and have the board weigh in.<br><div><br></div><div>Best,</div><div>Debbie</div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Debbie Luchenbill</font><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Associate Director, Open Source Initiatives</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">MOBIUS</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">2511 Broadway Bluffs, Ste. 101</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Columbia, MO  65201</font></div><div><a href="mailto:deborah@mobiusconsortium.org" target="_blank"><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">debbie@mobiusconsortium.org</font></a></div><div><span style="color:rgb(38,38,38)"><font face="arial, sans-serif">573-234-4914</font></span><br></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000"><a href="http://mobiusconsortium.org" target="_blank">https://mobiusconsortium.org</a><br></font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Evergreen Help Desk: <a href="mailto:help@mobiusconsortium.org" target="_blank">help@mobiusconsortium.org</a> / 877-312-3517</font></div><div><font face="arial, sans-serif" color="#000000">Pronouns: She/Her/Hers</font><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jun 1, 2021 at 1:50 PM Galen Charlton <<a href="mailto:gmc@equinoxoli.org" target="_blank">gmc@equinoxoli.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hi,</div><div><br></div><div>As a data point, one of the questions on the post-conference survey for attendees that will be sent out tomorrow seeks to gauge interest in online vs. in-person events. A summary of the survey responses will be available in time for the 6/17 board meeting.<br><br></div><div>I believe that the standing conference committee is mostly self-starting, but I do think that the board needs to weigh in on the question of doing an online vs. an in-person conference for 2022 (or perhaps some combination thereof).<br></div><div><br></div><div>Regards,</div><div><br></div><div>Galen<br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Jun 1, 2021 at 11:30 AM Tiffany Little <<a href="mailto:tlittle@georgialibraries.org" target="_blank">tlittle@georgialibraries.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Good morning,</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">It occurred to me this weekend that I haven't heard anything about a site selection committee for the 2022 conference. Has there been discussion on that? Are we considering doing it in-person next year, or another online conference?</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">I don't know who drives the site selection committee conversation--the Board or the standing conference committee--but just in case it is the Board, I wanted to bring it up.</div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small"><br></div><div class="gmail_default" style="font-family:tahoma,sans-serif;font-size:small">Tiffany</div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><span><br><div dir="ltr" style="margin-left:0pt" align="left"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