ACA BOARD ELECTION RESULTS 

Each year we welcome new board members to our leadership team. We couldn’t do this without all of you who agreed to run as candidates. Thank you so much for considering these board roles and lending your expertise and energy to the Academy and all Certified Archivists! Apologies for errors in the initial email of election results. 

MEMBERSHIP FORUM 

Thank you to those who attended the membership forum on April 6 to discuss the recent American Archivist article “Who is this Godot? The Academy of Certified Archivists and Graduate Archival Education” written by Ashley Todd-Diaz and Alex H. Poole. We had a productive conversation and generated many ideas for how best to respond. A small group of interested members have just begun the process of determining our way forward for writing a response. We will continue to share out to membership as we progress.  

SAVE THE DATE: AUGUST 15 

Our annual membership meeting will be held via Zoom on August 15. For the past several years we have convened this meeting online rather than in-person in conjunction with the Society of American Archivists meeting. We have found that this allows more people to attend and be involved. Meeting time and link will be available in the coming weeks. 

The Academy of Certified Archivists' Nominations Committee is pleased to announce the results of this year's ACA election: 

•          Dara Baker, CA as Vice-President/President-Elect
•          Lauren Goodley, CA as Secretary
•          Julia Stringfellow, CA as Regent for Member Services
•          Amanda Focke, CA as Regent for Certification Maintenance
•          Gina Nichols, CA as Regent for Examination Administration
•          Ann Abney, CA as Nominations Committee member

Thank you to all who participated by running for office and/or voting! We appreciate your engagement!

Rosemary Pleva Flynn, Regent for Exam Administration, is looking for volunteers for the following:

• Exam prep volunteers to help candidates with questions as they study
• 2023 exam proctors
• Committee members for the redesigned graduate course preapproval committee

If you are interested in any of these opportunities, please send a message to examadmin@certifiedarchivists.org.

The board is pleased to announce Daniel McCormack, CA, as our new Regent for Outreach. The ACA Board appointed McCormack to this role after Ingi House, CA, had to resign from the position earlier this year. McCormack will serve out the remainder of the 2022-2024 term. Welcome!