NDSA:May 2, 2010 Conference Call

The NDSA Coordinating Committee call began with introductions from each of the committee members.

A request was made for a listserv for the Coordinating Committee.

Topics for the July meeting were discussed, including:

• Request for "State of the Working Group" written updates, approximately one page in length prior to the meeting.
• Report outs from Working Group Chairs at the July 19th Coordinating Committee meeting
• Specific information from each of the working groups on what challenges or sticking points they are facing.
• Direction about what the 3-5 year goals are for the NDSA and how the Coordinating Committee can help the Alliance to realize those goals.

There was a review of the current state of membership. It was recommended that the NDSA reach out to:

• PACA -- Picture Archive Council of America, a stock photography association
• SPE -- Society for Photographic Education, a group of college educators
• RIAA -- Recording Industry Association of America
• MEIEA (http://www.meiea.org/), and it is focused around colleges and universities that have recording programs.
• DDEX -- Digital Data EXchange, they are a global membership organization focused on XML standard messaging suites for e-commerce providers.
• NARAS --("The Recording Academy"), engage the Producers and Engineer's Wing (Maureen Droney)
• NARM -- digital reporting side work (and also working with DDEX)