You are correct Gary. An no, the ACA is not considering such initiative. All
the best, Luciana

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Hiho, thanks for the clarification; I would like to comment upon your
comment on the lack of "judiciary power" for the Board to apply the present
Code.  It has always been my understanding codes of ethics and conduct are
based in moral behaviour and that breaches of the agreed upon code of
behaviour are viewed by the Ethics Committee in that light; for the Board to
have "judiciary power" I believe the ACA would need to become a legislated
self-governing body.  Is the ACA Board considering such an initiative?

gary

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Krisztina
Sent: February 21, 2017 6:59
To: Anna St. Onge; Sarah Romkey
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Subject: Re: [Arcan-l] Association of Canadian Archivists' montly report

Dear Sarah, Anna, and all,

Thank you for asking for clarification about the abolishment of the ACA Code
of Conduct.

A previous ACA board developed the code in 2014 with the best of intentions.
However, in the two years the Code has been in effect, it has proven
inadequate in meeting the needs of the ACA as well as of those attending our
conferences. The Code is not enforceable, as the ACA Board has no judiciary
power to determine breaches nor impose sanctions without taking on legal
liability.

Therefore, this Board has decided to incorporate carefully articulated rules
of conduct in the new Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct. The Ethics
Committee is currently working on this important endeavor. Please be assured
that we are committed to a safe place for our members and conference
attendees. The Board will approve the new Code at its pre-conference
meeting, however preliminary work on this will be communicated to members
prior to the conference. The Code will be provisionally in force during the
conference after board approval until it is fully ratified by membership at
the AGM. We hope these actions allay concerns we've heard from members about
the abolishment of the Code of Conduct and the lack of a code during the
conference.

On behalf of the ACA Board of Directors,

Krisztina
Director, Association of Canadian Archivists

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Krisztina Laszlo

Archivist



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To: Sarah Romkey
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Subject: Re: [Arcan-l] Association of Canadian Archivists' montly report

Good morning
I would like to add my voice to Sarah's and urge the Board to keep the
current Code of Conduct in place until a new one can be developed. It isn't
clear what the Ethics Committee's timeline is for their survey and
development of the new code, so it seems wise to leave the current one (even
if it is flawed) in place.
Not having a code of conduct in place, particularly when the ACA conference
is a few months away, could have a detrimental impact on registration.
Codes of Conduct are important policies that help buttress efforts to
cultivate greater diversity and inclusivity within the profession; they are
ways of signaling to our members (and potential members and participants in
our events) that we take their comfort and safety seriously, and that we
have protocols in place to address potential conflicts that might arise.
They are also useful tools in establishing or reinforcing our shared values.
Many tech conferences I've attended actually use them to promote and market
their events.
best,
Anna St.Onge
York University Libraries


On Mon, Feb 20, 2017 at 12:02 PM, Sarah Romkey <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:

> Hi Luciana/Board members-
>
> Does the abolishment of the Professional Code of Conduct referred to 
> in the minutes refer to this Code of Conduct?
> http://archivists.ca/sites/default/files/Attachments/
> About_Us_attachments/aca_code_of_conduct.pdf
>
> If so I would advocate for reinstating it until/unless a new Code of 
> Conduct is approved by the members. Speaking as a person who attends a 
> lot of conferences, most organizations have a similar code of conduct 
> in place now for the safety of its members/attendees as well as the 
> protection of the organization.
>
> Thanks for any clarification that you can provide.
>
> Cheers,
>
> Sarah
>
> Sarah Romkey, MAS,MLIS
> Archivematica Program Manager
> Artefactual Systems <http://artefactual.com>
> 604-527-2056
> @archivematica <http://www.twitter.com/archivematica> / 
> @accesstomemory <http://www.twitter.com/accesstomemory>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 14, 2017 at 12:57 PM, Luciana Duranti 
> <[log in to unmask]>
> wrote:
>
> > Please, forgive cross posting.
> >
> >
> >
> > Dear Colleagues:
> >
> >
> >
> > This message is the first of a series of short monthly reports on 
> > the Association of Canadian Archivists' (ACA) activities that the 
> > Board of Directors plans to post to keep the archival profession 
> > abreast of developments and of decisions made by the Board to 
> > address the needs and interests of ACA members and the records and 
> > archives profession at
> large.
> >
> >
> >
> > The ACA Board met in January 28-29, 2017 in Vancouver, B.C. During 
> > its meeting it made some key decisions, which are summarised below.
> > The
> minutes
> > of the meeting, which include the motivations for the decisions, are
> posted
> > on the ACA members' site, here:
> > http://members.archivists.ca/sites/members.archivists.ca/
> > files/site-configur
> > ation/og_files/pp_january_2017_rev_14_feb.pdf.
> >
> >
> >
> > ACA Board Members: The Board appointed the General Editor of 
> > Archivaria
> as
> > a
> > Director. The Governance Committee is working on portfolio 
> > descriptions
> for
> > each Board member. The specific responsibilities will be included in 
> > the procedures and operations guide.
> >
> >
> >
> > The ACA Board identified a number of changes that will require 
> > amendments to the General Operating By-law No.2. For example, as it 
> > regards the terms
> of
> > Office for Board Members, Shadowing of President and Vice-president 
> > will
> be
> > eliminated. The two-year office term of the newly elected members of 
> > the Board will begin the day after the ACA AGM. The President will 
> > sit on the Board for a third year to provide guidance to the new 
> > incumbent, with no voting privileges.
> >
> >
> >
> > ACA Standing Committees: The Board created two new committees, 
> > Advocacy
> and
> > Awards; merged the Communication and Outreach Committee into the 
> > Outreach Committee; reinstated the Education Committee, and changed 
> > the name of
> the
> > Membership Development Committee to Membership Committee. The ACA 
> > By-law will also be amended to establish that each Committee will 
> > have a minimum of
> > 5 and a maximum of 8 members. The Governance Committee is drafting 
> > the terms of reference for each committee. The Governance Committee 
> > is currently working on these revisions to the By-law and will be 
> > contacting members soon for feedback. It is anticipated that a 
> > Special General Meeting will be
> held
> > in Ottawa this summer to ask members to ratify these changes.
> >
> >
> >
> > Ethics: The Ethics Committee, responsible for a new "Code of Ethics 
> > and Professional Conduct" is drafting a survey about the topics to 
> > be
> included
> > in the new Code. Due to the integration of the key aspects of the 
> > Code of Professional Conduct into the new Code, the current code of 
> > conduct was abolished.
> >
> >
> >
> > ACA Headquarters: The Board decided that the ACA Office will share 
> > space with the CCA and CHA starting on September 1st, 2017.
> >
> >
> >
> > The ACA Board discussed the possibility of establishing rolling
> membership,
> > electronic voting, twinning with other associations in order to 
> > share membership benefits, and developing an online learning program 
> > with the SAA.
> >
> >
> >
> > Finally, the Board wrote the job description for the new ACA 
> > Executive Director (ED) under the direction of the current ED and 
> > the
Secretary.
> The
> > job description was posted on February 7, 2017 and can be found here 
> > http://archivists.ca/content/aca-executive-director-job-description.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Dr. Luciana Duranti, President
> >
> > Association of Canadian Archivists l Association canadienne des
> archivists
> > (ACA)
> >
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