A Task Force is an ad hoc Committee of the Board. Task Forces are established to work on a defined task or activity with a stated term of 12 months (with extension possible). Based on the activity or tasks, a Task Force may be extended by a vote of the Board. A Task Force may have multiple projects, tasks or activities.
Continuing Education Advisory (CEA) Task Force
The CEA Task Force is charged with both short-term and longer-term goals. The Task Force will recommend a strategic direction for AMIA’s online continuing education program. As part of this recommendation, the Task Force will work to identify training/educational needs within the field, summarize existing core competencies analysis and definitions, identify strategic collaborators or partners, and consider the merits of individual certification.
AMIA Pathways Fellowship Task Force
The 2020 AMIA Diversity and Inclusion Fellowship Pilot (ADIFP) Program was the result of collaborative work done by AMIA and the NFPB Diversity Task Force to assess and evaluate the state of diversity, equity, and inclusion in the field of audiovisual archiving. Those efforts have made clear that the profession needs to take major steps to become more equitable and inclusive and more representative of the communities it serves and the histories it shepherds. As a result, last year the ADIFP Task Force sponsored six fellows from across the globe to participate in remote and in-person internships, professional development webinars, and a mentorship program.
With the ADIFP Pilot now complete, we are actively seeking additional funding for 2022 an 2023 Fellowship cohorts. The newly renamed AMIA Pathways Fellowship (APF) Task Force will continue the work of the previous task force in preparation to welcome new Fellowship cohorts.
Local Television Task Force
The AMIA Local TV Task Force was relaunched to identify, analyze, and provide recommended solutions for the significant gaps still remaining in the preservation and access of the United States’ local television archives
A Working Group is an ad hoc Committee of the Membership where a collection of members come together to achieve a single, stated objective or project. A working group might involve members from different committees or individual members collaborating on a project. Unlike a Task Force, a Working Group is formed by individual members or committees and does not need a vote of the Board to be established, but does notify the Board of its charge/mission and the intended term (e.g. one year, six months, etc).
Originally the Film Advocacy Task Force, the FATF Working Group advocates to continue to make movies on film, to project film, and to encourage the production and use of motion picture film worldwide.