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!!!!!!Page!1!of!4!!!ONLINE&MEETING:&BEHP&MEMBERSHIP&AND&WEBSITE&PERM-highlight">ISSIONS&&&!D-highlight">iscussions&week&commencing&5&June&2017&By!phone!on!5!June:!Sue!Malden!(SM),!Ian!Noah!(IN)!and!Al-highlight">ison!Bancroft!(AB)!By!phone!on!6!June:!Mike!Dick!(MD),!Ian!Noah!(IN)!and!Al-highlight">ison!Bancroft!(AB)!Via!Skype!Conference!0n!7!June:!David!Sharp!(DS),!Martin!Spence!(MS),!Ian!Noah!(IN)!and!Al-highlight">ison!Bancroft!(AB)!!1.&D-highlight">ISCUSSION&FRAMEWORK&!D-highlight">iscussions!referenced!questions!ra-highlight">ised!in!-highlight">-highlight">the!draft!Online!Systems!Operations!Manual!(copied!below):!!MEMBERSHIP&AND&PERM-highlight">ISSIONS&Criteria!for!BEHP!mebership!and!joining!procedures!need!to!be!reviewed!and!agreed!by!-highlight">-highlight">the!Management!Committee!for!two!main!reasons:!•!Now!-highlight">-highlight">the!BEHP!-highlight">-highlight">is!formally!constituted,!all!members!have!voting!rights!and!-highlight">-highlight">the!BEHP!-highlight">-highlight">is!now!more!accountable!to!official!members,!and!open!to!legal!challenge!on!governance!and!admin-highlight">istrative!matters.!What!conditions!need!to!be!met!for!someone!to!become!a!member?!•!BEHP!members!have!rights!of!acces!to!additional!information!and!actions!on!-highlight">-highlight">the!website,!and!th-highlight">is!right!needs!to!be!accompanied!by!appropriate!terms!and!conditions.!At!-highlight">-highlight">the!moment!only!BEHP!members!should!have!access!to!-highlight">-highlight">the!members!pages.!-highlight">-highlight">Is!-highlight">-highlight">there!a!need!for!a!category!of!users!who!are!not!BEHP!members,!but!who!are!given!access!to!-highlight">-highlight">the!database!on!specific!terms.!!Website&User!accounts!are!created!for!official!H-highlight">istory!Project!members,!following!a!request!from!-highlight">-highlight">the!Secretary!(-highlight">-highlight">is!th-highlight">is!correct?).!Additional!perm-highlight">issions!are!set!by!Sysadmin!when!requested.!Membership!perm-highlight">issions!and!perm-highlight">issions!management!need!to!be!designed!both!to!facilitate!an!effective!workflow!and!to!limit!damage!in!worst!case!scenarios. -highlight">-highlight">The!process!for!adding!members!to!-highlight">-highlight">the!system!and!assigning!additional!perm-highlight">issions!-highlight">-highlight">is!currently!informal.!With!-highlight">-highlight">the!likelihood!of!significant!future!project!growth,!should!th-highlight">is!be!formal-highlight">ised?!Should!people!be!able!to!apply!for!membership!via!-highlight">-highlight">the!site?!!&2.&D-highlight">ISCUSSIONS&!Phone!calls!with!Sue!and!Mike!were!informal,!ra-highlight">ther!than!agenda!based,!but!-highlight">-highlight">their!comments!were!noted!to!feed!into!-highlight">-highlight">the!Skype!d-highlight">iscussion.!!!& BEHP!Meetings!!Page!2!of!4!!2.1&Membership&Criteria&!Anyone!who!expresses!an!interest!in!film!and!who!can!perhaps!add!to!information!to!that!has!already!been!collected.!(MD)!!With!-highlight">-highlight">the!recent!reg-highlight">istration!of!BEHP!as!a!company,!we!are!in!a!hybrid!state.!We!need!to!reboot!in!light!of!our!new!legal!status.!Ex-highlight">isting!practices!and!management!procedures!need!clarification!and!-highlight">-highlight">the!dec-highlight">isionYmaking!process!needs!review!and!updating.!(MS)!!In!terms!of!membership,!we!need!to!start!with!Mem!&!Arts!and!-highlight">-highlight">the!definition!of!where!we!stand!legally.!Th-highlight">is!-highlight">-highlight">is!unlikely!to!allow!for!different!types!of!membership,!i.e.!corporate!membership.!(To!be!checked).!(MS)!!Once!-highlight">-highlight">the!question!of!voting!rights!-highlight">-highlight">is!clarified,!it!will!provide!a!framework!for!o-highlight">ther!-highlight">-highlight">issues!and!a!bas-highlight">is!for!making!o-highlight">ther!dec-highlight">isions!(e.g.!membership!categories,!perm-highlight">issions!and!who!can!author-highlight">ise!access).!(MS)!!What’s!-highlight">-highlight">the!status!of!partners!like!BECTU!and!BFI!–!do!-highlight">-highlight">they!get!voting!rights?!(DS)!!2.2&Membership&Categories&!May!need!different!levels!of!membership!in!terms!of!website!access,!i.e.!volunteer!members,!active!members!and!legacy!(mailing!l-highlight">ist)!members!(MD).!!It!-highlight">-highlight">is!clear!-highlight">-highlight">there!are!currently!different!types!of!members:!•!Mailing&l-highlight">ist!–!some!of!-highlight">-highlight">the!core!membership,!but!also!silent!partners!who!don’t!appear!at!all!or!possibly!just!at!-highlight">-highlight">the!AGM!to!vote.!-highlight">-highlight">They!may!not!have!high!levels!of!computer!literacy,!but!certainly!don’t!want!to!upset!th-highlight">is!core!membership!or!restrict!-highlight">-highlight">their!ability!to!vote.!•!Volunteers!–!-highlight">-highlight">these!tend!to!be!very!active!for!short!period!and!-highlight">-highlight">then!go!away.!-highlight">-highlight">They!should!have!access!to!website,!but!would!not!necessarily!be!voting!members!from!-highlight">-highlight">the!outset.!Th-highlight">is!could!change!if!-highlight">-highlight">they!stay!with!-highlight">-highlight">the!project,!with!-highlight">-highlight">them!becoming!a!full!member!or!even!a!Director.!!Editing!rights!and!voting!rights!are!different!-highlight">-highlight">issues!and!need!to!be!dealt!with!separately.!(DS)!!Div-highlight">isions!need!to!be!made.!Effective!board!member!might!not!have!any!access!to!edit!-highlight">-highlight">the!website.!(MS)!!With!volunteers,!it!may!be!that!-highlight">-highlight">their!perm-highlight">issions!should!be!date!limited!say!to!6!months!and!-highlight">-highlight">then!-highlight">-highlight">their!interest!needs!to!be!renewed!for!-highlight">-highlight">their!access!to!-highlight">-highlight">the!website!to!continue.!(DS)!!We!need!a!volunteer!signYoff.!Martin!Sheffield!has!recently!started!volunteering!at!a!museum!and!might!have!info!on!-highlight">-highlight">their!volunteer!agreements/arrangements.!(DS)!! BEHP!Meetings!!Page!3!of!4!!Until!proper!procedures!are!in!place,!it!was!agreed!that!volunteers!should!use!offline!methods!of!collecting!data!(e.g.!spreadsheets),!and!that!-highlight">-highlight">their!findings!should!be!checked!before!being!handed!to!confirmed!person/s!for!uploading.!(DS,!MS,!IN,!AB)!!Agreement!-highlight">-highlight">is!needed!on!file!naming!protocols!(for!photos,!transcripts,!etc.)!and!volunteers!need!to!be!aware!of!copyright!-highlight">-highlight">issues.!(AB)!!2.3&Application&process&!Consider!an!online!form!(plus!printed!option!for!those!without!email).!(MD)!!2.4&Forward&planning&!Possibility!of!institutional!membership,!subscriptions!for!academics/universities!(like!IMDB).!We!would!need!to!justify!in!terms!of!value!for!money!and!would!potentially!-highlight">-highlight">then!need!to!charge!everyone!for!access.!We!could!also!look!at!possibilities!such!as!a!commercial!relationship!with!IMDB,!so!people!looking!for!information!could!click!straight!through!to!interviews.!We’re!not!ready!yet!and!would!need!to!sit!aside!o-highlight">thers!who!charge,!not!compete.!We’d!also!need!to!check!whe-highlight">ther!commercial!arrangements!would!conflict!with!Heritage!Lottery!applications.!(SM)!!Corporate!(e.g.!Talking!Pictures),!partners!(e.g.!BECTU,!BFI),!and!academic!(e.g.!BUFVC)!relationships!all!need!to!be!rev-highlight">isited.!Academic!institutions!may!want!access!via!A-highlight">thens!protocol!–!with!licenced!universities!to!have!access!to!various!materials!created.!Can!see!increasing!demand!from!academic!institutions!and!corporate!organ-highlight">isations!–!may!need!to!deal!with!on!case!by!case!or!set!up!higher!payments!to!allow!use!of!materials!on!an!annual!bas-highlight">is.!All!needs!d-highlight">iscussion.!(DS)!!!D-highlight">iscussion!also!needed!about!position!with!BFI,!who!are!relaunching!media!tech!later!th-highlight">is!summer,!and!-highlight">-highlight">the!position!with!unYdigit-highlight">ised!data.!(DS)!!3.&NEXT&STA G E&!Proposed:!Based!on!-highlight">-highlight">the!outcome!of!d-highlight">iscussions,!and!subsequent!feedback!from!o-highlight">ther!members!of!-highlight">-highlight">the!Management!Committee,!a!draft!membership!policy!to!be!drawn!up!for!approval!at!-highlight">-highlight">the!next!meeting.!In!addition!to!-highlight">-highlight">the!above!points,!th-highlight">is!policy!would!cover!online!!roles!and!perm-highlight">issions.!!It!was!agreed!at!-highlight">-highlight">the!Skype!meeting!that!current!legal!position!and!voting!rights!need!clarification!before!o-highlight">ther!-highlight">-highlight">issues!can!be!addressed.!!&& BEHP!Meetings!!Page!4!of!4!!Immediate&actions:!!•!MS!to!lead!on!Mem!&!Arts!d-highlight">iscussions!!!•!DS!to!send!through!draft!BEHP!Online!Systems!Operations!Manual!with!h-highlight">is!notes,!for!circulation!to!-highlight">-highlight">the!Management!Team!!•!-highlight">-highlight">The!possibility!of!Ian!(and!Al-highlight">ison!when!appropriate)!joining!-highlight">-highlight">the!Management!meeting!via!Skype!to!be!explored,!and!a!Skype!connection!set!up!for!Wednesday’s!meeting!(14!June)!if!agreed.!!•!Management!agreement!to!sought!on!a!regular!programme!of!Skype!meetings.!DS,!MS,!IN!and!AB!agreed!that!th-highlight">is!-highlight">-highlight">is!likely!to!be!-highlight">-highlight">the!only!practical!way!to!get!through!-highlight">-highlight">the!-highlight">-highlight">issues!needing!urgent!consideration.!
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