Signs of these amazing times! The BAIPA Board is delighted to welcome back Arlene Miller, who was Board Secretary for several years, as a remote Board member — and has reinstated her as Secretary. She attended the December Board meeting from Florida, through Zoom.
Arlene Miller, now back on BAIPA board of directors as secretary.
During the past year or so, the Board has been experimenting with using Zoom video conferencing as a way to make it easier for local Board members to attend monthly meetings, if attending in person is difficult. Incidentally, the Program Committee has also gone mostly virtual in its monthly meetings.
For quite a while, the Board has been discussing the possibility of satellite BAIPA chapters as a way of reaching more of our current Bay Area membership, as well as those who are not currently members. The plan has not seemed feasible because of limited volunteer resources.
So when Arlene expressed how much she missed the BAIPA community and meetings after her recent move to Florida, a light bulb went off in the collective imaginations of the Board. Why not employ Zoom as a way for Arlene to attend Board meetings virtually?
It worked pretty well in November, though we weren’t able to share our dinner with Arlene.
Taking that a step further, why not make it possible for members to attend our monthly meetings virtually — as a way of better serving our current members and also reaching out to those who can’t get to meetings in person but would like to ? We’re going to give it a try!
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One of my favorite things about BAIPA is its culture of generosity, the willingness — even eagerness — to share what we have each learned in the process of bringing stories to life. We provide educational programs, networking, marketing opportunities, encouragement, and information on industry vendors and services. And lots of one-on-one advice and mentoring.
We welcome all who have an interest in making connections within the world of independent publishing and learning more about how to publish and sell their work successfully. Together we are raising the standard of independent publishing and helping our members thrive.
Do join us!
—Becky Parker Geist, BAIPA Board of Directors, President
Quick Resources
Current BAIPA members do not need to register for our monthly meetings. The night before the meetings, they will receive the Zoom info. For workshop registration, currently, members get in free for all workshops and will receive the Zoom info the night before the meetings, as well as in the confirmation email.
I hope I can zoom into the member meetings too! But I was very jealous of you all eating dinner while I was on my sofa at home….and your breadbasket was right under wherever you put me on the computer!