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What to Collect and Transfer

Statewide Records

Records should be collected by the LAUC Secretary or LAUC Records Coordinator and transferred annually to the statewide archive at UC Berkeley, to the attention of the University Archivist.

General

  • Rosters (executive board and committees)
  • Constitution and bylaws (when revised)
  • Election materials (slate of candidates and final elections counts only)
  • Correspondence (email or paper) of the officer or chair in a single chronological sequence (old to recent) regarding issues, policy concerns, general membership communications, etc. which directly relates to LAUC business (no personal messages) may also be appropriate for transfer.
  • Annual Summary Report of LAUC President
  • Agendas and minutes of the executive board meetings and the general assemblies
  • Position papers and statewide publications
  • Photographs, video, audio, and/or documentation of statewide special events (ex: LAUC 50th anniversary)

Committees (Standing, Liaison, Task Force, Ad Hoc, etc.)

  • Rosters
  • Charge (also for ad hoc committees and task forces)
  • Agendas and minutes
  • Annual and other significant reports
  • Manuals and guidelines (when revised)
  • Position papers

Division Records

Recommendations for division leaders in maintaining local archives. These records should be collected, transferred, and maintained in the division archives, not sent to LAUC Archives.

General

  • Rosters (divisional executive board and committees)
  • Constitution and bylaws for the division, and revisions thereof
  • Election materials (slate of candidates and final elections counts only)
  • Organizational chart listing standing committees, ad hoc committees, task forces, and liaisons
  • Correspondence (paper and digital) of the chair in a single chronological sequence, if determined valuable at the division level
  • Annual summary report of the Division Chair
  • Agendas and minutes of executive board and membership meetings, and divisional assemblies
  • Position papers and divisional publications
  • Photographs of division events
  • Documentation of special events (ex: anniversary)

Committees (Standing, Liaison, Task Force, Ad Hoc, etc.)

  • Rosters
  • Charge (also for ad hoc committees and task forces)
  • Agendas and minutes
  • Annual and other significant reports
  • Manuals and guidelines (when revised)
  • Position papers

Do NOT Transfer (Statewide or Divisional)

See Retention Schedule for more details.

  • Financial info (e.g., accounts payable/receivable, bank statements, invoices, etc.)
  • Confidential documents (e.g., tenure and advancement files, social security numbers, and other private data)
  • Draft documents (e.g., minutes, summary reports, etc.)
  • Email accounts (unless wholly used for official LAUC business; please consult the LAUC Archivist)
  • Incidental correspondence among committee members
  • Mailing lists (paper and electronic)
  • Program arrangement files
  • Vouchers

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