Election Results

The results of the voting are in and the 2020 TARO Steering Committee will include these members:

Vice Chair:

Robert Weaver, Texas Tech University

At-Large Members:

Ada Negraru, Southern Methodist University

Penny Castillo, Dallas Historical Society

Rachael Zipperer, University of North Texas

Congratulations to the winners! Thank you for running and thank you to everyone who voted!

Voting now open!

Dear TARO representatives,

We would like your participation in selecting the next Vice Chair and 2 At-Large members of the TARO Steering Committee! Once you’ve reviewed the slate of candidates please cast your ballot here. Please note that because a current At-Large Member of the Steering Committee is the sole candidate for Vice Chair/Chair-Elect, there may be a third At-Large Vacancy. In the event that the third vacancy opens up, successful At-Large candidates will be informed before the election results are announced. Voting closes in one week, at 5pm CST on Tuesday, November 19. The current list of Steering Committee members may be found here.

Thanks so much for nominating candidates for Chair-Elect and the At-Large members!

TARO Nominating Committee: Samantha Dodd, Paul Fisher, Robert Weaver

New Member Initiative Year 1 Report

Hello TARO!

We have completed our first full year of our New Member Initiative project, funded by the Summerlee Foundation. You can review the Year 1 report on the TARO wiki.

Also, we have our first large batch of about 29 XML files up on TARO for the following repositories.

Harris County Archives

Catholic Archives of Texas

Lamar University Archives and Special Collections

Thank you to Sandra Yates, Chair of the Summerlee Quality Assurance (QA) Subcommittee and all the QA team members for their work!!!