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Meeting Minutes from the Open Meeting Portion of Meetings of the National Council on the Humanities, CY 2013 – CY 2015 Description of document: Meeting minutes from the open meeting portion of meetings of the National Council on the Humanities, CY 2013 – CY 2015 Requested date: 08-March-2016 Released date: 30-March-2016 Posted date: 25-April-2016 Source of document: FOIA National Endowment for the Humanities Freedom of Information Act Officer 400 7th Street SW, 4th Floor Washington DC 20506 Submit a FOIA Request Online The governmentattic.org web site (“the site”) is noncommercial and free to the public. The site and materials made available on the site, such as this file, are for reference only. The governmentattic.org web site and its principals have made every effort to make this information as complete and as accurate as possible, however, there may be mistakes and omissions, both typographical and in content. 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GovernmentAttic.org is not responsible for the contents of documents published on the website. ~ ~ NATIONAL ENDOWMENT FOR THE ~l'b"-1 Human1t1es OFFICE OF THE GENERAL COUNSEL MAR 1 0 7 n1 ~ VIA ELECTRONIC MAIL Re: Freedom of Information Act Request 16-20 AB the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) official responsible for inquiries under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), I am responding to your FOIA request, which NEH received on March 8, 2016. You requested "a copy of the meeting minutes from the open meeting portion of meetings of the National Council [on] the Humanities, during calendar years 2012, 2013, 2014 and 2015." The information you requested, as maintained in our records, is attached. We have redacted certain portions of the information in accordance with Exemption 5 of the FOIA. 5 U.S.C. § 552(b)(5). Exemption 5 protects, "inter-agency or intra-agency memorandums or letters which would not be available by law to a party other than an agency in litigation with the agency." If you wish to appeal this determination, please write to NEH Deputy Chairman Margaret F. Plympton, at 400 7th Street, SW, 4th Floor, Washington, DC 20506 or send an e-mail to [email protected]. Your appeal must be in writing and received by NEH within thirty (30) days of the date of this letter (weekends and Federal holidays excluded). Your appeal rights are set out in the Code of Federal Regulations, at 45 C.F.R. § 1171.10. There is no fee for this information. Sincerely, Michael P. McDonald General Counsel Attachments 400 7th Street, S.W., 4th Floor, Washington , D.C. 20506 202.606.8322 202.606.8600 gencounsel@neh .gov MINUTES OF THE ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY-SIXTH MEETING OF THE NATIONAL COUNCIL ON THE HUMANITIES MARCH 8-9, 2012 OLD POST OFFICE 1100 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, N.W. WASHINGTON, D.C. Members Present* James A. Leach, Chairman Gary Glenn Rolena Adorno Mary Habeck Adele Alexander David Hertz Albert Beveridge Marvin Krislov Allison Blakely Robert Martin Constance Carroll Wilfred McClay Jamsheed Choksy Ricardo Quinones Cathy Davidson Carol Swain Dawn Ho Delbanco Martha Weinberg Jane Marie Doggett Ken Weinstein Paula Duffy Jay Winik *Council members Jean Bethke Elshtain, Allen Guelzo, and Iris Love did not attend. Council members Cathy Davidson, Wilfred McClay, and Ricardo Quinones attended only on Thursday, March 8th. CONTENTS Agenda Item Page I. Committee Meetings - Open to the Public 176:5 II. Committee Meetings - Closed to the Public 176:5 III. Plenary Session - Open to the Public A. Minutes of Previous Council Meeting B. Reports 1. Inh·oductory Remarks 2. Presentation by Joan Houston Hall, Editor of the Dictionary ofAmerican Regional English (DARE), and Ben Zimmer, Executive Producer of VisualThesarus.com and Vocabulary .com 3. Staff Report 4. Congressional Report 176:9 5. Budget Report 176:11 6. Committee Reports on Policy and General Matters a. Digital Humanities 176:13 b. Education Programs 176:14 c. Federal/State Partnership 176:16 d. Preservation and Access 176:17 e. Research Programs 176:18 f. Public Programs 176:19 IV. Plenary Session - Closed to the Public 176:22 A. Reports 176:22 1. Actions on Requests for Chairman's Grants 176:22 2. Actions on Previously Considered Applications 176:22 B. Digital Humanities 176:22 1. Actions on Applications - Digital Humanities Start-Up Grants 176:22 c. Education Programs 176:23 1. Actions on Applications - Enduring Questions 176:23 D. Federal/State Partnership 176:24 E. Preservation and Access 176:24 1. Actions on Applications - Humanities Collections and Reference Resources 176:25 2. Actions on Applications - Documenting Endangered Languages 176:25 F. Public Programs 176:25 1. Actions on Applications - America's Historical and Cultural Organizations: Planning Grants 176:26 2. Actions on Applications - America's Historical and Cultural Organizations: Implementation Grants 176:27 3. Actions on Applications - America's Media Makers: Development Grants 176:27 4. Actions on Applications - America's Media Makers: Production Grants 176:27 5. Actions on Applications - NEH on the Road 176:28 6. Actions on Applications - Memorandum of Understanding with the National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, for programming related to "Dust Bowl" documentary 176:28 7. Actions on Applications - Memorandum of Understanding with PBS Distribution for international distribution of Bridging Cultures films 176: 28 G. Research Programs 176:28 1. Actions on Applications - Documenting Endangered Languages 2. Actions on Applications - Fellowship Programs at Independent Research Institutions 176:29 3. Actions on Applications - Summer Stipends 176:29 V. Adjournment 176:5 Thursday. March 8, 2012 COMMITTEE MEETINGS (Agenda Items I & II) The Digital Humanities, Education Programs, Federal/Sitate Partnership, Preservation and Access, Public Programs, and Research Programs Committees met to discuss grant proposals, programs, and policy issues. Friday. March 9, 2012 PLENARY SESSION - OPEN TO THE PUBLIC (Agenda Item III) Chairman Leach called the one hundred and seventy-sixth meeting of the National Council on the Humanities to order at 9:00 a.m. A quorum was present. MINUTES OF THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL MEETING (Agenda Item III.A) The minutes of the one hundred and seventy-fifth meeting of the Council were adopted without amendment. REPORTS (Agenda Item III.B) 1. Introductory Remarks Chairman Leach welcomed attendees to the meeting of the National Council and provided an overview of recent activities and events at NEH. He began his remarks by reporting that the White House recently announced this year's recipients of the National Humanities Medals. He extended thanks to the members of the Council for help in shaping the list of candidates recommended to the President. Further, he noted that quite a few members of the Council were able to attend the White House ceremony and that the President's inspirational remarks were a testament to the contribution the humanities make to the intellectual and cultural life of the nation. Chairman Leach also 176:6 expressed gratitude to the President and First Lady for providing the opportunity to bring national attention to humanities scholarship. Next, Chairman Leach reported that NEH had just announced the opening of the nomination period for the 2012 National Humanities Medals, and that the Council will consider the nominations at its next meeting in July 2012. Chairman Leach then notified the Council of NEH's decision to initiate a new award involving the presentation of a certificate to individuals who contributed significantly to the humanities outside of the academy, in a state or regional context, for example. Chairman Leach reported that last month he traveled to Massachusetts, where he awarded the first Chairman's Commendation to Phillip Lampey for his lifetime of research in early American election records. The commendation. certificate praised Mr. Lampey for a lifetime dedicated to collecting, collating, and preserving the most basic records of American democracy. Chairman Leach then brought the Council's attention to the upcoming Jefferson Lecture, to be delivered by Wendell Berry, a noted poet, novelist, farmer and conservationist. Chairman Leach announced that Mr. Berry will discuss man's interaction with nature as depicted in history, philosophy and literature in a lecture entitled "It All Turns on Affection," to be delivered at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D..C. on Monday, April 23, 2012. Next, Chairman Leach turned to a budget matter. He reported that the President's recently released budget request for fiscal year 2013 includes a modest increase in the amount requested for NEH. He remarked that each day he is reminded of the extraordinary work NEH grantees do with the financial resources provided by the agency. To illustrate his point, Chairman Leach cited five NEH-funded film projects, all of which have or soon will be aired on HBO o.r PBS and have garnered considerable critical praise: Freedom Riders, an Emmy-award winning documentary that chronicles the experiences of over 400 Americans who risked their lives to challenge segregated transportation in the American south in 1961;
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