Hi Jessa, I don't think we've ever met, but I'm working with Jenna and Milo, cc'ed here, on applying for an NEH grant that would get us some funding to host an in person meeting to do some planning work for the Zine Union Catalog. We're reaching out to potential interested parties like yourself. Thanks for considering! *Form email we're sending to all potential participants below:* As we continue to plug away at an NEH grant to support developing and ratifying Zine Union Catalog decision making processes, we're following up to see if you would be willing and able to attend a planning meeting, should we be able to pay your way, including meals or per diem. Here's a quick and delightful form <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe9QP6Kp3fp3lFTDDSmbIlNLiVrXkg_TBn07vZRg6TIjkiIOw/viewform> that helps us aggregate responses and track likely participation. <https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe9QP6Kp3fp3lFTDDSmbIlNLiVrXkg_TBn07vZRg6TIjkiIOw/viewform> In order to complete the grant budget accurately, we'll need form responses by May 25 (completing the form is not a commitment--we won't show up at your house and drag you to the meeting or even think poorly of you if you determine you can't make it). It would be really nice to have your letter from your institution by June 1, but we can wait until June 28 if we have to. Q & A - the first meeting would be two days between June 1 and September 1 2022, exact dates TBD - the second would be at ZLUC 2023, where participants would arrive a day early or stay an extra day - expectations for participation - attendance at both meetings - if you join the decision-making body implementation team, four-ish remote meetings, for which you would be compensated - skills desired or needed: we'll be looking to represent racial, ethnic, gender, sexuality, disability, library type, and library role diversities. If we get responses from more people than we can fund, we will try to make collectively informed decisions about whom to include based on representing as wide a spectrum of identities as we can - grant stipends can be released to individuals, or to institutions to cover release time Please let us know your thoughts. We're contacting you personally because we're really hoping that you/your zine library will be represented. Yours, Milo, Lauren, and Jenna