As a founding member of the Coordinating Council of Audiovisual Archives Associations (CCAAA), FIAT/IFTA held the Chair of CCAAA for the past two years. Since December 31st FIAT/IFTA’s president Bríd Dooley as a part of CCAAA’s rotating presidency handed over the Chair to FIAF’s Rachael Stoeltje, Director of Indiana University Libraries Moving Image Archive. Her mandate will last until 31 December 2019. She will chair her first CCAAA Board meeting on 8-9 March 2018 in Paris. One of her major tasks will be to oversee the organization of the 2019 Joint Technical Symposium, to be held in the Netherlands in early October 2019.

Photos credits:                                                                                                                                                              Left: Bríd Dooley (Marcin Oliva Soto)                                                                                                                  Right: Rachael Stoeltje (Tall & Small Photography).