Your IUG site manager will receive a ballot on Friday, July 24th, 2026.
If you didn’t receive a ballot please use this link to cast your ballot 
. The ballot will ask the site manager to rank the ideas in order of importance. Ballots must be submitted no later than August 12th, 2026 11:59pm ET.
Thanks to the Sierra Working Group for all the time and effort they have put into selecting these ideas for the MEEP process.
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For background information on the Sierra 7.1 MEEP candidates use these links:
- Recycling Bin Feature for Clear Expired Holds & Holdshelf - 500 points
- Automatically add date/timestamp to Notes and Messages - 400 points
- Create a GET API endpoint for circulation transactions - 200 points
- Add ability to group itypes into categories in the new patron checkout limit table - 500 points
- Add process to the details logged in item record history - 100 points
- Add “did you mean” search logic to SDA keyword search - 100 points
- Increase invoice limit for downloaded invoices - 100 points
- Add “max number of overdue items” column to patron blocks table - 500 points
- Add an API endpoint which permits writing to review files - 200 points
- Add the ability to create a review file from items in Global Update - 200 points
- Allow users to define icode1 in Sierra - 200 points
- Days Closed Table - Enter Date Range for extended closures - 200 points
- Ability to Rename Create Lists, Saved Searches, and Show Creator/Last Used - 400 points
- Add New Patron Block Based On # of Items Claimed Returned - 400 points
- Allow holds on bibs when holdable items are on order - 200 points
- Remove duplicate items on paging list - 200 points