[Libs-Or] ALA Executive Director Education Requirements

[Diedre Conkling]

There is now a Facebook page promoting the petition at
https://www.facebook.com/SupportTheMLIS/.

If you would like for ALA Membership to have the opportunity to vote on
this subject then please sign the petition at https://tinyurl.com/ybyqpyw7.

The site is a little odd.  After you login you are taken to a page that
makes it look like you are signing the petition if you click on the link.
This is not what happens..  When you click on the link to sign it takes you
to a page with the full petition.  On this page you need to fill out your
full name and click the link on this page to actually sign the petition.

On Sat, Dec 2, 2017 at 9:12 PM, Diedre Conkling <diedre08 at gmail.com> wrote:

> ALA MEMBER ALERT
>
> Do you agree that a library degree is essential for the Executive Director
> of ALA?  Please sign the petition to reinstate this requirement.  The
> degree required includes an ALA-accredited Master's Degree or a
> CAEP-accredited Master's Degree with a specialty in school library media.
>
> Click on the link below to sign. Please re-post widely.
>
> The great thing about this is that having this question on the ballot all
> ALA Members will have the opportunity to officially express their opinion
> on this subject.
>
> After you login the page may seem a little odd. Go ahead and click on that
> you want to sign the petition. When you do this the full petition appears.
> You will then need to write out your full name and hit another button to
> finish signing the petition.
>
> https://idp.ala.org/idp/Authn/UserPassword
>
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>
> A little background:
>
> Last month, in a rushed, unprecedented online vote, ALA Council voted in
> favor of removing the requirement for the ALA Executive Director to hold
> the MLS degree.  ALA Council had just reaffirmed the 2000 Council decision
> that the ALA Executive Director must have an MLS at the 2017 Annual
> Conference.  Just months later they changed this position to preferred
> instead of required.
>
> And for you bureaucracy junkies membership petitions are allowed according
> to the ALA Constitution, Article VI, Section 4 c (
> http://www.ala.org/aboutala/governance/constitution/constitution).  Yes,
> because this is a membership organization we can overturn Council decisions.
>
>
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> *Diedre Conkling*
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> *Lincoln County Library DistrictP.O. Box 2027Newport, OR 97365Phone & Fax:
> 541-265-3066 <(541)%20265-3066>Work email**: *
> *diedre at lincolncolibrarydist.org* <diedre at lincolncolibrarydist.org>
> *Home email: **diedre08 at gmail.com* <diedre08 at gmail.com>
>
> “If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change
> your attitude.”―Maya Angelou
>



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*Diedre Conkling*




*Lincoln County Library DistrictP.O. Box 2027Newport, OR 97365Phone & Fax:
541-265-3066Work email**: **diedre at lincolncolibrarydist.org*
<diedre at lincolncolibrarydist.org>
*Home email: **diedre08 at gmail.com* <diedre08 at gmail.com>

“If you don't like something, change it. If you can't change it, change
your attitude.”―Maya Angelou
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