[Libs-Or] Fwd: [alacoun] ALA Governance / Effectiveness discussion @ Midwinter (and Online!)

[Erica FINDLEY]

Good morning,

Please review this announcement about efforts to improve the organizational
effectiveness of ALA.  If you’re attending Midwinter in Denver, please come
to Council II if you can for the conversation.  If not, please share your
thoughts via the Connect page.

Erica
ALA Councilor-at-large

*Erica Findley*
*Cataloging | Metadata Librarian*
Multnomah County Library
Isom Building
My schedule: Monday-Friday 8:00 am-5:00 pm
Phone: 503.988.0591
multcolib.org <http://www.multcolib.org/>




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From: Pace,Andrew <pacea at oclc.org>
Date: Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 7:32 AM
Subject: [alacoun] ALA Governance / Effectiveness discussion @ Midwinter
(and Online!)
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Dear Councilors,



On behalf of the ALA Executive Board, I’d like to bring your attention to a
document for our Council II discussion in Denver. As we hope you’re aware,
President Neal recently challenged us
<https://americanlibrariesmagazine.org/2017/11/01/your-thoughts-needed/> to
consider ALA’s organizational effectiveness and governance structure with
the goal of revitalizing the association.



The attached 2-page document lays out the guiding principles and reasoning
behind having such a discussion at this juncture. Several more pages of
appendices provide additional lists, links, and information that not only
reflect the complexity of our beloved 140+ year old institution, but also
provide useful information for our discussion.



This conversation should take place as broadly as possible among the
membership. As such, an ALA Connect page
<http://connect.ala.org/node/272617> has been set up to capture a broad
array of feedback. Moreover, information regarding this exercise is being
shared with the Committee on Organization, Constitution & Bylaws, Chapter
affiliates, and Ethnic Affiliates. ALA staff will also distribute details
to all Divisions, Round Tables, Committees, and the Diversity Council.



Anyone attending the Council II session (Monday, February 12, 2018,
10:00am-12:00pm) will be welcome to participate in this conversation and
exercise.



Finally, the Executive Board would like to extend its thanks to the LLAMA
Division for its recent work on reorganization. Their work formed the basis
for the Executive Board’s initial conversations and their outputs are
evident in the attached document.

Please start thinking about what you would do to make ALA the ideal
organization and what we all can do to get there.



We’re looking forward to the conversation in Denver!

Regards,
Andrew



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