Online Doc Proposed Revisions of the GLBT-RT Bylaws - Rainbow Project Committee

This document holds the proposed GLBT-RT Bylaw language up for a vote on Sunday July 12, 2009, 10:30-noon during ALA Annual to be held in Chicago, Illinois.

Up for vote is the addition of the Rainbow Project Committee to the standing committees of the GLBT-RT.  The Rainbow List is a joint project of the Social Responsibilities Round Table (SRRT) and the Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and Transgendered Round Table (GLBT-RT).

Rainbow Project Committee

The Rainbow Project Chair will serve the first year of a two-year term as “chair-elect” and the second year as “chair.”

In addition to the activities listed above under "Duties of the committee chairs," the Rainbow Project Committee, under the guidance of its Chair, is responsible for:

• annually designating current recommended books, of particular importance and quality and with significant GLBTQ content, for young readers from birth through age 18;
• following and updating written procedures for committee responsibilities that are consistent with the American Library Association guidelines for lists of selected materials;
• ensuring that the committee completes its deliberations and communicates its decisions to ALA personnel in time for adequate publicity and for formal announcement of the annual list at the Association's Midwinter Meeting;
• ensuring that expenses and revenues are shared equitably between sponsoring round tables (GLBT-RT & SRRT);
• working with the chair of the GLBT-RT Book Awards Committee to share publication information about children's and young adult books; and
• planning and coordinating a celebratory event to promote the Project within ALA, to be held during Annual Conferences occurring in even-numbered years.