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request from ACRL Board for examples of process by which state and regional chapters select delegates to Chapters Council--please respond by Fri., July 28

  • 1.  request from ACRL Board for examples of process by which state and regional chapters select delegates to Chapters Council--please respond by Fri., July 28

    Posted Jul 24, 2023 10:00 AM
    Edited by Eric Edwards Jul 25, 2023 09:21 AM

    All:

    Hope everyone had a good weekend.

    The ACRL Board is in the process of considering Chapters Council's request to change the guidelines for elections, so that any member of ALA/ACRL and a state or regional chapter is eligible to run for Chapters Council officer, either Secretary or Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect. Currently, only people who are in leadership positions within a state or regional chapter--specifically President (Chair), Vice-President (Vice-Chair), or a delegate who is a member of the chapter's executive board--are eligible to run for Chapters Council officer. Due to this rule, the Chapters Council leadership has found it difficult to recruit candidates to run for either office in recent years. By opening up eligibility to any state or regional chapter member, Chapters Council hopes to increase the number of candidates for each office

    ACRL Interim Executive Director Payne has asked, on behalf of the ACRL Board, that Chapters Council provide additional information on the process by which state and regional chapters select delegates to Chapters Council; this would be in addition to the chapter's President (Chair) and Vice-President (Vice-Chair). Since there is not a standard process across chapters, the ACRL Board would appreciate several examples from individual state and regional chapters. This information will help the ACRL Board make  a final decision at its Fall, 2023, meeting--tentatively scheduled for late September or later--on whether or not to approve Chapters Council's request to change the eligibility rules to run for Chapters Council officer.

    If you would be willing to share your chapter's process for selecting delegates to Chapters Council, please e-mail me at eedwards@ilsos.gov by Friday, July 28, if possible. I will then compile a list of responses to send to the ACRL Board and share the list with the Chapters Council membership.

    Thank you very much.

    Eric Edwards

    2023-24 ACRL Chapters Council Chair



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    Eric Edwards
    Interlibrary Loan Librarian
    Illinois State Library
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  • 2.  RE: request from ACRL Board for examples of process by which state and regional chapters select delegates to Chapters Council--please respond by Fri., July 28

    Posted Jul 25, 2023 09:21 AM

    All:

    As a point of clarification, the delegate would be someone appointed to serve as an alternate to the President (Chair) or Vice-President (Vice-Chair) on Chapters Council. For your reference, please check the Chapters Council guidelines, at https://www.ala.org/acrl/resources/policies/chapter5#5eight.

    Thank you very much.

    Eric Edwards



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    Eric Edwards
    Interlibrary Loan Librarian
    Illinois State Library
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