ALA Council Documents
- ALA CD#2.1, 2013 ALA Midwinter Meeting Council Minutes
- ALA CD#3.1, ALA Resolutions Committee Table Schedule
- ALA CD#5, Rules for Governing Council Meeting
- ALA CD#8.4-8.7, ALA Council Agendas
- ALA CD#12, Report of the Committee on Committees (COC) on the ALA 2013-2014 Committee on Committee (COC) Slate
- ALA CD#12.1, Report of the Committee on Committee (COC) on the ALA 2013-2014 Planning and Budget Assembly (PB) Council Representatives Slate
- ALA CD#12.2 Tellers for the COC and PBA Council Elections
- ALA CD#15.1 ALA Executive Board Actions Taken since the 2013 ALA Midwinter Meeting
- ALA CD#21.1 ALA President’s Report
- ALA CD#29.1 ALA President-Elect’s Report
Resolutions
All members are urged to submit a resolution or resolutions prior to the Annual Conference or Midwinter Council meetings by communicating the resolution to the chair of Resolutions Committee through electronic mail." (The resolution guidelines are also available at http://www.ala.org/aboutala/governance/council/resolution_guidelines
Please forward your proposed resolution(s) to Irene Briggs, chair, ALA Resolutions Committee, alaresolutions@ala.org.
The Resolutions Committee table is located in the ALA Office Area, Table #12, McCormick Place Convention Center, Level 3, Hall A1. The committee’s table schedule is attached as ALA CD#3.1.
ALA Parliamentarian Eli Mina will also be available at the Resolutions Table (as his schedule permits) to help with any questions you may have regarding parliamentary procedures.
ALA Council COC and PBA Elections
The ALA Council will elect four (4) Council candidates to serve one-year terms on the ALA 2013-2014 Committee on Committees, chaired by 2013-2014 President-Elect Courtney L. Young.
The ALA Council will also elect three (3) Chapter Councilors, and three (3) Councilors-at-Large representatives to serve on the ALA Planning and Budget Assembly.
Balloting begins Sunday, June 30, 5:30pm to 7:30pm (MCP, S100C) and continues to Monday, July 1, 8:30am to 1:30pm (MCP, S100C).
Attendance at Council Meetings
All councilors are expected to attend each of the scheduled meetings. If you are unable to attend, please notify me in writing of your absence. Failure to do so will result in an unexcused absence, which is noted on your official voting record.
ALA Council and Other Meetings
Be sure your schedule includes these events. (A = imperative; B=good to attend; C=nice if you can)
Friday, 6/28
Opening General Session, 4-5:15pm, MCP-Behind Registration in Hall B1 (C)
Exhibits Ribbon Cutting, 5:15-5:30pm, MCP-Behind Registration in Hall B1 (C)
Exhibits Open/All Conference Reception, 5:30-7:00pm MCP-Hall B1 (C)
Saturday, 6/29
Council Orientation for New and Re-elected Councilors, 8-10:30am, MPC-S100C
ALA Council/Executive Board/Membership Information Session, 3:00-4:30pm, MCP- S100C (A)
ALA Membership Meeting, 4:30-5:30pm, MCP- S100C (B)
ALA Proquest Scholarship Bash “Best of the Second City,” 8:00-10pm, MCP-S100A (C)
Sunday, 6/30
ALA Council I, 8:30-11:00am, MCP- S100C (A)
ALA Awards Presentation, 3:30-4:00pm, MCP-S100A (C)
ALA President’s Program, 4:00-5:30pm-MCP, S100A (C)
ALA Award/President’s Program Reception, 5:30-7:00pm, MCP-S100/Grand Ballroom Lobby (C)
ALA Council Forum I, 8:30-10pm (B), HIL-Astoria Room
Monday, 7/1
ALA Council II, 8:30-11:30am, MCP-S100C (A)
ALA Council Forum II, 8:30-10pm, HIL-Astoria Room (B)
Tuesday, 7/2
ALA Council III, 7:45-9:15am, MCP-S100C (A)
Closing General Session, 9:30-11am-MCP-S100AB (C)
Inaugural Brunch, 11:15am-1:30pm, MCP-S105 (C)
For those Councilors whose terms end at the end of the Annual Conference, a photographer will arrive during Council II to take group photographs, which I will email to you after Annual.
See you in my home town Chicago!
Lois Ann