I am assuming John is asking if he can sit in and observe the meeting. Diedre points out that ALA Council meetings are open--a very important commitment to "sunshine" in ALA's organizational design. By open, my understanding is that this is a special meeting of Council, for Councilors to participate in, a meeting which ALA members who are not on Council are welcome to observe. It has been a longstanding custom of Council to encourage observers. This is likely common knowledge for all Councilors, but since we are now two election cycles into all-virtual participation, I thought it worth bringing up.
As a member of Executive Board, I realized this weekend I should advise the units I liaise to of this opportunity to observe Council discussion of the TAG Q&A, so I shall do this forthwith.
It's my assumption there will be discussion sessions with other constituent groups downstream, but this Q&A for Council is very welcome and timely, given how the recommendations impact Council so directly.
Karen G. Schneider
ALA Councilor at Large
Original Message:
Sent: 1/6/2022 10:28:00 PM
From: Diedre Conkling
Subject: RE: TAG Q&A Forum Registration
All ALA meetings are open except some very specific ones.--
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Original Message:
Sent: 1/6/2022 9:56:00 AM
From: John Sandstrom
Subject: RE: TAG Q&A Forum Registration
Is this open to past counselors?
John
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Original Message:
Sent: 1/5/2022 5:24:00 PM
From: Raymond Garcia
Subject: TAG Q&A Forum Registration
Dear Councilors,
The Transforming ALA Governance Task Force would like to invite you to a TAG Q&A session next Wednesday January 12 from 3-4pm Central Time. Please register using the link below:
Register in advance for this meeting:
https://ala-events.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJEqcO-hrzooGdcznFcqPB7C8TpKcW8hvfho
The TAG Task Force previously shared its initial narrative and models. If you missed it please see those two documents below:
Initial Narrative for Council with FAQs
TAG Models for Council
Thank you!
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Raymond A. Garcia
Special Assistant to the Executive Director | Executive Office
American Library Association
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