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Forwarding on behalf of ALA Governance and the Executive Board:
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Executive Board Meeting Highlights
Highlights from the August ALA Executive Board Meeting. For more detailed information, please refer to the Board Meeting Minutes.
DEIA Efforts at ALA in current climate
· ALA's current DEIA language and initiatives are legally compliant
· The Board discussed the need for additional legal and communication efforts to support DEIA initiatives
ALA Forward Update
· ALA is embarking on a new strategic plan, which was announced to membership in July, and staff will now develop specific goals and metrics in alignment with the adopted plan
· Additionally, ALA completed an internal organizational assessment resulting in a three-year roadmap for internal structures and priorities, which have been announced to staff
Upcoming Special Council Meeting on August 27, 2025 with the following agenda items:
· ALA's Societal Statement recommendation
· ALA Policy recommendations in light of the new strategic plan
· Update on the AI Policy Working Group
Future Presidential Initiatives
· With the recent approved decrease in budgets for both president and president-elect initiatives, the Board is working to support ALA's Nominating Committee to set forth clear expectations to future candidates
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Meeting
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Motion/Board vote to:
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Virtual
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Amend the policy that all meetings be held in closed session to include the proviso that all meetings shall first start in open session to allow for welcomes, introductions, and other procedural motions to include, but not be limited to, adoption of an agenda and approval of minutes. We will then move into executive session, and then open again to report any appropriate updates from that executive portion, and finish open business before adjourning.
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Conference Call
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Approve San Francisco, CA, as the site for the PLA 2028 Conference, Monday, March 13 – Wednesday,
March 15, 2028; and approve Atlanta, GA, as the site for the PLA 2030 Conference, Wednesday, March
13 – Friday, March 15, 2030.
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Conference Call
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Motion to have ALA Staff have legal and CMMO to confer in order to provide guidance to ODLOS on DEIA language and report back at September Board Meeting
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A formal list of board actions and vote tally can be found on the EBD webpage (1.0 series) (member log-in required). Agenda and meeting information will be made available on the Executive Board Document (EBD) site; click here (member log-in required).
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