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Tara Brady

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RE: ALA

Posted By Tara Brady Apr 29, 2026 11:11 PM
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I think that's kind of the point, though: it's true that most individual ALA members don't have the expertise to manage any one part of the association, let alone the whole thing, but that's one reason why we have an executive director who reports to our elected executive board. If staff performance ...

RE: ALA

Posted By Tara Brady Apr 29, 2026 07:21 PM
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Hey, Joseph. I have one point of information that I think might be helpful in evaluating this resolution, especially re: your question 2: ALA staff, even senior staff, are not ALA Leadership. Even the executive director is appointed by, serves as the pleasure of, and reports directly to the executive ...

RE: Resolutions 1969-2016: resending in text format

Posted By Tara Brady Mar 20, 2026 09:57 PM
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The resolutions archive is missing several resolutions that I wrote or contributed to or moved or seconded on behalf of the round table. I don't have the time to go through it year by year, but I do wonder how the list's creators compiled it and how they determined what to include and what to leave ...

RE: Fwd: Co-Sponsor Opportunity - Social Responsibility Round Table and Library Juice Press

Posted By Tara Brady Mar 16, 2026 12:11 PM
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What sort of promotion are they looking for? A piece in the newsletter maybe?

SRRT Ballot Updates!

Posted By Tara Brady Mar 09, 2026 02:01 PM
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Hello SRRT Members! By now you should have received your ballot for ALA's annual election. As you'll see we only had one candidate submit a nomination before the deadline: Derek Wilmott Montoya, running for another term as Treasurer In my personal opinion he has done a fantastic job so far! Thank you ...

SRRT Wants You!

Posted By Tara Brady Feb 05, 2026 06:57 PM
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...to run for coordinator or coordinator-elect! We have missed the deadline to add names to the ballot but are hopeing to hear from some people willing to stand as write in candidates. You don't need to have served on action council before. You don't even need to have served on action council before! ...

RE: Today's Action Council meeting

Posted By Tara Brady Jan 28, 2026 07:26 PM
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Real talk: this afternoon's meeting was a perfect demonstration of why it is so hard to get people to volunteer to serve as coordinator in this round table. The way the coordinator was shouted at and talked over today was unacceptable, and it's something that has been utterly typical at SRRT for years. ...

RE: ALA dissolution policy

Posted By Tara Brady Jan 26, 2026 07:15 PM
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Boy that sure sounds ominous without context! The context: one goal of the policy manual is to provide procedures for everything in the bylaws. In this case, the policy monitoring committee is moving to adopt fleshed out procedures for Article XVIII, Dissolution. Nonprofits are expected to have dissolution ...

RE: Open web access to SRRT's ALA Connect posts

Posted By Tara Brady Oct 31, 2025 09:21 AM
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Thanks everyone. I also think that whatever we decide, we should ask the ALA Connect team - if they aren't already working on this - to find a way to make visibility settings on each connect group clearer to visitors.

RE: Feedback Requested on SRRT Program Assessment - Due by September 29 @ 12 pm CT

Posted By Tara Brady Sep 25, 2025 07:16 PM
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Yes, I'm aware that the award has been given four times. This means that if the required assessment has not yet been completed, it is now overdue. That's why I thought the suggestion for a one year pause to ensure sustainability was reasonable. I can see that you don't agree, but I think you could probably ...

RE: Feedback Requested on SRRT Program Assessment - Due by September 29 @ 12 pm CT

Posted By Tara Brady Sep 25, 2025 07:14 PM
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Mark; I have to admit I only read as far as your first sentence. I did not "dismiss her points as "misleading and inaccurate;" rather, that is what she did to me. I don't see a point in reading any further, as it's clear you didn't give me that courtesy before replying to me.

RE: Feedback Requested on SRRT Program Assessment - Due by September 29 @ 12 pm CT

Posted By Tara Brady Sep 25, 2025 06:53 PM
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Patricia; I'm basing this on the awards manual. I did not suggest that new endowed awards automatically last only three years or that they should expect to be discontinued promptly after that initial trial, but it is true that they are expected to be evaluated every three years, and that new awards ...

RE: Feedback Requested on SRRT Program Assessment - Due by September 29 @ 12 pm CT

Posted By Tara Brady Sep 25, 2025 04:53 PM
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I'm not sure 'questioning the appropriateness' is the right way to look at it, Rory. We're primarily talking about effectiveness, not appropriateness. In libraries, when we talk about and try to measure the 'effectiveness' of our work, we're usually not trying to determine if the need the work is meant ...

RE: Assessment document draft

Posted By Tara Brady Sep 25, 2025 10:28 AM
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They've already clarified. Read the thread, Patricia. As Olivia says above: "The program assessment is not originating from SRRT or SRRT Action Council, but rather, our staff liaison was tasked with putting this together, so no vote will be made/needed."

RE: Assessment document draft

Posted By Tara Brady Sep 25, 2025 09:44 AM
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As has already been explained, this is work that Hillary is doing. It did not "originate' from Olivia and Rachel. They met with Hillary to help her perform her work. "Action" council got next to nothing done in our 90 minute meeting yesterday - in part because we burned at least 10 of those minutes arguing ...

RE: SRRT's non-hierarchical structure

Posted By Tara Brady Sep 23, 2025 09:32 PM
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The only way a direct answer to my very simple question would 'make things personal' would be if the answer was 'yes.' If you were not in fact talking about the current coordinators in those very disparaging terms, there would be no harm in saying so. If you want to avoid making things personal in ...

RE: SRRT's non-hierarchical structure

Posted By Tara Brady Sep 23, 2025 07:46 PM
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Yes, Al, I understand that you dislike the wording of the agenda item, and by now I think we all fully expect an attempt to modify it via a vote at the meeting tomorrow. No clarification needed there. What I asked was for you to clarify whether or not, when you spoke about what a coordinator should ...

RE: SRRT's non-hierarchical structure

Posted By Tara Brady Sep 23, 2025 05:36 PM
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Al; In this post you seem to suggest that our current coordinators are not 'organiz(ing) events or activities" and "negotiat(ing) with others in order to ensure they work together effectively" and instead are "wield(ing) personal power." Is that your intention? If so, that's a fairly serious accusation, ...

RE: Agenda for September 24, 2025 Action Council Meeting

Posted By Tara Brady Sep 23, 2025 12:31 AM
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Why shouldn't you have to say it? It seems much more productive to just come out and say what you actually mean. Perhaps there was a time when ALA Council was willing to ask ALA staff (and round table member leaders) to rip up months of work at the last minute and start again because it had changed ...

RE: Agenda for September 24, 2025 Action Council Meeting

Posted By Tara Brady Sep 22, 2025 06:48 PM
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No, as far as I'm aware they are still scheduled in late January, after the spring ballots have been finalized, as I just said in my previous post.