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RE: Annual Council Meeting Recordings

Posted By Tara Brady Mar 03, 2023 09:20 AM
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Checking in on this again. When can we expect the recordings and transcripts from Annual 2022? ------------------------------ Tara Brady Assistant Library Manager Queens Public Library She/Her/Hers ------------------------------

Annual Council Meeting Recordings

Posted By Tara Brady Jan 30, 2023 09:08 PM
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Were the recordings or transcripts from the council meetings at Annual 2022 ever posted? They're not on the council recordings page: the most recent one is from March 2022. Did they wind up somewhere else or are they still pending? Thanks! Hope everyone who travelled had/is having a safe trip back! ...

RE: ALA Bylaws Final Draft - Councilors to Submit Amendments by Jan 22

Posted By Tara Brady Jan 27, 2023 11:07 AM
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I'd missed it too but there's a new version of the bylaws committee report with the proposed amendments incorporated. (Thanks to Kara Whatley for bringing it to my attention.) https://www.ala.org/aboutala/sites/ala.org.aboutala/files/content/ALA%20CD%2025%20Constitution%20and%20Bylaws%20Report_acti ...

ALA Bylaws 1st Draft - Member Leader Feedback by Sept 23 Attachments

Posted By Tara Brady Sep 06, 2022 08:26 PM
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RE: ALA Bylaws 1st Draft - Member Leader Feedback by Sept 23

Posted By Tara Brady Sep 06, 2022 08:26 PM
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Thanks, Sheryl!

RE: Saturday evening forum notes

Posted By Tara Brady Jun 25, 2022 06:52 PM
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Hello! I was ill-prepared for a fully virtual forum and missed a question about a comment I made in council today while I scrambled to get set up. I was referring to the policy currently described in our policy manual which says that all ALA members are explicitly permitted access to the membership ...

RE: Council Forum link

Posted By Tara Brady Jun 24, 2022 04:27 PM
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Is there an agenda for tonight's meeting?

RE: Rules & Guidelines for ALA Hybrid Council Meetings

Posted By Tara Brady Apr 29, 2022 10:16 AM
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Not exactly. That vote was to steer the type of recommendations TAG would bring to annual. No actual change about where policy sits has been made yet (which is fortunate because it would be irresponsible to leave such an important change to one three-vote-margin motion in a not-terribly-well-attended ...

RE: Resolution Calling on the US Executive Branch to Drop All Charges Against Julian Assange

Posted By Tara Brady Jan 21, 2022 07:41 PM
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Hello! Sorry for not getting back to you sooner: I touched base with the SRRT action council about this. Our understanding is that the hacking charges are baseless, and were really only added for the sake of tacking on additional charges to aid in prosecuting Assange for publishing documents and media ...

RE: An open letter to ALA Leadership and Members from ALA Past Presidents Richard Dougherty and Patricia Schuman

Posted By Tara Brady Jun 28, 2021 10:25 AM
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For the record, ALA does not in fact have a stance on whether or not to divest from Israel. Some members have pushed ALA to make a statement in favor of the free speech rights of people who do support the BDS movement, but a) that's not the same thing, and b) ALA ultimately did not issue the statement ...

RE: Second round of Forward Together feedback sessions

Posted By Tara Brady Jun 03, 2021 08:14 PM
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Sorry, folks, meant to only post this to my round table but for some reason it's crossposted here, too? Obviously everyone here knows about the meeting already! ------------------------------ Tara Brady Teen Librarian Queens Public Library She/Her/Hers ------------------------------

Second round of Forward Together feedback sessions

Posted By Tara Brady Jun 03, 2021 08:07 PM
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The forward together resolutions working group is moving towards finalizing its recommendations and will have a second round of feedback sessions next week. The council presentation will be in the first of the two sessions this time. That meeting is Monday, June 7 at 3:00 PM central time. Registration ...

RE: [alacoun] IMPORTANT COUNCIL MESSAGE FOR SHARING MEETING INFORMATION

Posted By Tara Brady Jan 25, 2021 04:06 PM
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I missed the first invasion but the second person who joined after the meeting had already started, the one with the hoodie, was running a bright multicolored strobe light possibly (knowing the types of people who do this stuff) intended to trigger photosensitive illnesses. Judging from the reactions ...

RE: Council detailed costs

Posted By Tara Brady Jun 27, 2020 11:01 AM
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Thank you so much for this Maggie! At first glance I see $ 579,269.00 in costs that could presumably be eliminated or drastically reduced going forward if we shift to virtual meetings permanently, under three line items - Audio & Visual Equipment/Electrical/Room Setup, catering and council travel. ...

RE: Security Policy Resolution

Posted By Tara Brady Jun 24, 2020 01:43 PM
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Further question on the final resolved: the Resolution on Protecting Privacy and Safety in Coronavirus-related Library Policy passed with a similar statement referring to the executive board to create guidance. Would it be better if the resolution instructed a specific body in ALA (be it the EB , a ...

Security Policy Resolution

Posted By Tara Brady Jun 24, 2020 01:07 PM
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Hey, all. I'm trying to spread my net as widely as I can to get feedback on this resolution. I'll start with a specific question but welcome all the feedback I can get. It took me a bit of thinking to frame my confusion about what we need from that final resolved statement. That statement as it was ...

RE: Ending Racism: Teaching Difficult Topics in 2020

Posted By Tara Brady Jun 16, 2020 09:17 PM
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Hi, Bianca; Thanks so much for your contributions and in particular for Project READY which I can already see is going to be useful for me. Thanks as well to everyone who's been sharing resources in this thread in the spirit of deepening our own understandings of race and racism,. ------ ...

RE: Resolution on forming security/police presence guidelines?

Posted By Tara Brady Jun 04, 2020 09:35 AM
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Hi, Gina. I've had the same thought and have seen some discussion surrounding it, but I've only just started putting thoughts together. Is your work email a good way to reach you currently? ------------------------------ Tara Brady Teen Librarian Queens Public Library She/Her/Hers -------------- ...

RE: Coding for Kids as Young as Two?

Posted By Tara Brady Apr 14, 2020 06:50 PM
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Hi! There's an older PLA webinar you'll want to check out if you haven't already: Thinking Sideways: Computational Thinking and Early Literacy At that age they can absolutely start to learn computational thinking concepts like pattern recognition and how to plan out steps for doing something ...

RE: Resolution on HK?

Posted By Tara Brady Oct 21, 2019 05:51 PM
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Wow, this is a great idea. The pressure China is able to exert on foreign companies to infringe on the speech of people outside its borders is very troubling to me personally. From what I saw Blizz did back down somewhat, this time at least (though i'm not sure if the streamers were reinstated?) but ...

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