RMRT (Retired Members Round Table)

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The Retired Members Round Table (RMRT) shall exist to develop programs of particular interest to retired persons from all types of libraries and all forms of library services, including formal opportunities for continued involvement and learning; a variety of leadership training and opportunities for mentoring; lifelong professional involvement and networking; and active engagement in the American Library Association and the profession of librarianship.

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Life members need to tell ALA Membership Services that they are retired to get the lower retired rate

  • 1.  Life members need to tell ALA Membership Services that they are retired to get the lower retired rate

    Posted Dec 02, 2021 08:35 PM
    I discovered today when renewing my ALA membership for 2022 that life members need to tell Membership Services that they are retired to get the lower rate from the divisions, roundtables, and perhaps other bodies that have a retired member option. The rates on my renewal letter didn't reflect the lowered retired rates because apparently my membership record doesn't include this fact. I intend to call ALA to see if my retired status can be added to my record.

    My spouse did get the reduced rates on her membership letter because she retired and claimed her free basic membership because of her many years of being an ALA member. This step caused her to be listed in her membership record as retired.

    I believe that both of us couldn't use online renewal because this system isn't set up to handle renewals when the renewing member receives a "free" basic membership. 


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    Bob Holley
    Professor Emeritus, Wayne State University
    aa3805@wayne.edu
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