Dear Colleagues
It is long past time to recognize that every operation of the American Library Association(ALA) is suffering. Fiscal solvency is in tatters, membership in substantive decline, conferences and publishing no longer meeting their fund generating goals. We must stop tinkering with ALA's governance, isolate the reasons for this debacle, and design a sustainable future for our organization, long considered an institutional pillar of our democracy.
Trevor Dawes and Beth McNeil have produced a brilliant resolution. They are asking for signatures and plan to present it at the next Membership Meeting for discussion. Pat Schuman and I have done this.
While we do not need to agree with every word, it is a point from which our voices can be heard to put ALA back on course again. Please add your name with ours to this resolution.
Here is a link to the resolution and a place to add your signature.
ALA needs your support as never before. We must bring our Association back from the precipice on which it now rests before it leads to ALA's demise.
Betty Turock and Pat Schuman
Past Presidents and Honorary Life Members
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Patricia Glass Schuman
ALA Past Treasurer
ALA Past President
ALA Honorary Member
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