Re: [LM_NET] [aaslforum] Vote now or forever hold your whines

[Alice Yucht <ayucht@GMAIL.COM>]

What. Gail. Said.
I'm tired of hearing folks say "yeah but what is ALA doing for US?"
So here's the bottom line: stand up and be counted, or shut up.
VOTE, dagnabit!!
Alice, the calalytic curmudgeon

On Fri, Apr 23, 2010 at 11:46 AM, Dickinson, Gail K. <GDickins@odu.edu> wrote:
> I received an email a week or so ago from LAMA, another division who gets a
> chunk of my pocketbook, urging me to vote in the ALA Election, noting that
> as of that time, only 16.6% of ALA members had cast their ballot.
>
> I hope that doesn’t hold true for AASL members.  We have an opportunity with
> the election for ALA president to get a rare opportunity, which is to have a
> true school librarian as president of our own great and powerful land of
> Oz.    In the past several years, we have had lots of candidates tell us how
> much they LOOOOOOOOVE school librarians, which they know because their
> brother’s wife’s sister’s third cousin’s neighbor was a school librarian.
> Then once elected, they forget what they never truly knew, which is why
> school libraries are the future for any type of library.  We bring the
> children into libraryland.   It’s important.
>
> I, along with many of you, have written patient and not-so-patient emails
> explaining the blunders and omissions made by those in power who don’t
> understand school libraries.  Even worse are the times when they didn’t know
> that they didn’t know.
>
> So this year I did something about it.  I voted for Sara Kelly Johns for
> President, then I went through the list of people running for ALA Council
> and voted for just the school librarians there as well.
>
> I did this for several reasons.  First, I did it for the library profession,
> because I believe Sara is the best candidate.  Second, I did it for school
> librarians, because I want a strong voice speaking both up and out for
> school libraries, and speaking for including school libraries in the
> incredible tapestry of our profession.  Wherever we are, I want the children
> to be both seen and heard.   And finally, I did it for myself, because I
> don’t want to have to continually watch to see if K-12 students are
> considered in whatever initiative ALA puts forth.
>
> I have never been shy about complaining (i.e.whining) about the lack of
> openness in our organization, the difficulty in applying outdated policies
> to modern initiatives, and other issues that I consider perfectly worth both
> whines and rants.    My point is……I feel like I still get to still do that,
> because I voted.   Did you?
>
> Time runs out at 11:59 tonight.   As individuals, we only have one vote.  As
> a group, we have an overwhelming majority, but only if people take the time,
> trouble, hassle, and frustration of submitting the ballot.
>
> Do it now.
>
> Gail K. Dickinson, Associate Professor
> 249-6 Education Building
> Department of Teaching and Learning
> Darden College of Education
> Old Dominion University
> Norfolk, VA 23529
>
>
>



-- 
Alice Yucht, aka Alice in InfoLand
lifetime Teacher-Librarian, now freelancing as
Rutgers/SCILS/PDS faculty,
writer, consultant, speaker, mentor,
and catalytic curmudgeon.
Highland Park, New Jersey
http://aliceinfo.squarespace.com/blog
ayucht@gmail.com

"We may be service-oriented, but we don't have to be servants."

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