Info on how to vote, including a phone number to ALA for tech assistance
or questions:
http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/governance/alaelection/index.cfm
Naomi Bates
Northwest HS Library Justin, Texas
TASL chair-elect, Texas Library Association
nbates@nisdtx.org
817-215-0203
>>> Alice Yucht <ayucht@GMAIL.COM> 4/23/2010 10:57 AM >>>
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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