by Kari Lucas, Chair, Organization & Bylaws Committee, klucas@ucsd.edu
Proposed below are changes to the LIRT Bylaws. Voting on these proposed changes will take place at the All Committees Meeting at the ALA Annual Conference on Saturday, June 27, 1998, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Results of the vote will be published in the September edition of LIRT News.
The changes to SECTION V. A-E will serve to clarify roles and responsibilities of committee members and chairs. The responsibilities of LIRT committees have changed over time to reflect the impact of technology and realignments of the Round Table. However, these changes are difficult to reflect since each change now requires that the Bylaws be modified by a vote of the membership.
The proposed change in SECTION V. F. names
the standing committees only. By reassigning committee descriptions to
the LIRT Manual, fewer Bylaws changes will be needed and committee descriptions
can be more easily updated.
A. Section V. Standing Committees A. Members
of standing committees shall be appointed by the Vice-President/President-Elect,
in consultation with the President, of the Round Table, who will designate
one member as chair.
B. Membership appointments shall be for two years, overlapping so that no more than one-half of the members shall be retired in one year. Appointments to the same committee shall not exceed two consecutive terms.
C. Committee Chair appointments are for one year terms and may be appointed once. Chairs shall submit an Annual Report at the close of the ALA Annual Conference.
D. Committee composition shall consist of members from academic, school, public, and special libraries. No committee shall consist of members from only one type of library.
E. Committees shall meet at ALA Annual and Midwinter conferences.
F. The Standing Committees are as follows:
LIRT News, March 1998. Volume
20, number 3.
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