Proposed below are changes to the LIRT Bylaws. Membership will vote on these proposed changes at the All Committees Meeting at the ALA Midwinter Conference on Saturday, January 30, 1999, 10:00 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Results of the vote will be published in the March edition of LIRT News.
Currently, the Treasurer is also the Chair of the Five-Year Financial Planning Subcommittee of the Long Range Planning Committee. The proposed bylaws changes, to Section I. D and Section V. D, will make the Past Treasurer the Chair of the Five-Year Financial Planning Subcommittee.
The proposed changes will allow LIRT's Treasurer to focus on the current year's budget issues without also having the responsibility of chairing a committee. The Treasurer will continue to serve as a member of the Five-Year Financial Planning Subcommittee. As Chair of the Subcommittee, the Past Treasurer will bring two years of experience with LIRT's budget and will be able to focus specifically on the Five-Year Financial Plan.
The proposed changes will require a willingness to commit three years of service, rather than two, for those who run for the office of Vice Treasurer/Treasurer-Elect: one year as Vice Treasurer/Treasurer-Elect, one year as Treasurer, one year as Past Treasurer/Chair of the Five-Year Financial Planning Subcommittee.
If changed, Section I. D and Section V. D will read as follows:
Section I. Duties of the Officers
D. TREASURER The Treasurer shall be responsible for the safekeeping of all funds of the Round Table and for the payment of all duly incurred bills. Funds shall be deposited with the ALA fiscal agent and ALA shall draw checks against these funds, as directed by the Treasurer, to pay obligations incurred by the Round Table. The Treasurer shall prepare and submit a financial statement for review at the Midwinter and Annual meeting, which shall include all income and expenditures of the Round Table. The Treasurer is responsible for submitting a proposed budget to be reviewed at the Annual meeting of the Steering Committee and approved by the Executive Board. The Treasurer will serve as a member of the Five-Year Financial Planning Subcommittee of the Long Range Planning Committee.
Section V. Standing Committees
D. The Standing
Committees are as follows:
At the All Committees Meeting at the ALA Annual Conference on Saturday, June 27, 1998, the membership voted to approve bylaws changes published in the March issue of the LIRT News. The approved changes to Section V. A-E of the bylaws served to clarify roles and responsibilities of committee members and chairs. Changes to Section V.F reassigned committee descriptions from the bylaws to the LIRT Manual; consequently, committee descriptions may be updated in the future without bylaws changes.