This is a brief 30 minute meeting. The Treasurer's report was given. APA is now paying back its loan to ALA starting with $25,000/year. The report from the Committee on Organization was given. Their first Certified Public library Administrator Program person was introduced. She was the first person in 5 years. They are going to extend the providers, do more marketing. She spoke highly of the program CPLA. Please spread the word. Lot's of work with PLA but ASLCA and LAMA need to step up on this. Committee on Salaries and Status of Library Workers. There is work going on to start a program for para-professionals (Nancy Bolt is working on this through an LSTA grant.)
The ALA store sells buttons "Libraries Work Because We Do". APA is working with AFL-CIO to open a lot of doors. National Library Workers Days is Tuesday April 15, 2008.
ALA COO (Committee on Organization): The ALA Office for Advocacy is headed by Marci Merola. Marci came to CAL Annual and held a pre-conference on Advocacy. COO voted to recommend the formation of an ALA Advocacy Committee consisting of 13 members. Separately, it was reported that the new website redesign has been placed on the web for comments with the hope that it will be released in June 2008. Starting at Midwinter 2009 (in Denver!!) ALA will require that members seeking ALA assistance in finding hotel accommodations have already registered.
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