Comments on: a few remaindered links on a variety of topics http://www.librarian.net/stax/2196/a-few-remaindered-links-on-a-variety-of-topics/ putting the rarin back in librarian since 1999 Sat, 11 Feb 2012 18:14:14 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: K.G. Schneider http://www.librarian.net/stax/2196/a-few-remaindered-links-on-a-variety-of-topics/comment-page-1/#comment-110644 K.G. Schneider Mon, 19 Nov 2007 13:37:02 +0000 http://www.librarian.net/stax/2196/a-few-remaindered-links-on-a-variety-of-topics/#comment-110644 I don't think it's just a case of wanting to put money in coffers. ALA, as an organization, seeks ways to survive. That's perfectly understandable. Of its three revenue streams, one, membership dues, is not even break-even; the next, publishing, is moribund; so that leaves conferences (which are not the bonanzas everyone thinks, in part because our registration fees are so low). ALA's existence revolves around the two-conferences-per-year paradigm, and to sustain that, ALA believes it must retain practices that compel people to attend meetings in order to participate in the work of the association. I think the key is to do what Jason Griffey and Michele Boule are doing and find strategies for ALA's fiscal survival that don't depend on the old conference model. Finally, it's not just that virtual members can't vote. They aren't counted when quorums are established, they can be only a certain percentage of every committee... the message is clear that these are the candystripers of ALA-land. I don’t think it’s just a case of wanting to put money in coffers. ALA, as an organization, seeks ways to survive. That’s perfectly understandable. Of its three revenue streams, one, membership dues, is not even break-even; the next, publishing, is moribund; so that leaves conferences (which are not the bonanzas everyone thinks, in part because our registration fees are so low).

ALA’s existence revolves around the two-conferences-per-year paradigm, and to sustain that, ALA believes it must retain practices that compel people to attend meetings in order to participate in the work of the association. I think the key is to do what Jason Griffey and Michele Boule are doing and find strategies for ALA’s fiscal survival that don’t depend on the old conference model.

Finally, it’s not just that virtual members can’t vote. They aren’t counted when quorums are established, they can be only a certain percentage of every committee… the message is clear that these are the candystripers of ALA-land.

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