The ALA Video Round Table (VRT) seeks enthusiastic and highly motivated individuals to run for the following three positions on the VRT Executive Board:
• Vice-Chair/Chair-elect (2012-2013) • Treasurer (2012-2014) • Secretary (2012-2014) The term will begin immediately following ALA Annual 2012. If you are interested in any of the above positions, please let me know no later than December 31, 2012. You will then be sent further details on how to apply. The deadline to submit biographical information is February 1, 2012. However, we would like to be able to present a slate of names to the VRT Executive Board at ALA Midwinter in Dallas. ALA VRT Bylaw: ARTICLE IV Officers Section 1. The Officers of the VRT shall include a Chair; a Vice Chair / Chair-Elect, a Secretary, and a Treasurer, all of whom shall be personal members in good standing of the VRT and the ALA (meaning current active member status-paid dues, not holding more than three (3) concurrent ALA offices, and abiding by all other by-laws of ALA and VRT). Section 2. The term of office for the Chair shall be one (1) year, from the end of one Annual Meeting to the end of the following Annual Meeting. Section 3. The term of office for the Vice-Chair/Chair Elect shall be one (1) year, from the end of one Annual Meeting to the end of the following Annual Meeting, at which time incumbent would become Chair. A previous Chair shall be eligible for election to the office of Vice-Chair/Chair Elect after a minimum interval of two (2) years out of office of the Chair (or one year after serving on Executive Board as Past Chair). Section 4. The term of office for the Secretary shall be two (2) years; terms shall commence at the end of an Annual Meeting and continue through the end of the second successive Annual Meeting. The Secretary shall be eligible for re-election at the end of any term. Section 5. The term of office for the Treasurer shall be two (2) years; terms shall commence at the end of an Annual Meeting and continue through the end of the second successive Annual Meeting. The Treasurer shall be eligible for re-election at the end of any term. Section 6. The Chair shall serve as Immediate Past Chair for a one year term after completing their term as Chair. The Immediate Past Chair additionally serves as Chair of the Nominating Committee. For more information about duties, the VRT Bylaws are available at: http://www.ala.org/vrt/governance/vrtbylaws/vrtbylaws This is a great opportunity to build your resume, and enhance professional development. Optional: ALA invites members to run for a position on the ALA Council. The Council is the governing body of ALA. It delegates to the divisions of the Association authority to plan and carry out programs and activities with policy established by Council. Only personal members of the Association may serve on Council. Two meetings are required each year, one at the annual conference of the Association and one not less than three months prior to annual conference. (See Bylaw Article IV.) Council determines all policies of the Association and its decisions are binding unless set aside by a majority vote by mail in which one-fourth of the members of the Association have voted. Such vote by mail shall be held upon petition of one percent of the personal members as certified by the Executive Director of the Association. (See Constitution Article VI.) It’s a three-year term. The option to run for Council is available on the biographical nominee form. Best, Monique Threatt Past Chair, ALA VRT Nominations Committee Herman B Wells Library Indiana University Bloomington, IN 47405 mthre...@indiana.edu<mailto:mthre...@indiana.edu>
VIDEOLIB is intended to encourage the broad and lively discussion of issues relating to the selection, evaluation, acquisition,bibliographic control, preservation, and use of current and evolving video formats in libraries and related institutions. It is hoped that the list will serve as an effective working tool for video librarians, as well as a channel of communication between libraries,educational institutions, and video producers and distributors.
