Comments on: This is why ALA Council is broken http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/06/26/this-is-why-ala-council-is-broken/ K.G. Schneider's blog on librarianship, writing, and everything else Sun, 20 May 2012 03:37:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.1 By: kgs http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/06/26/this-is-why-ala-council-is-broken/comment-page-1/#comment-15023 kgs Sat, 30 Jun 2007 13:05:28 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/06/26/this-is-why-ala-council-is-broken/#comment-15023 Sarah, it sounds as if we're on different bandwagons... mine is "ALA will change whether it wants to or not." I respect your decision not to get involved, though it would be very helpful to know where your own efforts yielded no results, so we can push harder with renewed vigor. Sarah, it sounds as if we’re on different bandwagons… mine is “ALA will change whether it wants to or not.” I respect your decision not to get involved, though it would be very helpful to know where your own efforts yielded no results, so we can push harder with renewed vigor.

]]> By: Sarah Houghton-Jan (Librarian in Black) http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/06/26/this-is-why-ala-council-is-broken/comment-page-1/#comment-14822 Sarah Houghton-Jan (Librarian in Black) Fri, 29 Jun 2007 21:00:15 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/06/26/this-is-why-ala-council-is-broken/#comment-14822 ALA Council's voting process is broken: people vote for candidates from the long, long list only because they recognize their names. It's no longer based on who is more qualified, but rather who is more known. And if ALA Council is broken, it is only because ALA as an organization on the whole is broken. It needs to be fixed, and some of those of us who want to fix it are just too tired of trying with no results. ALA Council’s voting process is broken: people vote for candidates from the long, long list only because they recognize their names. It’s no longer based on who is more qualified, but rather who is more known. And if ALA Council is broken, it is only because ALA as an organization on the whole is broken. It needs to be fixed, and some of those of us who want to fix it are just too tired of trying with no results.

]]> By: Aaron the Librarian http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/06/26/this-is-why-ala-council-is-broken/comment-page-1/#comment-14524 Aaron the Librarian Thu, 28 Jun 2007 21:34:30 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/06/26/this-is-why-ala-council-is-broken/#comment-14524 Hi Karen, thanks for the plug. In case folks haven't seen a link to the <a href="http://improveala.pbwiki.com/" rel="nofollow">Improve ALA wiki</a>, here it is: http://improveala.pbwiki.com/ Annie, and all of you fabulous folks who've cast a ballot for me in the past, thanks for your vote. I'm told I've been nominated to be a candidate in 2008 and if successful this year, I will work to Improve ALA by implementing fixes to what's broken. If you have opinions on what needs fixed with ALA, let the world know on the <a href="http://improveala.pbwiki.com/" rel="nofollow">Improve ALA wiki</a>! Hi Karen, thanks for the plug. In case folks haven’t seen a link to the Improve ALA wiki, here it is: http://improveala.pbwiki.com/

Annie, and all of you fabulous folks who’ve cast a ballot for me in the past, thanks for your vote. I’m told I’ve been nominated to be a candidate in 2008 and if successful this year, I will work to Improve ALA by implementing fixes to what’s broken.

If you have opinions on what needs fixed with ALA, let the world know on the Improve ALA wiki!

]]> By: Annie http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/06/26/this-is-why-ala-council-is-broken/comment-page-1/#comment-14436 Annie Thu, 28 Jun 2007 13:34:03 +0000 http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/06/26/this-is-why-ala-council-is-broken/#comment-14436 I've voted for Aaron twice. Don't give up, man. I'll vote for you next time, too! --Annie I’ve voted for Aaron twice. Don’t give up, man. I’ll vote for you next time, too!
–Annie

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