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	<title>Comments on: ALA member e-participation survey: input keenly hungered for</title>
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		<title>By: Sheila Kearns</title>
		<link>http://freerangelibrarian.com/2007/10/24/ala-member-e-participation-survey-input-keenly-hungered-for/#comment-76535</link>
		<dc:creator>Sheila Kearns</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Oct 2007 12:49:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I am not sure that this is within the scope of your task force, but here goes.  

The questions you have listed for the survey assume that respondents have participated in an ALA committee, task force, or other unit.  I think this is very appropriate to get a sense of how electronic participation may actually be working or not working in current ALA activities.  However, I wonder if you will also be gathering information from ALA members who may not have previously participated in an ALA committee, task force, or other unit.  I think it would be important to know the potential impact if a formally defined means of electronic participation were available.

I believe there are many ALA members like myself who would do not have the means to attend face to face meetings or who have other legitimate reasons for not doing so and who would be very interested in participating if an electronic option were available.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I am not sure that this is within the scope of your task force, but here goes.  </p>
<p>The questions you have listed for the survey assume that respondents have participated in an ALA committee, task force, or other unit.  I think this is very appropriate to get a sense of how electronic participation may actually be working or not working in current ALA activities.  However, I wonder if you will also be gathering information from ALA members who may not have previously participated in an ALA committee, task force, or other unit.  I think it would be important to know the potential impact if a formally defined means of electronic participation were available.</p>
<p>I believe there are many ALA members like myself who would do not have the means to attend face to face meetings or who have other legitimate reasons for not doing so and who would be very interested in participating if an electronic option were available.</p>
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		<title>By: Vicki Davis</title>
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		<dc:creator>Vicki Davis</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 17:05:55 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>It is so important for librarians to speak up!!!  I'm passing this along.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>It is so important for librarians to speak up!!!  I&#8217;m passing this along.</p>
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