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GODORT Legislation I

06.22.2007

is the wiki free or paid for by ALA?
- no one is sure (so most likely yes it is free)
Jesse Silva: (handouts)
http://sunsite3.berkeley.edu/wikis/legcom/
pwd: (hamster-like ate)
current members: add member information to wiki page (after meeting)
instructions are included in the handout

Collage easier to use than the other CMS
looking at all resolutions; trying to get them all linked to each thing (get rid of dead links)
think about what we want to put on the page
last training online
cleaned page, and tried to get old information off

waiting on another member to join... table for the moment
Amy charged Mary and Kevin with drafting a stmt. that the OKLA could use when they have a viable FOIA request
simple, short letter to remind an agency of their responsibility under FOIA
others could use it

has anyone noticed any changes important enough to address?
Kevin: PPM makes reference to a Web Manager for the Comm.; what about a wiki manager--should it be the same person, etc.? we're set for now, but what about a year from now?

Jesse is our new national action alert coordinator
any issue of consequence... a lot of leeway there
how this came up: Amy asks Mary and Kevin to form an advocacy plan for Leg. Comm.
- talking about breaking down depositories by congress. districts, see who was represented by which depos., etc.
- found themselves wishing we had it ready to go when the GPO budget issue came up
a message from GODORT through this might have been a more effective way of getting the message out
first requires approval of the GODORT chair
- Legis. would craft message
- go to chair for approval; would make sure everyone is on the same page
passes message along to regionals; from there on to locals through various means of communication
important thing is to get the message out there to as many locales as possible
this is good for any case where a quick response is needed
Cathy H.: hard part will be keeping the list up to date
as a comm., haven't discussed: send them a list of vacancies (to Jesse)
when was the last time this was used?
- not that long, perhaps.
prefer not to start from scratch; would like to involve those who participated in the past

just the cost of an ALA membership may be an institutional barrier
hoping there could be some specific roles we could have in mind for such members
at Kevin's own local govdoc librarians--mostdon't come to ALA or aren't members, but might participate virtually
any specific ideas?
- drafting resolutions
- but they should be ALA members
- that might keep a lot of people out b/c of lack of funds
- is there a way to give them an official title? good for them for review times--more incentive
  - letter from the Chair to endorse this to their institution (or other documentation)
- at one person's library, there is a lot of this virtual participation and it works well
virtual members not voting members?
- perhaps only non-voting at a physical meeting
- doesn't make much sense; could sign them in online or cellphone with speaker
is the only difference their physical presence?
- participation virtually vs. member virtually--what's the definition of the fine line?
- we're talking about an appointed member to a committee - but requiring a specific participation

meeting online once a week, one hour, for five weeks
- was a little slower than a F2F meeting
- bringing people together at the same time, things seem to get done
- perhaps once a month, if Leg. Comm. could get together for an hour
- Jesse mentioned using Meebo to do it; everyone seems very positive about this idea
  - nothing to install
we will talk about that more in Leg. III
task force chats were nice to touch base with everyone, and make sure that everyone is following through
start this maybe 2-3 weeks after ALA Annual
so... what would Leg. do at Midwinter if we finished all our work?

a couple of years ago, OLA member was concerned about this
wanted to be able to send a letter to their congressman, but send it under a professional association, so it would have more clout
this takes a lot of time, so:
could do this by email when it comes up; get ALA GODORT to create some language/paragraph that would be standard and approved by ALA for future use
wouldn't take as long to approve subsequent letters; perhaps only a day
better for timeliness of critical votes
gone through several iterations
- look at the language, think about the types of situations you're writing the letter for, and what you'd like to say to that congressman or agency
push this out to other state library associations
- might get more national members if we can offer them more services, and this would be a great one
first two ALA principles on govdocs really mesh with what we want to convey
is there anything that needs to be added to this, or is it ready?
need to take back to OLA and see what they think
- let them know it's been approved by ALA Council
- if that's suitable for them, then might be ready to move forward