YALSA’s Organizational Plan has three goals, one of which is advocacy. As part of this goal, YALSA seeks to provide resources to members to help them be effective advocates. The 2017 – 2018 Implementation Plan approved by the YALSA Board of Directors at the 2017 ALA Annual Conference states that someone should “inventory YALSA advocacy resources. Update those deemed useful and ensure consistency of language and messages across resources. Sunset other resources whose shelf life has expired. Organize all advocacy resources into a more user-friendly format and develop an advocacy curriculum based on them.”
In order for this work to be completed, two members of the Advocacy Standing Board Committee, Kate McNair and Derek Ivie, are asking the Board to recruit a YALSA member to tackle these tasks. You can read more about the tasks in Board Document #20, in which the recommended action is that the “Board directs the YALSA President to appoint a member volunteer by Mar. 1, 2018 which will inventory YALSA’s portfolio of advocacy resources and provide recommendations to the board by no later than May 22, 2018.” Does this sound interesting to you? Contact YALSA President, Sandra Hughes-Hassell, to find out more information about the position.
Sarah Hill, YALSA Immediate Past-President
