As President-Elect of YALSA, one of my duties is to appoint YALSA volunteers for both our Fall and Spring appointment cycles. I have been working to appoint YALSA members to our current Spring volunteer openings and I am pleased to report the following:
I have filled the following committees and task forces (YALSA Staff are working to contact members now about these opportunities for acceptance):
- AASL/ALSC/YALSA Interdivisional Committee on School/Public Library Cooperation
- Teen Programming HQ Taskforce
- Teens’ Top Ten committee
- Symposium Planning Taskforce
- Symposium Evaluation Task Force
We still need volunteers for the following committees, task force, and advisory boards. Click on the link to learn more about the volunteer position.
Please consider volunteering for YALSA today!
- Division Membership and Promotion: we need 2 members to fill it
- Financial Advancement: we need 6 members and 1 ex-officio chair (no one has applied)
- Research Journal Board: we need 2 members to fill it
- Organization and Bylaws: we need 6 members to fill it (we only have a chair)
- HUB advisory Board: we need 5 members to fill it
- Social Media: we need 3 members to fill it
- YALS/YALSA Blog Advisory Board: we need 2 members to fill it
- Presidential Initiatives Implementation Task Force (Freedom to Read): we need 2 members to fill it
- Outstanding Books for the College Bound: we need 6 members to fill it, up to 5 can be from ACRL
We currently have no volunteers for the Board Development Committee. Members with governance experience are highly encouraged to apply for this committee! We need those members who have served in YALSA Board positions specifically to volunteer as this committee oversees the Board’s effectiveness and helps put together and promote our YALSA slate each year.
If you are interested in volunteering, you can access our YALSA Volunteer form with this link: https://www.ala.org/CFApps/volunteer/form.cfm
As you fill out the nomination form, please refer to my post from last fall: How to Fill Out YALSA’s Volunteer Form. Please email me (President-elect, Colleen Seisser) with your interest as that will expedite the review of your application and ensure I have eyes on it. You must be a current YALSA member and you must not already have three ALA volunteer commitments.
Respectfully submitted by Colleen Seisser, YALSA President-Elect
