Proposed Amendments to Bylaws

The Bylaws Committee of ACRL-LA has suggested amendments to the bylaws. Members received a copy of the revised bylaws and a copy of the existing bylaws (last revised 2013) by email on November 22 for review. A vote will take place in January.

Here is a summary of the major changes:

Article II:

• Edits to purpose to match the mission we use on our website

Article III:

• Eliminating the lesser-used associate membership, which would be subsumed into full membership, allowing more members to hold office
• Removed section on fee-based publications as we have not offered those for some time

Article V:

• Clarifying “professional librarian” as a qualification for office to include anyone holding a professional position in an academic library
• Added Chapters Council duties to President and VP roles, adding the requirement that those officers must be national members of ACRL to reflect current Chapters Council bylaws
• Added responsibility for elections to VP role, reflecting removal of elections responsibilities from Membership and Elections Committee
• Removed responsibility for mailings from Secretary as this is no longer done
• Added one-year term for Past-President, which has been done in practice, but not in writing
• Added special elections procedure for VP vacancies that occur late in term
• Removed option of multiple people sharing one position in the event of a vacancy

Article VI:

• Created new description, term, and title for Website Administrator/Communications Manager
• Created new description and term for Journal Editor.

Article VII:

• Clarified that President appoints chairs of standing committees and chairs appoint their members, both with approval of executive board