<div dir="ltr">FYI<br><br>Suzanne L. Sager<div><br></div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Don Wood</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:dwood@ala.org">dwood@ala.org</a>></span><br>
Date: Wed, Jan 8, 2014 at 2:45 PM<br>Subject: [alacro-l] Join the Conversation at ALA Midwinter<br>To: <a href="mailto:alacro-l@ala.org">alacro-l@ala.org</a><br><br><br>
<div lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="purple"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><u></u> <u></u></p><div><div><div><div><div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1c3caa">Please share widely</span><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u> <u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The invitation from ALA President Barbara Stripling to participate in the 2014 ALA Midwinter Kitchen Table Conversation is pasted in below:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">TO: ALA members and 2014 ALA Midwinter Meeting attendees</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">FROM: Barbara Stripling, ALA President</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">RE: ALA Midwinter Meeting: Conversations with members of<a name="143740a4a2e3af2d__GoBack"></a> the ALA Community</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">DATE: 2 December 2013</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">At this year’s ALA Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia, we are continuing the kitchen-table type conversations with ALA members and attendees about their aspirations for ALA as their professional community. These conversations are a step in the process of making ALA an innovation space where members and staff can collaborate and create together.</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">These 1 ½ hour conversations will take place Saturday-Monday at the 2014 ALA Midwinter Meeting in Philadelphia, at the Philadelphia Convention Center, Room 305 (PCC-305). We are planning four conversations/day, each with 16 participants. They will begin on Saturday, January 25, and run through Monday, January 27: 8:30-10:00am, 10:30-noon, 1:00-2:30pm, 3:00-4:30pm. To ensure your seat, please register in advance registration by contacting Mary Ghikas at ALA (<a href="mailto:mghikas@ala.org" target="_blank">mghikas@ala.org</a> ) – and providing a 1<sup>st</sup> and 2<sup>nd</sup> choice of day/time. We will fill spaces on a first-come basis. </span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">ALA members experienced in facilitating conversations will facilitate and record the conversations. Following the Midwinter Meeting, we will post notes to the community in ALA Connect (<a href="http://connect.ala.org/node/210217" target="_blank">http://connect.ala.org/node/210217</a> ) – and as we hold future conversations, we will continue to build a rich base of public knowledge about the aspirations and concerns of our community. We will be continuing these conversations at the 2014 Annual Conference.</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Feedback from the Kitchen Table Conversations held at the 2013 ALA Annual Conference has been shared with the ALA Executive Board and with Division leaders. As the Board considers future directions for ALA in a time of significant change, your voice is very important. I urge you to participate so we can hear your voice as we consider the best ways for ALA to work with and on behalf of members now and in the future. I thank you for your membership, your attendance and your interest in building our professional community together.</span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> </span></i><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Here is the link to the site in ALA Connect. The summary statement and the consolidated and categorized notes from the Kitchen Table Conversation at the 2013 ALA Annual Conference are posted at this location, along with the invitation to the Midwinter Conversation.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""><a href="http://connect.ala.org/node/210217" target="_blank">http://connect.ala.org/node/210217</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Based on what people said in Chicago in June, as well as feedback from several years of post-conference surveys, we will spend a significant portion of our time at the Kitchen Table Conversation during Midwinter focusing on aspirations for and concerns about the ALA Annual Conference. The specific focus will shift again at Annual Conference, as the ALA Executive Board, other member groups and staff consider options for the future.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif""> <u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">People who would like to reserve a seat at one of the conversations should email me directly, <a href="mailto:mghikas@ala.org" target="_blank">mghikas@ala.org</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Mary W. Ghikas<u></u><u></u></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">Senior Associate Executive Director, ALA<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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