We are reposting this petition to stop the vote on the proposed dues
increase at the Annual Meeting of AALL in Pittsburgh. We need at least
300 signatures and at present have 220. IF YOU HAVE ALREADY SIGNED THIS
PETITION, DO NOT SIGN IT AGAIN! If you agree with this petition, please
download this posting, print it out, and sign it.
If you can mail this petition so as to reach John Fox by July 14, please
mail it to John C. Fox, Lord, Bissell, and Brook Library, 115 S. LaSalle
St., Chicago, IL 60603. Otherwise bring the signed petition to the
conference in Pittsburgh and give it to John at the Pittsburgh Hilton,
Gateway Center before Monday the 17th. Multiple signatures may be on the
same sheet. FAXes are not acceptable.
If you know of other AALL members who do not have INTERNET access, please
provide them with copies of this posting.
If you have any questions, call John before the 14th at (312) 443-1805.
RE: PETITION TO STOP THE VOTE ON THE PROPOSED DUES INCREASE
AT THE AALL ANNUAL MEETING IN PITTSBURGH UNTIL IT CAN
BE SUBMITTED TO THE AALL MEMBERSHIP BY MAIL BALLOT
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We, as members of AALL, the Chicago Association of Law
Libraries and other Chapters of AALL present this petition
to the Executive Board of AALL to stop the vote on the
proposed dues increase at the AALL Annual Meeting in
Pittsburgh until it can be submitted to the entire
membership by mail ballot.
We believe that a vote on a dues increase at the
business meetings in Pittsburgh does not provide all AALL
members with the opportunity to express their opinion on the
proposal, because attendance at the Annual Meeting is
usually less than half of the total membership of AALL.
We are not necessarily against a dues increase, but we
do believe that a better method for deciding that issue
would be to vote on the proposed dues increase by a mail
ballot. By using that method, everyone would be given an
opportunity to vote on the issue. Both the American Library
Association and the Special Library Association vote on
proposed dues increases by a mail ballot. It seems
reasonable that AALL consider adopting a similar procedure.
We request that the vote on the proposed dues increase
be postponed until it can be submitted to the entire
membership by mail ballot.
SIGNATURE SECTION
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