MLA recommends that:

• ALA expand the number of seats on the Board of Directors from 17 to 21 to include one representative from each of the four leadership assemblies – Chapter Leadership, Round Table Leadership, Division Leadership, and Affiliates

• ALA allows each of the four Leadership Assemblies to establish their own internal voting process and ultimately choose who will represent them on the Board of Directors

• ALA reconsider AASL and ACRL Chapter leadership as part of the Chapter Assembly

  • State/Regional Chapters have specific concerns and needs and should focus on their states and territories, not their library type
  • As Divisions, AASL and ACRL will already be included in the Division Assembly
  • As Divisions, AASL and ACRL may already be included in and appointed to Board of Directors’ seats

• ALA’s Board of Directors and Council meetings be increased in number and conducted in as open and accessible a manner as possible: Transparency of the discussions/decisions made by governance bodies is a key to engagement from its members

• ALA makes an effort to offer all meetings to the full membership in an online format.

We thank you for your consideration of these recommendations, and for all that ALA members, Councilors, Boards of Directors, and staff have done up to this point. We know that “getting it right” is time-consuming work and by asking for and receiving input from every corner of the nation, a healthy, engaged, and realigned ALA will emerge. MLA is standing by to take part in the next steps in moving forward into a reimagined future for ALA.