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Vermont Chapter Councilor Report – ALA LibLearnX 2023

Librarian.net

All documents for this meeting can be found here. – Article V – Makeup of the Executive Board in the absence of Council, what representation was the optimal makeup and who votes for them. (I link] Attendee report: 2653 attendees at LLX, 1711 are reg members (i.e. And how many people should be on a new Council? (I

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Vermont Chapter Councilor Report – ALA Annual 2023

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All documents for this meeting can be found here. not vendors, corporate members, free attendees) All votes passed. Please contact me if you have further questions or want to get involved. link] Final attendee report: 15842 registrations, 9459 paid (i.e. This was a no-brainer and VLA signed on.

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My ALA Conference

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Here is the list of the Council Documents. It’s messy and includes documents both from Annual as well as Midwinter this year. The Code of Conduct is a document that ALA hopes will govern all the online spaces that ALA uses for member interaction, most notably mailing lists and their online forum ALA Connect. not passed).

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The White House’s Focus on Closing Costs: Long Overdue and Worth the Fight (Part 2)

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

As documented in the Government Accountability Office (GAO) study referenced in Part 1, homebuyers will almost always defer to a third party involved in the purchase transaction to select a title insurer. In other words, vote totals in the next election are now visibly in play.

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Vermont Chapter Councilor Report – LibLearnX 2023

Librarian.net

This is not my usual ALA report because the Council meetings at LibLearnX were brief and I was occupied with some legislation I’d been working on. This still needs to get voted on by membership at ALA but should pass. Here are some important notes for those who are interested in ALA topics. This is the Core Values press release.

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How to Evaluate the Likelihood of GSE Reform in the Next Presidential Administration: Six Questions to Ask

The Stoop (NYU Furman Center)

I have also written on the inherent design flaw in F&F and the other GSEs embedded in their congressional legislation: see [link] and [link]. ]] For many years, this was considered the responsibility of Congress, which had established the GSEs by legislation – but Congress has never come close to agreeing on what changes would be needed.