Duties and Responsibilities of Board Members

Authorization

Article IV of the Bylaws of the Young Adult Library Services Association establishes the duties and responsibilities of members of the Board of Directors.

Duties and Responsibilities of Board Members

1. Attend three Board meetings at Midwinter and two at Annual Conferences.

2. Attend the Board Planning Session and the Joint AASL/ALSC/YALSA membership meeting at the Midwinter Conference.

3. Attend Leadership Development, All-Committee Meeting and the Membership Meeting at Annual Conferences.

4. Serve as liaisons to specified YALSA committees as assigned by the YALSA President.

5. Jointly determine current and future programs and activities in accordance with YALSA objectives (Bylaws, Article II).

6. Jointly determine YALSA policies.

Committee Liaison Responsibilities

Board liaison assignments will be determined at the final Executive Committee meeting at the Annual Conference. The President will publish the list of board liaisons/committees on YALSACOM within a month after the Annual Conference.

As committee liaisons, Board members will: contact committee chairs within one month of initial assignment; communicate with committee chairs as needed between conferences, with at least one follow-up contact prior to each conference; provide the YALSA Board with brief reports of committee activities and issues as needed at each conference; receive copies of the pre- and post-conference committee chair reports, preferably as the chair completes them, in order to accelerate the time frame for Board liaisons to gather information and have the opportunity to respond to and advocate for their committees as needed; and serve as conduits from their respective committees to other parts of the organization.

Meetings

Regular meetings of the Board are held during the Midwinter Meetings and Annual Conferences of the Association. Informational and action items are sent to the Board, numbered, as received in the YALSA Office. Informative background material relating to matters for discussion and action are sent to each Board member throughout the year. It is the responsibility of each Board member to read and digest the information prior to Board meetings, and to bring all printed materials to the meetings.

ALA Policy Guides and Division Aids

A member of a division Board is involved in setting policy. The following publications include background in ALA and division matters. Copies are available from the YALSA Office upon request:

ALA Policies, Procedures and Position statements

ALA Constitution and Bylaws (in the ALA Handbook of Organization)

YALSA Bylaws

YALSA Handbook of Organization

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P:Handbook/BDMEM.IV2 – 03/10/04 – revised June 2002 and June 2003.