I’d like to suggest an alternative means of addressing this issue that I think might meet the concerns identified by Michael Ginsborg, Joe Hodnicki,  and others.  The bylaws committee is constituted to consider bylaws in general, but does not in its nature have background or special interest in any particular subject, including membership.  So its […]

This post is inspired by an ongoing discussion of a draft bylaws revision under consideration within the American Association of Law Libraries (AALL). The draft, which revisits the controversial issue of opening full participatory membership in the association to all interested persons, was prepared by the organization’s bylaws committee and submitted to its executive board. […]

This morning many AALL members are becoming aware of a draft proposal for several bylaws amendments to be considered by the executive board at its meeting this week. The most controversial of these is to expand the definition of active membership to include anyone who is interested in the objectives of the association. If adopted by […]