It has been a long time since I posted and that doesn't mean that there aren't a lot of great examples and stories about people working together. Today is the New Year for this blog. I am going to diligent about posting once a week minimum on the theme of working together.
Last evening I had the opportunity to participate in a workshop at ALA about making meetings work great. I am the new chair of the ALA Conference Committee and it was as a result of that appointment that I attending this orientation event. Eli Mini, ALA Parliamentarian, was the speaker. Eli reminded all of us as chairs that a good meeting is about everyone working together. It’s not about egos; it’s not about personal agendas; it’s not about a subgroup of the committee; it’s about making the work of the committee meaningful for the organization and moves the organization forward. In order to achieve this work everyone must work together and be engaged in the discussion. It is about everyone being prepared to be open-minded about the discussion and the topics in order to achieve meaningful results.
For the most part meetings that we have in LTLS do consider the big picture, however, it was a good reminder to me to be sure to work with all members to be sure we achieve a balance in order to more our organization forward.