ALA Council orientation
June 24th, 2006 by Heidi Dolamore
Hi everyone. I’m Heidi, Youth Services Librarian with the San Mateo County Library in San Carlos, California. I also keep a blog, quiddle. I was just elected to ALA Council, so I’ve got a lot of organizational meetings on my plate. This morning was Council orientation, where I learned all about whereas clauses and which days there are free donuts before Council sessions (hey, they meetings are open, so help yourself).
This is Eli, the ALA parliamentarian, who introduced me to the Sturgis rules. (The picture says “Suffering is optional!!!”)
Yesterday I met up with a librarian from Slidell (across the lake from New Orleans). She took me on a tour of the library where she works, as well as the branch library that is near what is left of her house. I think a lot of us have a morbid sense of curiosity about how the city is doing, and I saw more than my fill of devastation and destruction. Which makes me even more grateful for everything that has been done to make our stay in New Orleans comfortable. Inside the convention center, it’s as if the hurricane never happened. I’ve been welcomed more times than I can count, and when people shake my hand and say, “Welcome!” there’s a firmness to their hand and a sincerity in their eyes that makes me glad to be here.
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