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Strategic Planning Committee Description

Date of Establishment: July, 1984

Date of Completion: Continuing

Membership: 5, including Chair. Membership should include a past-president of YALSA, a past board member, and a current board member. If possible, there should also be a member of the Organization and Bylaws Committee included in the membership. The Chair is an ex-officio member of the YALSA Board of Directors.

Qualifications: YALSA members who must be able to attend both the Midwinter Meeting and Annual Conference of ALA.

Term of Office: 2 years

Function: To make recommendations to the YALSA Board for the division strategic plan; to monitor and evaluate the existing strategic plan; to make recommendations to the YALSA Board for updating the strategic plan.

Procedures: After each Annual Conference and Midwinter Meeting, the Strategic Planning Committee recommends revisions, additions and corrections, which are turned in to the YALSA staff. The changes are made in the YALSA office and the revised document is sent to the Strategic Planning Chair.

History: The YALSA Board suspended the Long Range Planning Committee at Annual, 1993. At that time, they wished to determine the new responsibilities, if any, of the committee, since the committee had developed a long range plan, which the Board adopted at Midwinter, 1993. The committee was reactivated by President Judy Druse in September, 1993. The YALSA Board approved the name change from Long Range Planning Committee to Strategic Planning Committee at the 1997 Annual Conference.