Membership Initiative Groups

A Membership Initiative Group (MIG) is formed when a group of ALA members identifies a common concern or interest about librarianship that falls outside the delegated responsibility of a single Division, Roundtable, or Unit, and wishes to establish a short-term, renewable mechanism to address this concern or interest.

To establish a MIG, the ALA Committee on Organization (COO) recommends approval to Council based upon a request from a group of members, including a statement of purpose, at least one hundred (100) signatures of ALA members in good standing, and the names and addresses of designated organizers. ALA Policy A. 4.3.3

A MIG may operate for up to three years, at which point it may re-petition for another three-year term or may request another place within the ALA structure by following the procedures for establishing that type of group, or may request that COO disband it. The re-petitioning process can be renewed every three years. If the re-petition process is not carried out when due, the MIG will be disbanded.

For additional information, contact Marsha P. Burgess, ALA Governance Office, Staff Liaison to the Committee on Organization.