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ALA-APA Governance Task Force
ALA-APA Governance Issues
ALA-APA Bylaws
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The ALA-APA Bylaws were discussed, amended and
adopted at Council II at the ALA Midwinter meeting
in New Orleans on January 22, 2002—see 2001–2002
CD# 24 Revised and as amended.
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Some wordings used in the ALA-APA Bylaws differ
slightly from those used in the ALA Constitution
and Bylaws. There is no requirement that ALA and
ALA-APA bylaws should be identical. ALA has some
64,000 members organized into Divisions, Round
Tables and Offices all with their many committees.
ALA-APA consists of some 180 elected members and
a much more simplified structure is therefore
appropriate. The ALA-APA Council consists of all
the elected members of ALA Council, the policy-making
body of ALA, so any disagreement on the spirit
and interpretation of bylaws and policies should
be minimal.
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The present ALA-APA Bylaws do provide for their
being amended. ALA-APA Bylaw IX. Amendments reads:
“Amendments to these bylaws may originate
in the ALA-APA Council or in the Board. These
Bylaws may be amended by a two-thirds vote of
the Board at any legally constituted meeting and
must be ratified by a majority vote of the ALA-APA
Council.” Arising from its review of the
ALA-APA Bylaws, assigned to it by the Transition
Team, the Governance Task Force proposes the addition
of a new Article to the ALA-APA Bylaws to provide
for the adoption of a Parliamentary Authority.
The suggested wording follows : MOTION to amend
the ALA-APA Bylaws by adding a new article as
follows: “Parliamentary Authority. The current
edition of ‘The Standard Code of Parliamentary
Procedure’ governs this organization in all
parliamentary situations that are not provided
for in the law or in its bylaws or adopted rules.”
If ratified this will become Article X and the
present Article X. Dissolution will be renumbered
as Article XI. It will be necessary to have this
amendment as an action item on the Atlanta agenda.
As the present bylaw says amendments may originate
in the ALA-APA Council or in the Board it could
be placed on the agenda for whichever meets first
leading to ratification by ALA-APA Council.]
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