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From: Deborah Murphy, LAUC President
RE: Charge to LAUC Committee on Diversity
ROSTER:
Dear committee members,
Thank you very much for agreeing to serve on the Committee on Diversity. LAUC committee work is key to our success in our role in advising the University on professional and governance matters of concern to all librarians. Your work is meaningful, valued and absolutely essential. The work of this committee has enabled LAUC to bring about major changes in support of our work as librarians.
This year, the overall goal for the committees is to complete work that is in progress and to determine the need for further action.
The LAUC Bylaws call for the members of each standing committee to be appointed by the LAUC President to serve two-year staggered terms, and for the divisions to be alphabetically divided into two groups, with divisions in one of the two groups having new members appointed each year.
To ensure continuity the committee will appoint a chair designate, who will serve as Chair in 2002/2003 by June 1, 2002.
According to the Bylaws (Article VIII, Section 1.J.5), the standing charge to the Committee on Diversity is to:
a) Advise the President and the Executive Board, and serve as a resource for other committees and LAUC Divisions on issues and initiatives concerning cultural diversity in University libraries.
b) Consider and develop recommendations and implementation strategies on matters and initiatives concerning cultural diversity in University libraries.
c) Address other subjects at the request of the President on matters and initiatives of cultural diversity in University libraries.
The highest priority for the Committee on Diversity this year is to complete work in progress. The majority of the activities listed in the Recommendations for Action have the status of "ongoing," "pending," "hold," or "in progress." Please review and prioritize those activities and identify one or two which the committee will bring to completion during the 2001/2002 year. Consider ways in which your committee can use its space on the LAUC web page to disseminate information about Diversity activities. The Committee will submit a final report of 2001/2002 activities at Fall Assembly, 2002.
The Committee's recommendations may be submitted to the LAUC Executive Board for review at any of the scheduled meetings. You will present a progress report at the Spring Assembly, May 3, 2002 with a final report presented at the Fall Assembly, 2002.
Formal recommendations that need approval of the membership are presented in the form of motions. Please review appropriate sections of Sturgis for how to make motions.
Your contribution to the work of LAUC is very important. Thank you again for your willingness to serve on this LAUC Committee.
Sincerely,
Deborah Murphy
LAUC Statewide President
McHenry Library
University of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
Phone: (831) 459-3253
Fax: (831)459-8206
Email:damurphy@cats.ucsc.edu