1. Roles & responsibilities

2. It’s All Connected

3. Two Paths of Impact Region Director Affiliate Delegate
Represents region
Has a voting Seat on AASL Board of Directors
Affiliate Delegate
Voting member of Affiliate Assembly
Concerns presented to AASL Board of Directors

4. Delegates – state-level and local-level issues
Affiliate Impact BIG
Delegates – state-level and local-level issues
Affiliate Assembly – issues of importance to delegates that impact the profession
AASL Board of Directors – all states, all grades, all student populations, all professional settings

5. Affiliates Action BIG
Affiliate communications to individual school librarians get noticed
Affiliate Assembly general communications
AASL communications seen as one more in a sea of ALA communications

6. Who Does What - Region Directors
Voting member of AASL Board
Submit Region Report to AASL Board twice a year
Attend Affiliate Assembly
Attend Affiliate meeting in region
Communication vehicle between Affiliates in Region and AASL Board

7. Who Does What- Region Directors
Add your Region Director to your affiliate communication channels (listservs, member- only website sections, newsletters, etc.)
AASL can help but only if we know what’s happening in your state.

8. Who Does What - AACT
AACT = Affiliate Assembly Coordinating Team
Current roster in Section 1 of handbook
Prepare agendas and run Affiliate Assembly meetings
Review all Concerns/Commendations prior to Affiliate Assembly and determine if there can be any consolidations or if anything needs to be removed

9. Who Does What- Regional Representative
Elected by, and from, delegates within a region
One-year term
Automatic seat on AACT
Communication vehicle between Affiliates and AACT

10. Who Does What - Regional Representatives
Coordinates and submits Concerns and Commendations from affiliates
Facilitates conversation during caucus

11. Who Does What - Delegates
An AASL Affiliate Assembly Delegate is someone who is actively involved in the state affiliated organization and who has a clear understanding of the issues, trends, and concerns of school librarians within their state or region.

12. Who Does What - Delegates
Promote AASL events, activities, and offerings to state members
Communicate Concerns passed by Affiliate Assembly back to state members
Send Affiliate events, award winners, and activities to AASL for national promotion
Communicate AASL activities to state members

13. Concerns and Commendations
ALA MW
Regions caucus and begin development of Concern.
ALA AC
Concerns and Commendations voted on by delegates.
Passed on the AASL Board Executive Committee.
AASL Board of Directors votes on any possible action/steps to be taken to accommodate the passed Concerns and approves Commendations.

14. Communications
Diagram in handbook
Critical as delegates and other state leaders rotate on/off that constant communication is maintained.

15. THANK YOU!
Questions?