Off the Mark

Perhaps there are “better” ways to affect change than those I sometimes use. The truth is, I did not really expect any change on my behalf; I did want it for others, though. But, it seems my griping was noticed and change is happening.
I got a nice phone call today from Mary Taylor, Executive Director [...]

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Sickness and death
Been having odd sick-like things going on for a couple months now. Went to the doc last week. Sinus x-rays showed an infection and I’m a third of the way through 20 days of antibiotics. My electrolytes were also off and I had to have them retested. Go back Monday [...]

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Update 19 July 2007: I wanted to add an update that I have been contacted by LITA and that official steps are being taken to preclude whatever disconnect happened in my membership from happening to anyone else.
I have been personally welcomed into the fold and look forward to my future time with LITA.
For a bit [...]

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In case anyone is interested, here is what I did about ALA for this year:
Stayed as a student member.
Kept ALCTS and the Cataloging and Classification Section (CCS).
Added Serials Section (SS). Hey, it was free and I do serials.
Dropped ACRL and the two sections I was in. Hasn’t been of much value to me [...]

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