MAALL Committees: 2023-2024

Bylaws Committee

Charge: Propose and submit changes, additions, and deletions to MAALL Bylaws

Board Liaison: Cindy Shearrer

Chair: Timothy Gatton

Members:
Lee Little
Brenna Truhe
Matt Timko
Carolyn Clark
Ellen Jones

Cross-Institutional Task Force

Co-chairs: Allison Reeve Davis & Eugene Giudice

DEI Committee

Charge: Responsible for ensuring that MAALL is fulfilling the responsibilities to promote and foster diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) among the membership and leadership within the organization and the profession.

Board Liaison: Matt Timko

Chair: Gail Wechsler

Members:

Stefanie Pearlman
Laura Dixon Caldwell
Le’Shawn Turner

Education Committee

Charge: Prepare the upcoming Annual Meeting program and recommend other educational possibilities for MAALL.

Board Liaison and Chair: Matt Timko

Members:
Lisa Gooden
Aris Woodward
Jennifer Mart-Rice
Laura Dixon Caldwell

Grants Committee

Charge:Establish criteria for award of grants, publicize availability, and select recipients. (Note: Members of the committee cannot apply for MAALL grants.)

Board Liaison: Jennifer Mart-Rice

Chair: Ellen Jones

Members:
Heather Buckwalter
Crystal Bauer

Library School Liaison
Charge: Encourage the involvement of library school students in MAALL and in law librarianship in general.

Board Liaison: Shannon Kemen

Chair: vacant

Members:
Le'Shawn Turner
Victoria Mantel
Patricia Scott
Alexandra Brennan
Carolyn Clark

Local Arrangements Committee
Charge: Coordinate local arrangements for the annual meeting.

Board Liaison: Le'Shawn Turner

Chair: Rich Leiter

Vendor Relations:

Members:

Matt Novak
Maureen Eck
Genesis Agosto
Sandy Placzek

Local Arrangements Manual

Membership Committee
Charge: Encourage law librarians, law library staff, and library school students in our region to join MAALL in coordination with the Public Relations Committee; welcome new members; ensure that the MAALL directory and discussion list are accurate; and contact members who fail to renew.

Board Liaison: Jennifer Mart-Rice

Chair: Deanne Fix

Members:
Maggie Kiel-Morse
Chris Galanos
Rachel Ford
Abdulrahman Alzahrani

Newsletter Committee
Charge: Publish the quarterly newsletter, MAALL Markings, on the Web and explore ways of expanding its content.

Board Liaison: Cindy Shearrer

Editor-in-Chief: Therese Clarke Arado
Associate Editor: Sarah Kammer
Layout Editor: Amy Backes
State Member News Editor: Hyla Bondareff
State Member News Liaisons:
Melissa Serfass (AR), Rebecca Lutkenhaus (IA), Lindsey Carpino (IL), Pam Crawford (KS), Stefanie Pearlman (NE), Deanne Fix (MO), Susan Urban (OK), Sarah Kammer (SD), Leslie Behroozi (IN, ND, OH, TN, & WI)
Columnists: Gail Wechsler, Matt Timko, Autumn Collier

Nominating Committee
Charge: Select a slate of candidates for elected offices.

Board Liaison and Chair: Allison Reeve Davis

Members:
Le'Shawn Turner
Chelsey McKimmey
Colleen Williams

Public Relations Committee

Charge: Submit announcements for inclusion in AALL Spectrum and prepare MAALL display for AALL exhibit hall.

Board Liaison and Chair: Laura Wilcoxon

Members:
Laura Dixon-Caldwell

Website Committee
Charge: Responsible for the design, organization and maintenance of the association website.

Board Liaison: Shannon Kemen

Chair: Rachel Ford

Members:
Abdulrahman Alzahrani

MAALL History Committee (ad hoc)

Charge: Review list of MAALL officers and posted MAALL history.

Board Liaison: Allison Reeve Davis

Chair:

Members:
Colleen Williams
Susan Boland
Abdulrahman Alzahrani

Task Force: MAALL Annual Meeting Responsibilities

Charge:

Initial charge: Responsible for the creation of a uniform Annual Meeting manual and repository of associated resources. Responsible for the determination of the appropriate administration of the Task Force.

Ongoing charge: Responsible for the continued review and upkeep of the Annual Meeting manual, chart of responsibilities, and alignment of Officer Manuals. Serve in an advisory role to the Local Arrangements committee in collaboration with the Executive Board and the committee’s liaison.

Board Liaison: Le'Shawn Turner

Chair: Karen Wallace

Members:
Lynn Hartke
Janet McKinney
Susan Urban

Task Force: UELMA Passage in MAALL States

Charge: Monitor and advocate for UELMA passage in MAALL states.

Board Liaison: Laura Wilcoxon

Chair: Colleen Williams

Members:
Ben Keele

Task Force: Vision Planning

Charge: Develop goals that MAALL can accomplish over the next three years. Working from the 2016-19 Strategic Plan, the Task Force created the 2020-2023 Plan.

Board Liaison: Le'Shawn Turner

Chair: Matthew Braun

Members:

Matt Timko

Task Force: MAALL Technology (on hiatus)

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