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MAALL Committees: 2022-2023

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


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: Le'Shawn Turner


Chair: Darla Jackson & Matt Timko

Members:

Stefanie Pearlman
Larissa Sullivant

Gail Wechsler

Education Committee

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

Board Liaison and Chair:
 Le'Shawn Turner

Chair: Benjamin Keele

Members:
Jackie McCloud
Aris Woodward
Jennifer Mart-Rice

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: Sarah Kammer

Chair: Barbara Kaplan

Members:
Heather Buckwalter
Ellen Jones

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

Board Liaison: Barbara Ginzburg

Chair: [vacant]

Members:

Le'Shawn Turner
Victoria Mantel
Patricia Scott
Alexandra Brennan

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

Board Liaison: Allison Reeve Davis

Chair: John Edwards & Lexi Brennan

Vendor Relations: David Hanson

Members:

Meghan Leto
Rebecca Lutkenhaus
Elicia Ropte
Melissa Schutjer
Michael Spoerl
Joe Stouffer
Karen Wallace

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: Sarah Kammer

Chair: Deanne Fix & Ted Potter

Members:
Maggie Kiel-Morse
Chris Galanos
Rachel Ford

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: Chris Steadham

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: Shannon Kemen

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: Keelan Weber

Members:
Rachel Ford
Abdulrahman Alzahrani


MAALL History Committee (ad hoc)

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

Board Liaison:  Chris Steadham

Chair: Ted Potter

Members:
Colleen Williams                                                                  
Susan Boland

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: Allison Reeve Davis

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: Barbara Kaplan

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: Allison Reeve Davis

Chair: Matthew Braun

Members:

Matt Timko

Task Force: MAALL Technology (on hiatus)

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