[PADG:1186] International Funding

["Sophia K. Jordan" <sjordan@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

I am reminding my PADG members that $1,000 is available to ALCTS
members  for travel to international meetings other than IFLA.


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FUNDING FOR TRAVEL TO INTERNATIONAL MEETINGS OTHER THAN IFLA STILL
AVAILABLE

The ALCTS International Relations Committee (IRC) still has $1,000
in its budget to support the travel of ALCTS members to appropriate
international meetings, other than IFLA, for the purpose of representing

the interests and concerns of the ALCTS membership.

Announcements of such meetings regularly appear in the International
Events column in American Libraries; in International Leads, the
newsletter of the International Relations Round Table; and in the
two list serves of IFLA (IFLA-L) and ALA (alaworld).

The newly revised Guidelines for Selection and Appointment of ALCTS
Members To Represent ALCTS at International Meetings are now available
at http://www.ala.org/alcts/you/manual/international.html.

However, these procedures are also summarized below.

1) The requester must be a member in good standing of ALCTS and the
ALCTS Section s/he will be representing at the international meeting
or activity.
2) The requester is to fill out the appropriate forms that are used
when requesting approval to represent ALCTS at an international
meeting as well as requesting funding to attend an international
meeting. These forms can be found
at http://www.ala.org/alcts/you/manual/forms/ircrep.pdf and
at http://www.ala.org/alcts/you/manual/forms/fundingrequest.pdf.
3) The requester then submits these forms, to the Chair (or his/her
designate) of the appropriate ALCTS Section.
4) The Section Chair (or his/her designate) has the responsibility of
polling the Section's Executive Committee for its support of the
candidate.
5) Once support has been approved, the Section Chair signs the form and
forwards it to the Chair of the IRC.
6) The IRC reviews the request, and pending approval, submits it to the
ALCTS Board of Directors with a recommended dollar amount.
7) When the Board approves the request, the individual is notified of
ALCTS' support and the amount allocated.
8) In accepting ALCTS funding, the candidate is required to submit a
report of the meeting or activity to the appropriate ALCTS Section,
the IRC, and the ALCTS Board.  Requests that are received that need
quick action will be handled electronically.

For additional information contact:
D. Whitney Coe, Chair, ALCTS International Relations Committee
coesu@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
or phone 609-258-3257.



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