What Is an ALA Chapter Councilor?
• The Council is the governing body of ALA. It delegates to the divisions of the Association authority to plan and carry out programs and activities with policy established by Council. Only personal members of the Association may serve on Council. Two meetings are required each year, one at the annual conference of the Association and one not less than three months prior to annual conference. (See Bylaw Article IV.) Council determines all policies of the Association and its decisions are binding unless set aside by a majority vote by mail in which one-fourth of the members of the Association have voted. Such vote by mail shall be held upon petition of one percent of the personal members as certified by the Executive Director of the Association. • Each state, provincial, and territorial chapter is entitled to one councilor to be elected by members of the chapter. Chapter representation is through state chapters unless chapters in a region choose to take representation through that regio
