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Category: professional associations
(UPDATED) This is just a really quick post to say that DLF Forum is in my hometown, this year, and I’d love to meet up with some of my internet-and-conference friends, if travel and conference scheduling makes that a possibility for any of you! I live here, and most of our public transit is downtown-centered; I can come to you, or I can give you easy directions to meet me somewhere if you’re feeling adventurous.
I don’t want to go to any more conferences that privilege “liberty” over hospitality. Because I’ve seen that there’s a better way. I get to learn more, from more people, and I also get to teach more at events that are truly inclusive. Why waste my time and money on events that aren’t?
If you’re just joining in, here are parts one, two, three, and four. A number of other comments came up, which I think merit repeating, but which I wouldn’t say were themes, per se: There are people who join professional associations for help getting jobs – networking, getting better known…
If you’re just joining in, here’s the intro, plus parts two and three. “It’s easier than ever to create engaged groups of people without a significant financial or time expenditure.” – Jacob Munford The theme I’m calling “the greater good” was more of a driver than I had expected,…
If you’re just joining in, here’s an intro and the previous theme. “I prefer to pay dues for organizations that I’m actively participating in (presenting or attending conferences, committee work). If a year goes by and I haven’t done anything with the organization, I drop the membership.” – Karen Keys…
Part one of this series is here. “I appreciate the bigger ethic of these organizations promoting my profession, but they also don’t help pay my rent so I have to take it with a grain of salt.” – Kim Baker Perhaps it’s appropriate that the issue rising to the…
I asked a question (and shared my answer) here, back in September: why do (or don’t) you pay dues to professional organizations? I got answers about a wide variety of associations, but my particular interests were the American Library Association and state library associations. I got more comments than I…