Thanks for the clarification, Andromeda.

I didn't mean to derail the larger discussion by mentioning that
requirement, sorry.

Assuming we went with ALA/LITA as a fiscal sponsor, I feel like paying for
our conference chair's and vice-chair's membership to ALA/LITA is the least
we, as an organization, could do, given how much of their time we ask for.
(And, sure, it's a little bit of incentive to run a conference, which is
nice; but nobody is going to sign up for that much work *just* to get the
free ALA membership.) As Andromeda said, that's such a small amount,
compared to the conference's budget. I wouldn't want that to be the
determining factor for choosing between ALA/LITA and DLF/CLIR.

(I'm not trying to push us in either direction--I think both are strong
contenders, and I'm sure OLF will be, too, once we've had a chance to ask
them our questions--but I don't want us to make a decision based on a
couple hundred dollars in a 5 or 6 figure budget.)

Best,
Coral


On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 10:59 AM, Andromeda Yelton <
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> Point of order with respect to LITA interest groups: the *chairs and vice
> chairs* of the groups must be ALA/LITA members, but the *members* need not
> be. So LITA would require two LITA-member contact people for interest group
> formation, but other C4L attendees/participants would not be required to be
> LITA members. (Although, of course, we are always delighted to have you. :)
>
> In re the question of what additional costs it would add if the conference
> sponsored membership for these contact people, it depends on what
> categories of membership they are eligible for, but it is $60 to join LITA,
> plus $68-137 for ALA (discounts available for students and unemployed
> members), so covering this for two people would be a tiny fraction of the
> conference budget.
>
> On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 10:38 AM, Jenn C <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Agreed, my support for working with CLIR is even stronger given this
> info.
> >
> > On Fri, Jul 21, 2017 at 10:22 AM, Kyle Breneman <[log in to unmask]
> >
> > wrote:
> >
> > > I am involved in Code4Lib precisely because I cannot afford an ALA/LITA
> > > membership.
> > >
> > > Kyle Breneman
> > >
> >
>
>
>
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