On Tuesday, November 8th Carol Billings wrote:
"Just as the Congress of the United States or state
legislatures cannot poll every constituent before
voting upon a piece of legislation, the AALL Board
must study issues, receive informed opinions and
then take a stand or cast a vote based upon what it
believes is right."
Though this is to a certain extent true, the congress
also conducts hearings on particularly controversial
issues in order to discern the will of the people.
An issue as controversial as the vendor-neutral citation
issue may have benefitted from the leadership having
more vigorously sought to determine the will of
the membership.
Lydia Wilson
Tax Librarian
Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison
1285 Avenue of the Americas
New York, NY 10019
Internet: bm.pww@rlg.stanford.edu
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