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Mute this thread if you don't want to hear me, a library professional and technologist, discuss being part of COVID-era governance in the world's largest library association. Weds I'm watching a webinar to learn how our virtual meetings will work. I read the 18 pg quick guide tho
The Quick Guide is just a PowerPoint deck. Fun fact, it includes the reviewer notes! Nothing spicy.
The guide suggests we have two devices available, one for voting and one for attendance, because maybe tabs is too cumbersome? I would have gone with tabs as a first option.
The guide suggests we have two devices available, one for voting and one for attendance, because maybe tabs is too cumbersome? I would have gone with tabs as a first option.
Voting takes place on a separate page. Each vote is open for, if I am reading this correctly, sixty seconds. During this time ~150 library-governance people will be voting. Some of this stuff is important--cops in libraries--and some is pro forma--resolutions honoring good people
We can leave meetings early, but we're supposed to send someone an email to tell them. There are 3 meetings which are mandatory; we need to register for each of them. Registration URL in the Quick Guide has a line break in it. Good thing I am a cut&paste expert! Wish me luck!
My "learn to vote at Council" webinar is in an hour. I've received an email that tells me I will shortly be receiving an email with a "unique link" to the voting page. On looking at the email, I realize times on ALA website are CDT & not local time. My webinar is in two hours. 
I have logged in to the voting page early because I am a bit of an apple polisher. The countdown screen is giving me a mixed message about when my meeting is. (it is just after noon now - I am pretty sure 1 CDT is 2 here in EDT)
I don't really know javascript but I viewed the source on this page and I think the counter is just counting down to 1 pm in my LOCAL time, when it should be counting down to 1 pm in CDT. an only imagine how much this software cost. My meeting is either in four minutes or in 64.
Running Zoom Council meetings (~200 ppl) will take 3-5 staff
- monitor Q&A
- monitor raised hands and mute/unmute
- alter slides (with amendments)
- monitor chat
- tech support
We have (at least) one Councilor who needs assistive tech and it's clear his needs are NOT met here.
- monitor Q&A
- monitor raised hands and mute/unmute
- alter slides (with amendments)
- monitor chat
- tech support
We have (at least) one Councilor who needs assistive tech and it's clear his needs are NOT met here.
Meeting today, Council Forum meeting for informal discussion of resolutions before Council begins Mon. At least 3 resolutions to discuss, one about cops, one about contact tracing, one about $$. A member made an "informal LibGuide" where the 3 docs (2 .doc and 1 .pdf) are linked.
Zoom Meeting: 85 people, not muted unless they knew how to do it themselves. No "hand raise" option, just say "raise hand" in chat. Chat was either to everyone, or only to hosts (i.e. no 1-on-1 chats). These were all human choices (or absence of), not limitations of the platform.
ALA got the memo, this Council info meeting is tightly run ALA's CEO Tracie Hall: "Racism has no place in our institutions, our practices, or our behaviors [librarianship] suffers from a persistent lack of racial diversity. We must walk the talk & we must start in our own house"
ALA has 44% of their investments in sustainable/ESG (Environmental, Social, Governance) investments. 
We're looking at many data-heavy slides; people calling in to this meeting have no idea what we're looking at. Accessibility bolt-on not great. Otherwise, much improved.
We're looking at many data-heavy slides; people calling in to this meeting have no idea what we're looking at. Accessibility bolt-on not great. Otherwise, much improved.
A director of one of the states' Talking Book/Braille Libraries has sent Council the list of presenter guidelines which is pretty clear (albeit long) w/r/t accessibility. However the guidelines for virtual presentations haven't been updated since 2017. https://2020.alamidwinter.org/presenters
Fun to go to meetings early and hear ppl complaining (swearing!) about computers. Voting tool timed us all out & we've been told to "keep the email with the voting link handy" Format: Zoom webinar, web-based vote tool, email with link to re-click, folder of Word docs. #alacouncil
Didn't have a doc I needed (treasurer's report, a PPT) & asked for a link. ALA had TWO web pages w/ a full (hopefully) list of docs.
So: five tabs (2 docs, 1 to make amendments, email, vote) 3 Zoom (chat, window, Q&A), docs folder, backchannel. OK for me (just), not for rookies
So: five tabs (2 docs, 1 to make amendments, email, vote) 3 Zoom (chat, window, Q&A), docs folder, backchannel. OK for me (just), not for rookies
