Re-envisioning to support our new mission: to support library staff in alleviating the challenges teens face, and in putting all teens ‒ especially those with the greatest needs ‒ on the path to successful and fulfilling lives.

Board of Directors (3 year terms) Fall 2016 A. CURRENT ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE 47 standing committees total Board of Directors (3 year terms) Strategic Committees (1 year appointment) AASL/ALSC/YALSA Committee on School & Public Library Cooperation Annual Conference Marketing & Local Arrangements Awards Committee Nominating Awards Committee Nominating Division & Membership Promotion Executive Financial Advancement Governance Nominating Legislation Mentoring Midwinter Marketing & Local Arrangements Midwinter Paper Presentation Planning National Guidelines Oversight Organization & Bylaws President’s Planning Research RUSA/YALSA YA Reference Summer Learning Teen Read Week Teen Tech Week Teens’ Top Ten YA Services Symposium Selection & Award Committees (1-2 year appointments) Alex Award Amazing Audiobooks Best Fiction for YAs Great Graphic Novels Margaret Edwards Award Michael Printz Award Morris Award Nonfiction Award Odyssey Award Popular Paperbacks Quick Picks for Reluctant YAs Award & Selection Committees’ Oversight Committee Juries (1 year appointment) Conference Scholarships BWI Award Frances Henne Great Books Giveaway MAE Award Volunteer of the Year Award Writing Award Advisory Boards (1 year appointment) Continuing Education Editorial (YALS & YALSAblog) Hub JRLYA Publications Website

Board of Directors (possible switch to 2 year terms) 2017 - 2018 B. FUTURE ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE 20 standing committees total Board of Directors (possible switch to 2 year terms) Strategic Committees (1 year appointment) AASL/ALSC/YALSA Committee on School & Public Library Cooperation Division & Membership Promotion Executive Financial Advancement Governance Nominating Mentoring Organization & Bylaws Research Summer Learning Teens’ Top Ten Award Committees (1 year appointment) Alex Award Margaret Edwards Award Michael Printz Award Morris Award Nonfiction Award Odyssey Award Award & Selection Committees Oversight Committee Short-Term Taskforces (3-6 months) ALA Annual Conference Marketing & Local Arrangements Legislation Midwinter Marketing and Local Arrangements Midwinter Paper Presentation Teen Read Week Teen Tech Week YA Services Symposium Other taskforces as needed that support the Organizational Plan Short-Term Juries (3 months) Conference Scholarships BWI Award Frances Henne Great Books Giveaway MAE Award Volunteer of the Year Award Writing Award Advisory Boards (1 year appointment) Editorial (YALS & YALSAblog) Hub JRLYA

What was on slide A but not on slide B, and what will happen to these things? Strategic Committees that will change or sunset in 2017 & 2018 Awards Committee Nominating: a bylaws proposal is being developed to remove Award Committees from the ballot so that they are all appointed, instead of some being elected and some being appointed. The measure will go to the ballot for members to vote on in spring 2017. If this passes, it would go into effect in 2018. National Guidelines Oversight: the work of this group will move to staff beginning in July 2017. President’s Planning: each President will determine if they want a planning group, and what its length of appointment will be RUSA/YALSA YA Reference: this group may continue, but it will be a RUSA-only group, effective July 2017. The Work of Selection Committees is moving to The Hub in 2017 & 2018 Amazing Audiobooks Best Fiction for YAs Great Graphic Novels Popular Paperbacks Quick Picks for Reluctant YAs This move will happen in two phases. In Feb. 2017 AA, PP, & QP will transition to The Hub. In Feb. 2018 the remaining committees will transition. The lists will continue on, but the appointed committee structure will not. A taskforce is working throughout fall of 2016 to hammer out the logistics for this transition. The Work of Advisory Boards will move to staff in 2017 Continuing Education Publications Website The work that these groups do will be handled by staff beginning in July 2017.

Member Engagement Opportunities Beyond Committees Fewer committees doesn’t mean fewer options for participation. The goal is to increase opportunities for participation, but focus on short term, opt-in and virtual opportunities. Here’s what we have now and what will be created: Existing Interest Groups Everything that’s shown on the Get Involved infographic: www.ala.org/yalsa/getinvolved/getinvolved Forthcoming Micro-volunteering options (1 day to 1 week commitments) Resource Development Retreats Crowdsourced Projects Other Want to do work that supports YALSA’s Organizational Plan? Fill out this brief form: http://tinyurl.com/hb6gsa3

Why the changes? To better meet teens’ needs These changes are a part of YALSA’s new Organizational Plan: www.ala.org/yalsa/aboutyalsa/strategicplan To better meet members’ needs Volunteering Opportunities: Better: The 2016 member survey indicated members prefer short-term, virtual, opt-in volunteer opportunities, which means the 1 and 2 year committee commitments and in some cases, in-person meeting requirement are failing members More: by moving the selected lists to The Hub, participation in developing the lists will be 100% virtual so members will not have to come up with travel funds to attend conferences. Also, moving away from a committee structure and towards creating multiple short-term, opt-in opportunities will create more ways for members to engage Resources & Services: Better: moving selected lists to The Hub will provide more timely information More: by sunsetting groups that have outlived their purpose, like National Guidelines, or streamlining processes like committee appointments, YALSA frees up time and resources to create additional materials for its members To better meet teens’ needs YALSA needs to modernize long-lived resources, such as selected lists and Teen Read Week™ programming, to ensure they are meeting the needs of today’s diverse teens Multiple studies have shown that many teens are struggling with significant issues that they cannot address alone, such as homelessness, depression, and bullying. Furthermore, a recent study revealed that the vast majority of high school seniors feel they leave school unprepared for college and careers. To address these significant challenges, YALSA wants to create a more diverse and robust portfolio of services and resources that library staff can use to reach teens who need help the most, such as cultural competence training and a toolkit for helping libraries work with community partners To keep up to date with changes, read the Governance section of the YALSAblog http://yalsa.ala.org/blog/