Procedures for Resolutions

Approved at Philadelphia, 1995

Resolutions for SRRT Action Only.

1. Resolutions must be typed or word-processed. Typewriters and computers are available in the ALA Offices during both Midwinter and Annual. A diskette will be available in the SRRT folders at the OLOS Table in the ALA Offices. Each member of SRRT Action Council must have a copy. If submitted in advance, the SRRT Action Council Coordinator will arrange the copying, otherwise, the mover should be prepared with the appropriate number of copies. Copying is available at the ALA Offices. Appropriate account numbers for charging this copying are available at the OLOS Table.
2. The mover and seconder must attend SRRT Action Council to present the resolution. Any resolution endorsed by a Task Force will be considered as moved and seconded.
3. The Resolved Clauses should be specific regarding any action to be taken by the Round Table. If the Resolution is passed, the SRRT Secretary will be responsible for distribution in accordance with the Resolved Clauses. Any other Round Table member may distribute, at their own expense, the Resolution as passed to any other person or institution as may be deemed appropriate.

Resolutions for Further ALA Action.

1. Resolutions going beyond SRRT in the ALA structure must be available in several forms. The Whereas and Resolved Clauses must mention the appropriate body involved. A Resolution must not go to the floor of ALA Membership calling upon SRRT to act in a particular manner. (This has happened in the past and has been the cause of some anguish and reproach.)
2. The mover/seconder or sponsoring Task Force(s) are responsible for gathering endorsements from other ALA units unless they request, and are afforded, specific assistance from the Round Table.
3. Any two ALA members may bring an issue to the floor of an ALA Membership Meeting. This may be done by SRRT members, whether or not SRRT endorsement has been asked for or granted. However, only after adoption by SRRT Action Council may any Resolution be billed as being SRRT-endorsed. With the change in times for the ALA Membership Meetings, the passing of a resolution at SRRT Action Council first and then submitting it to ALA at-large under the 24-hour rule, may no longer be possible.
4. In the absence of an ALA Membership Meeting, Resolutions may be sent directly to the ALA Council. Resolutions need not go through the ALA Membership Meeting should one be held. They may go directly to ALA Council. This is to be determined by the mover/seconder with such advice as they seek on this matter from SRRT Action Council and others. Any Resolution going before ALA Council requires the signature of two ALA Councillors. Obtaining these signatures is the responsibility of the mover/seconder or sponsoring Task Force(s) unless they request, and are afforded, specific assistance from the Round Table.

Recent Resolutions

Resolution on the Confiscation of Iraqi Documents from the Iraq National Library and Archives
Sponsored by SRRT, this resolution reflect's ALA's opposition to the confiscation of Iraqi documents by American and British forces following thefall of the Ba'ath regime. The resolution calls for the return of all documents to the Iraq National Library and Archives and calls on the United States government to honor Hague Convention for the Protection of Cultural Property in the Event of Armed Conflict and its Second Protocol which protects these documents.

Resolution on th Crisis in Kenya
Responding to the government crackdown in Kenya on the freedoms of the press and peaceful demonstration following the December 2007 elections, this resolution advocates the end to violence and returning the freedom of the press and the freedom to demonstrate peacefully.