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Hi everyone - This topic is one that has been discussed, mostly privately, for a while now, at ARLIS/NA and its chapter meetings. This message was posted on the Music Libraries Association list-serv this morning, and I've received permission to repeat it here. I think the authors says it so well that there's no reason to paraphrase or try to be original. I'd like to encourage the board to look for ways to keep retired members interested in participating in MLA's meetings and other activities. The programs at meetings understandably deal largely with the nuts and bolts of the profession, as they have in the past and should continue to do so. But retirees, who are no longer involved with such day-to-day matters, naturally become less and less interested in these topics. That's OK, but keeping in mind that retirees no longer have institutional support to subsidize attending meetings, they need reasons to attend. Yes, it's great to see old (using the term advisedly) friends and colleagues and to meet some new ones, but coming to MLA is expensive and sentimentality is not a reliable pull for coming year after year. Moreover, there is a danger of feeling "forgotten but not gone." There is a lot of experience and expertise among retirees that could be useful to the MLA membership--from young folks starting out to librarians late in their careers approaching retirement themselves. So maybe retirees can't help other members with the latest technology but they can offer advice on management, personnel, and other career-related issues. They could serve on search committees, award committees, and maybe even (dare I suggest it!) on the board. They could be invited to participate in programs on matters about which they are knowledgeable. Yes, they can and should volunteer to do these things, but I believe it would benefit MLA for the board to reach out more to retirees, seek them out to serve on appointed committees, and encourage committee chairs to cadge retirees to join. MLA has always been a vital organization with an important mission. Retirees are a growing class of members who are eager to help it continue growing from strength to strength. Best, Suzy Frechette St. Louis Public Library Mary Frechette Senior Subject Specialist Saint Louis Public Library Central Library | Fine Arts 1301 Olive St, St Louis MO, 63103 [log in to unmask] | 314.539.0383 www.slpl.org<http://www.slpl.org/> - catalog<http://slpl.sdp.sirsi.net/client/catalog/?> - downloadables<http://www.slpl.org/slpl/library/downloadables.asp> fb<https://www.facebook.com/STLpubLibrary> - tw<https://twitter.com/STLpubLibrary> - pi<http://www.pinterest.com/stlpublib/> - yt<https://www.youtube.com/user/STLPublicLibrary> - vi<https://vimeo.com/user24451480> - sc<https://soundcloud.com/stlouispubliclibrary> - in<https://instagram.com/stlouispubliclibrary> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Mail submissions to [log in to unmask] For information about joining ARLIS/NA see: http://www.arlisna.org/membership/join-arlisna Send administrative matters (file requests, subscription requests, etc) to [log in to unmask] ARLIS-L Archives and subscription maintenance: http://lsv.arlisna.org Questions may be addressed to list owner (Judy Dyki) at: [log in to unmask] ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~