Hi all, I'm sure this has come up before, but not since I've been Chair. Everything old is new again. My chapter (Midwest) is HUGE. Some chapters are regions (both large and small) and some are individual states. Is there a time when we might reconfigure our Chapters and/or perhaps add some new ones to better serve members in outlying or underserved areas? I'm thinking specifically in my case of Indiana/Ohio/Kentucky/Michigan and some states that could be considered "Great Plains" like the Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas, etc. And what about Alaska/Hawaii/Guam? Thought I'd bring this up here to get context from folks who've been around longer, and perhaps start a discussion. Lisa Midwest Chapter <https://midwestgbw.wordpress.com/> Guild of Book Workers <https://guildofbookworkers.org/>

Hi Lisa, This is definitely something that is on my radar, especially after having served as the Chapter Chair of the New England Chapter. NEGBW is not even that big compared to some of the chapters and we still struggled to provide at least some programming that was within reasonable distance for all of our chapter members. Currently, the big priority is the Chapter Handbook, which is getting quite close and I think will be a really good resource for the chapters. As soon as that is squared away I'm looking to turn my attention towards the size and possibly the configuration of chapters. If anyone has any suggestions/issues/problems on what Lisa has brought up I'd love to hear about it. Best, Todd On Mon, Jan 8, 2024 at 8:01 PM Midwest Chapter < midwest@guildofbookworkers.org> wrote: > Hi all, > I'm sure this has come up before, but not since I've been Chair. > Everything old is new again. > > My chapter (Midwest) is HUGE. Some chapters are regions (both large and > small) and some are individual states. Is there a time when we might > reconfigure our Chapters and/or perhaps add some new ones to better serve > members in outlying or underserved areas? I'm thinking specifically in my > case of Indiana/Ohio/Kentucky/Michigan and some states that could be > considered "Great Plains" like the Dakotas, Nebraska, Kansas, etc. And what > about Alaska/Hawaii/Guam? > > Thought I'd bring this up here to get context from folks who've been > around longer, and perhaps start a discussion. > > Lisa > > Midwest Chapter <https://midwestgbw.wordpress.com/> > Guild of Book Workers <https://guildofbookworkers.org/> > _______________________________________________ > GBWCHAP mailing list -- gbwchap@list.guildofbookworkers.org > To unsubscribe send an email to gbwchap-leave@list.guildofbookworkers.org > -- /////////////////////////////////////////////////////// *Todd Pattison *(he/him) Vice President, Guild of Book Workers 781.921.9186 | vicepresident@guildofbookworkers.org