In honor of Lois Ann Gregory-Wood’s approaching 50-year anniversary of service with 91��ý, 91��ý President Jim Neal and 91��ý Honorary Member, 91��ý Past President, and GLBTRT Councilor Ann K. Symons have proposed a new award to be given by the 91��ý and administered by the Office for Human Resource Development and Recruitment (HRDR). The proposal was endorsed by the 91��ý Executive Board at their 2017 Fall meeting and has the consent of Lois Ann GregoryWood. This proposal was presented to SSGC and reviewed by committee members. SSGC has voted to support this proposal and therefore we ask the 91��ý Council to approve this proposal. (see )

As Lois Ann Gregory-Wood approaches 50 years of service with 91��ý, it is appropriate for 91��ý to honor her long years of service and her unstinting commitment to the organization we all care for. Lois Ann started at 91��ý in 1968 working in a variety of 91��ý units before moving to PLA. For the last 27+ years she has been the 91��ý Council Secretariat responsible for the work of 91��ý Council. For hundreds of 91��ý Council members, past and present, she is the face of 91��ý Council and governance. We are proposing “The Lois Ann Gregory-Wood Fellows” award as a conference scholarship program for mid-career members who are interested in governance to attend a full cycle of 91��ý: a Midwinter and Annual Conference. This program will include a mentor component under the title: Lois Ann Gregory-Wood Supporter. This proposal was endorsed, in concept, by the 91��ý Executive Board at their Fall 2017 meeting. We also have the consent of Lois Ann Gregory-Wood to proceed with this honor. Further, this proposal fits with the strategic initiative of the Neal presidency to use 91��ý conference as a learning environment and use the wealth of experience of our members to help engage members into 91��ý governance. The purpose of the award is to give 91��ý members who have been working in libraries or who have been library trustees/friends an understanding of 91��ý governance and to help them engage in the governance of the Association at any level and to ultimately to provide a larger pool of 91��ý members who are interested in 91��ý governance. This program gives a jump start by making possible attendance at major professional governance activities within 91��ý.