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pipe-0238	Brett Bonfield	Tangoing All the Way: Is Everything Negotiable?	2011		.html	text/html	3964	199	60	In a column for American Libraries, former ALA president Jim Rettig echoed this message: With all due respect, if ALA members of any age group are waiting for a “magical entity” named ALA to bring about change of the sort and at the pace the Young Librarians Working Group and many other members want, my experience over more than three decades indicates that they will have a very long wait. The Young Professionals Task Force responded to Rettig’s column by agreeing that ALA members are the drivers of change and value in the association, but also reminding readers what it is like to be new: To new members, who are still trying to memorize acronyms and study the organizational chart, and who have never spoken to anyone in a position of power within the association, being an ALA member feels like being a guest on a cruise ship: you’re just along for the ride.	cache/pipe-0238.html	txt/pipe-0238.txt