{"id":1694,"date":"2019-07-06T14:42:40","date_gmt":"2019-07-06T11:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.iamslic.org\/afriamslic\/?page_id=1694"},"modified":"2019-10-17T12:11:40","modified_gmt":"2019-10-17T09:11:40","slug":"get-involved-with-afriamslic","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.iamslic.org\/afriamslic\/get-involved-with-afriamslic\/","title":{"rendered":"Get Involved with AFRIAMSLIC"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Getting involved with your AFRIAMSLIC association doesn\u2019t have to mean making a huge time commitment. You can always contribute at any level:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>a.  <strong><font color=\"blue\">Subscribe to AFRIAMSLIC listserv:<\/font><\/strong>  Use our mailing list <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"mailto:Afriamslic@lists.iamslic.org\" target=\"_blank\">Afriamslic@lists.iamslic.org<\/a>&nbsp;to request interlibrary loans, share information, provide announcements of news, activities &amp; opportunities of interest to AFRIAMSLIC members or to present an idea for a program or services to provide, give feedback on an upcoming change and express your thought of a recent event, or also share your own experience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>b. <strong><font color=\"blue\">Use Social Media:<\/font><\/strong> Join our <strong><font color=\"blue\">Facebook<\/font><\/strong> group <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/AFRIAMSLIC\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/groups\/AFRIAMSLIC<\/a> read posts to stay up to date on our field and on our association, write your own thoughtful responses in the comment box. You can also join our <strong><font color=\"blue\">Skype<\/font><\/strong> &amp; <strong><font color=\"blue\">WhatsApp<\/font><\/strong> groups for volunteer committees and teams which are used for a real-time exchange of information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>c. <strong><font color=\"blue\">Vote: <\/font><\/strong>every 2 years we hold elections for board members and committee leaders. By voting for the most qualified candidate-a representative who can help make decisions that will benefit you and all members, you protect the future of your association. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-color has-very-dark-gray-color\">d. <strong><font color=\"blue\">Run for a position:<\/font><\/strong> Contact us about running for a leadership post or head of team and express your interest in serving as AFRIAMSLIC officers or board members <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>e.  <strong><font color=\"blue\">Volunteer and join an AFRIAMSLIC<\/font><\/strong> <strong><font color=\"blue\">Committee:<\/font><\/strong> Browse through this website for groups you\u2019d like to work with, then contact the leader of the committee and ask how to get involved. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Getting involved with your AFRIAMSLIC association doesn\u2019t have to mean making a huge time commitment. You can always contribute at any level: a. Subscribe to AFRIAMSLIC listserv: Use our mailing list Afriamslic@lists.iamslic.org&nbsp;to request interlibrary loans, share information, provide announcements of news, activities &amp; opportunities of interest to AFRIAMSLIC members or to present an idea for [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iamslic.org\/afriamslic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1694"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iamslic.org\/afriamslic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iamslic.org\/afriamslic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iamslic.org\/afriamslic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.iamslic.org\/afriamslic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1694"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/www.iamslic.org\/afriamslic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1694\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2884,"href":"https:\/\/www.iamslic.org\/afriamslic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1694\/revisions\/2884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.iamslic.org\/afriamslic\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1694"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}