Chapters often participate in joint or regional meetings. Regional, sectional and joint meetings require particular attention to organization and cooperation. The responsible person must be selected on the basis of experience and ability. Where program and arrangements require them, committees should be appointed as soon as possible. If an Association officer is to be invited, arrangements should be coordinated as early as possible. When other professional Associations are involved, it should be made clear that their members are welcome at any separate SLA program.\\
Initial planning of joint professional meetings normally is undertaken by the officials of the respective groups. Detailed programming is then worked out by specified representatives. Decisions, such as date, place, publicity, accommodations, registration, financing, etc., must be cleared through each group. Frequently, publication of papers is also considered with distribution and cost taken into account.\\
Any plan involving a unit of the Special Libraries Association must conform to the [SLA practice on non-discrimination|http://www.sla.org/content/SLA/governance/Policies/32-89.cfm|Non-Discrimination], which reads: \\
"It is the practice of Special Libraries Association that membership and participation in the Association and its units are not limited in any respect by race, creed, color, national origin, age, sex, or physical disability. In particular, all meetings are conducted so as to assure compliance with this practice. The Association participates in joint meetings only with other organizations that have the same practice. The Association is an Equal Opportunity Employer." (Approved June 1975)
Initial planning of joint professional meetings normally is undertaken by the officials of the respective groups. Detailed programming is then worked out by specified representatives. Decisions, such as date, place, publicity, accommodations, registration, financing, etc., must be cleared through each group. Frequently, publication of papers is also considered with distribution and cost taken into account.\\
Any plan involving a unit of the Special Libraries Association must conform to the [SLA practice on non-discrimination|http://www.sla.org/content/SLA/governance/Policies/32-89.cfm|Non-Discrimination], which reads: \\
"It is the practice of Special Libraries Association that membership and participation in the Association and its units are not limited in any respect by race, creed, color, national origin, age, sex, or physical disability. In particular, all meetings are conducted so as to assure compliance with this practice. The Association participates in joint meetings only with other organizations that have the same practice. The Association is an Equal Opportunity Employer." (Approved June 1975)