Leadership is to develop and prepare knowledgeable and capable leaders to carry on the growth and success of the ALA by promoting resources that educate, motivate, and mentor members of all ages and at all levels of the organization.

If you’re willing to devote your time and energy to listen, learn, and communicate, you can be trained to be a leader. Leaders are not born; they are trained because they are committed.

I encourage each member to take the Leadership Correspondence Course to help educate themselves and others about the ALA. You can go to the website www.alaforveterans.org for more information.

Leadership is the responsibility of every member, not just our current and past leaders. You can do this by encouraging others. Hopefully they will embrace our vision and contribute their own unique skills. This will help to strengthen the future of our organization.