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| Officers | Meeting Minutes | Operating Procedures | Events |

Welcome to District 5!
Our district’s membership includes librarians, staff, trustees, full-time library students, and other interested individuals representing school, public, academic, and special libraries. We are located in Northeast Texas.
District 5 is made up of passionate, clever, innovative, and ambitious people, and TLA is here to celebrate and support them.
We have district business meetings yearly at TLA Annual Conference, TLA Officer Governance Training and Workshop, and our District 5 Fall Conference. For more information about joining or participating in district activities, email the District Chair.
If you would like to volunteer with TLA, please fill out this form: Volunteer
District 5 includes 33 Texas counties:
Anderson, Bowie, Camp, Cass, Cherokee, Collin, Cooke, Dallas, Delta, Ellis, Fannin, Franklin, Grayson, Gregg, Harrison, Henderson, Hopkins, Hunt, Kaufman, Lamar, Marion, Morris, Navarro, Panola, Rains, Red River, Rockwall, Rusk, Smith, Titus, Upshur, Van Zandt, and Wood.
District 5 Events
District 5 meets at Annual Conference in the Spring, TLA Officer Governance Training and Workshop in the Summer, and at Fall Meeting (in the Fall).
Stay tuned for more information about our upcoming Fall Meeting!
Operating Procedures
Our operating procedures outline the officer positions in the district and the officer’s duties, as well as election procedures, and nominating committee procedures. Current operating procedures were approved July 10, 2019.
District 5 Operating Procedures
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District 5 Officers: 2023 – 2024
Chair: Elizabeth Bradshaw
Chair-Elect: Melissa Shadowens
Past Chair: Brittnee Emerine
Councilor:
Councilor-Alt: Ashley Taylor
Secretary/Treasurer:
Web Administrator: Emily Raymond

Meeting Minutes
Would you like to stay up-to-date about what’s going on in District 5? Click the links below to review the Minutes from the District 5 Executive Board Meetings. If you have any questions or would like to know more about how you can attend and/or participate in District 5 events, please contact District 5 Chair.
2021 Meetings:
November 2, 2021
Meeting handouts: Agenda
2020 Meetings:
- Texas Library Association District 5 Annual Conference Business Meeting on April 24, 2020
- Meeting handouts: Agenda
2019 Meetings:
- Texas Library Association District 5 Annual Assembly Business Meeting on July 10, 2019
- Meeting handouts: Agenda, Council Report
- Texas Library Association District 5 Annual Conference Business Meeting on April 17, 2019
- Meeting handouts: Agenda, Budget Overview
2018 Meetings:
- Texas Library Association District 5 Fall Business Meeting on October 15, 2018
- Meeting handouts: Agenda
- Texas Library Association Annual Assembly Business Meeting on July 11, 2018
- Meeting handouts: Webmaster report, Agenda, Financial Report
- Texas Library Association Annual Conference Business Meeting on April 4, 2018
- Meeting handout: Webmaster report, Agenda, Financial Talking Points
2017 Meetings:
- Texas Library Association Annual Assembly Business Meeting on July 8, 2017
- Meeting handouts: Webmaster report, Agenda, Financial Talking Points
- Texas Library Association Annual Conference Business Meeting on April 21, 2017
- Meeting handout: Financial Talking Points
For minutes previous to 2017, please contact the District 5 Webmaster.