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Dear LESLLA Community,

On behalf of the LESLLA Board of Directors and the LESLLA community, I’m thrilled that you’re here and interested in joining us! LESLLA first began in 2005 with a commitment to meet annually and publish yearly proceedings to advance the scholarship around LESLLA education and provide valuable insights for researchers, educators, and policy makers. We’ve been moving the work forward ever since, with the first LESLLA Board of Directors elected in fall 2018 and new board members from around the world joining every year. It’s been quite a journey; we’re a volunteer board that is deeply invested in the LESLLA community and we’re striving to make LESLLA as accessible and beneficial as possible to all members. 

To that end, thank you for considering membership to LESLLA. To accomplish our goals of making LESLLA a more sustainable organization and more accessible to educators worldwide, some revenue is needed.  Like other educational professional organizations, we offer paid membership to be a part of our listserv and to receive a discount when attending the annual symposium.  Membership revenue allows us to maintain our excellent website, access technology so that LESLLA events are available virtually, offer financial support to those hosting the annual symposium and make the proceedings open access.  In the upcoming years, we’d like to offer mini-grants to graduate students and other LESLLA researchers and potentially travel grants to presenters that are otherwise unable to attend the symposia.  The Board of Directors has lots of ideas, and the list keeps growing!

To begin this official membership journey, we ask that LESLLA educators choose to "Become a Member" on this site.  Three membership rates are available, and we trust you will choose the one that works for you and your personal situation.  Once a member, you are eligible for a conference registration discount, and your email will be entered onto our listserv for official correspondence. Members are eligible to vote in the annual elections for the Board of Directors and can also be nominated for a role on the Board.  Membership lasts for one calendar year, at which time you'll be asked to renew.

Please note that the LESLLA website, proceedings, and social media pages are all public and available to anyone, and will remain so.  The knowledge base of LESLLA is in no way limited to paid members.  By becoming a member, you are showing your support for this growing organization and the community that we have created together.  Thank you for joining us as we develop and strengthen our organization!

Best,