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Nominate Candidates for BCR's Board
and OCLC's Members Council

By Joyce Hillshafer
BCR Board President Stephen Rollins will soon appoint a nominating committee to develop the official election slates for this spring's BCR OCLC Members Council delegate and BCR Board of Trustees elections. This committee will present the slates to the BCR Board at its February 17, 2006, meeting. In addition to a Board trustee, this year the committee includes BCR members from the states of Kansas, Montana, Nevada and Oregon. However, candidates from any of BCR's 11 member states can be considered for the election slates.

OCLC Members Council Election
Any BCR/OCLC general member may suggest a candidate for the nominating committee's consideration for BCR's OCLC Members Council delegate position by submitting the signature of one official voting representative and the written permission of the potential nominee. The delegate position currently held by Maggie Farrell, University of Wyoming, is opening this year.

Petitions to nominate candidates must be received at BCR's Aurora office no later than Friday, January 27, 2006. You will find the petition form at www.bcr.org/about/mc/mcelect.html and can fax the signed form to BCR at (303) 751-9787.

BCR Board of Trustees Election
The nominating committee also will develop a slate of candidates for the spring trustee election. Contact BCR's Joyce Hillshafer (jhillsha@bcr.org) if you would like to volunteer for consideration for the Board of Trustees slate. She will pass the information on to the nominating committee. The election this year will select a research libraries trustee, public libraries trustee, academic libraries trustee and one at-large trustee for the BCR Board. Information about the Board election can be found at www.bcr.org/about/board/botelect.html.

Any 10 BCR members also may assure that a write-in candidate for the BCR Board is automatically added to the election slate. To do this, send the written permission of the nominee and the signatures of 10 voting BCR members to BCR before February 16. Contact Hillshafer at jhillsha@bcr.org for a write-in nomination form. Once completed, nomination forms may also be faxed to (303) 751-9787.

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Nominate Candidates for BCR's Board and OCLC's Members Council

Nominate Candidates for BCR's Board
and OCLC's Members Council