January 07, 2008
Nominations Sought for BCR 2008 Elections
The newly appointed BCR Nominating Committee is soliciting candidates for the 2008 BCR OCLC Members Council delegate and Board of Trustees elections.
Christie Brandau, state librarian from the State Library of Kansas, will chair BCR's 2008 Nominating Committee. Brandau will be joined on the committee by Sharon Morris, Technology and Digital Initiatives consultant, Colorado State Library; Mary DeWalt, director, Ada Community Library (Idaho); Sheryl Bissen, Library Systems support technician, Grinnell College Libraries (Iowa); and Cindi Hickey, WebJunction coordinator and Continuing Education librarian, State Library of Kansas.
Under BCR's bylaws the committee chair is appointed from among the trustees and the committee members from four member states assigned alphabetically on a rotating basis. Individuals from any BCR member library, however, are eligible to be considered for the election slates, which are scheduled to be presented for approval at the February 22, Board of Trustees meeting.OCLC Members Council Election
Any BCR/OCLC member may suggest a candidate for the committee to consider for the OCLC Members Council delegate slate by submitting the signature of one official voting representative and the written permission of the potential nominee. The delegate position held by James LaRue, Douglas County Libraries (Colorado), is open this year.
Petitions to nominate candidates must be received at BCR's Aurora office no later than January 31, 2008. The petition form is found at www.bcr.org/elections/mc/mcelect.html. The signed form should be faxed to BCR at (303) 751-9787. Based on a review of the nomination forms received, the 2008 Nominating Committee will create a slate of three candidates.
BCR Board of Trustees Election
The Nominating Committee also will develop a slate of candidates for the trustee election. BCR members this year will elect 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 on the BCR BOT elections Web page (www.bcr.org/elections/board/botelect.html).
The deadline for submitting the name of a nominee is January 31, 2008.
Contact BCR's Sharon Hoffhines (shoffhin@bcr.org) if you want to be considered for the election slate. She will pass the information on to the Nominating Committee. Any 10 BCR members also may assure that a write-in candidate for the BCR Board is automatically added to the slate by sending the written permission of the nominee and the signatures of 10 voting BCR members to BCR. Contact Hoffhines for a write-in nomination form. Once completed, the form may be faxed to (303) 751-9787.
Watch for updated information on the elections on BCR's Web site.
