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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Andalus","serif";color:blue">Pamela J. Hickson-Stevenson, Ohio Chapter Councilor to ALA and<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Andalus","serif";color:#FF6600">The Akron-Summit County Public Library provides resources for learning and leisure, information services, meeting spaces, and programs for all ages that support,
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif""> Don Wood [mailto:dwood@ala.org]
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<b>Sent:</b> Friday, May 10, 2013 2:10 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> ALACRO-L<br>
<b>Subject:</b> [alacro-l] 2014 ALA NOMINATING COMMITTEE SEEKS CANDIDATES FOR THE 2014 ALA ELECTION<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Good afternoon!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">The Nominating Committee for the 2014 ALA Election is Soliciting Nominees<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoListParagraph" style="text-indent:-.25in;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2"><![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]>The Nominating Committee for the 2014 ALA Election is soliciting nominees to run on the 2014 spring ballot for the offices of ALA President-elect and Councilor-at-large.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<![if !supportLists]><span style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span style="font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif"">The Nominating Committee will select two candidates to run for President-elect and no fewer than 51 candidates for the 34 at-large Council seats to be filled in the 2014 spring
election. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>The President-elect will serve a three-year term: as President-elect in 2014-2015, as President in 2015-2016, and as Immediate Past President in 2016-2017.<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>The Councilors-at-large will serve three-year terms, beginning at the close of the 2014 ALA Annual Conference and ending at the adjournment of the 2017 Annual Conference.<o:p></o:p></p>
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</span></span></span><![endif]>The ALA President and Councilors also serve in corresponding roles in the ALA-Allied Professional Association [ALA-APA]. Individuals considering ALA-APA office are encouraged to consult with their employer regarding any restrictions
regarding lobbying activities or service on the governing body of a 501(c)6 organization.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Candidate Form and Submission Deadline<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Members who wish to make nominations should submit the following information: nominee name; present position; institution; address; telephone; fax; and e-mail address. Self-nominations are encouraged. All potential nominees must complete
the <a href="https://www.alavote.org/nomination/2014users.html">Potential Candidate Biographical Form</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Nominations and forms must be received no later than August 16, 2013.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Where to Send Nominations<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Nominations may be sent to any member of the 2014 ALA Nominating Committee. Committee members are: <b>Stephen Matthews,
</b>Librarian, Foxcroft School Currier Library, Middleburg, VA, (540) 687-4422, E-mail:
<a href="mailto:smatthews@foxcroft.org">smatthews@foxcroft.org</a>; <b>Nick Buron,
</b>Director, Community Library Services , Queens Library , Jamaica , NY, (718) 990-8545, E-mail
<a href="mailto:NickBuron.ALA@gmail.com">NickBuron.ALA@gmail.com</a>; <b>John DeSantis,
</b>Cataloging & Metadata Services Librarian, Dartmouth College, Hanover , NH, (603) 646-0413, E-mail
<a href="mailto:john.desantis@dartmouth.edu">john.desantis@dartmouth.edu</a>; <b>
Nancy Everhart, </b>Associate Professor, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, (850) 644-8122, E-mail:
<a href="mailto:everhart@fsu.edu">everhart@fsu.edu</a>; <b>Adriene Lim, </b>Dean, University Libraries, Oakland University, Rochester, MI, (248) 370-2486, E-mail:
<a href="mailto:ailim@oakland.edu">ailim@oakland.edu</a>; <b>Andrew Pace, </b>Executive Director, Networked Library Services, OCLC, Dublin, OH, (614) 764-6435, E-mail:
<a href="mailto:pacea@oclc.org">pacea@oclc.org</a>; <b><span lang="FR">Eva Poole,
</span></b><span lang="FR">Chief of Staff, District of Columbia Public Library, Washington, DC, (202) 727-4919,
</span>E-mail: <a href="mailto:eva.poole@dc.gov"><span lang="FR">eva.poole@dc.gov</span></a><span lang="FR">;
</span><b>Karen Schneider, </b>University Librarian, Cushing Library, Holy Names University, Oakland, CA, (510) 436-1160, E-mail:
<a href="mailto:schneider@hnu.edu">schneider@hnu.edu</a>; <b>Kendall Wiggin, </b>
State Librarian, Connecticut State Library, Hartford, CT, (860) 757-6510, E-mail: l<a href="mailto:Kendall.Wiggin@ct.gov">Kendall.Wiggin@ct.gov</a><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:14.0pt">Running by Petition and Filing Deadline<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Individuals who do not wish to go through the nominations process may run for office by petition. Petitions will be available from Lois Ann Gregory-Wood, Council Secretariat, ALA, 50 E. Huron, Chicago, IL 60611, Email:
<a href="mailto:lgregory@ala.org">lgregory@ala.org</a>, or during the 2013 Annual Conference or 2014 Midwinter Meeting. Petitions require 25 signatures for names to be included on the 2014 ballot.
<a href="https://www.ala.org/template.cfm?template=/CFApps/epetition/index.cfm">Electronic petitions can also be created</a>. (This link will take you to the petition page, if you’re an ALA member, and if you have a login and password, the same login and password
you use to register for conference, etc.)<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Deadline for filing petitions is January 31, 2014.<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Don Wood<br>
Program Officer<br>
<a href="http://www.ala.org/ala/aboutala/offices/cro/index.cfm">Chapter Relations Office</a><br>
American Library Association<br>
50 East Huron Street<br>
Chicago, IL 60611<br>
<a href="mailto:dwood@ala.org">dwood@ala.org</a><br>
1-800-545-2433, ext. 2429<br>
312-280-2429<br>
312-280-4392 (fax)<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal">“If you want to build a ship, don’t herd people together to collect wood and don’t assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea.”—Antoine de Saint-Exupéry<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">“No snowflake in an avalanche ever feels responsible.”—Stanis³aw Jerzy Lec<o:p></o:p></p>
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