[Libs-Or] Nominations Sought for 2009 BCR Board Election

[MaryKay Dahlgreen]

The 2009 BCR Nominating Committee is looking for candidates to run in this spring's Board of Trustees election.
The committee is developing a slate of candidates to run for four positions on the Board of Trustees: school library trustee, special library trustee and two at-large trustees. Current trustees - Nancy White, school library trustee; Ann Marie Clarke, special library trustee; and Greg Cotton and Kate Gordon, both at-large trustees - will end their two-year terms on the Board as of June 30. With the exception of Cotton, the current Board chair, the incumbents are eligible to run for reelection to their seats for a second term. Among other qualifications, candidates should have significant knowledge and interest in BCR and its activities, experience with making policy level decisions, experience with financial oversight for a significant budget and an understanding of the role of a governing board,
The BCR Nominating Committee is responsible not only for soliciting candidates to run in the election, but also for determining which candidates are qualified and then selecting the nominees to run for each vacancy, with the intention of securing as broad a representation on the Board as possible in terms of geographical distribution and different types and sizes of member institutions.
Nancy White, Academy School District 20 (Colorado) is chairing this year's Nominating Committee. She is joined on the committee by Mary Anne Hansen, Montana State University Libraries; Ellen Fockler, Washoe County School District (Nevada); MaryKay Dahlgreen, Oregon State Library; and Susan Hamada, Salt Lake County Library Services (Utah).  Under BCR's bylaws the committee chair is appointed from among the BCR trustees. The remaining committee members are selected from four member states, assigned alphabetically on a rotating basis each year.
Individuals from any BCR member institution are eligible to be considered by the Nominating Committee for inclusion on the election slate. The committee will present its proposed slate of candidates for approval at the February Board of Trustees meeting.
Anyone wishing to be considered for the election slate should contact BCR's Sharon Hoffhines (shoffhines at bcr.org). She will forward the information to the Nominating Committee. You may also directly contact the Nominating Committee Member from Oregon, MaryKay Dahlgreen, Oregon State Library, marykay.dahlgreen at state.or.us  BCR members also may assure that a write-in candidate for the 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.
The deadline for submitting the names of potential nominees to the committee for consideration is January 30.
Watch for updated information about the Board election on the BCR Board elections Web page (http://www.bcr.org/membership/elections/boardelections.html). 
 
 
 
MaryKay Dahlgreen
Program Manager, Library Development
Oregon State Library
250 Winter St. NE
Salem, OR  97301
503-378-5012
marykay.dahlgreen at state.or.us
 
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