Nominations and Elections
FUNCTIONS
- To solicit and recruit nominees to submit petitions for officers of the Association, for members-at-large of the Executive Board, and for ALA Councilor, according to the Bylaws. Officers of the Association include the President, Vice-President (President-Elect), Treasurer and Secretary
- To intentionally seek nominations of members in order to broaden the representation of the Executive Board for approval of the Executive Board
- To collect biographical information and platform statements from nominees for ballot preparation and distribution
- To prepare, receive, collect and count the ballots
- To inform the President, Executive Director and candidates of Executive Board election results prior to the annual meeting of the Association
- To announce the results of Executive Board elections at the annual meeting
- To support sections in the process of Section Executive Board elections, including accepting nomination and ballot information for sections, compiling ballot information for ballot preparation and distribution to section membership, and distributing election results to section leadership
COMPOSITION
5 members, including the chair, appointed as follows: Immediate Past President; immediately preceding Past President; one appointee from Chair of Leadership & Education Subcommittee; Past President of the NJLA Academic Librarians Section; Past Chair of Member Engagement Committee. Immediate Past President serves as chair.