ESTABLISHED: By the ALA Executive Board at the 2008 Midwinter Meeting
CHARGE:
- Review existing ALA policies related to ALA elections and campaigning for ALA office;
- Review the Guidelines for Candidates for ALA Office document as approved by the Executive Board in Fall 2007;
- Make recommendations regarding the current guidelines for endorsement of ALA candidates;
- Forward recommendations to the ALA Executive Board in September 2008, for consideration by the Board at their October 2008 meeting
It is anticipated that the group will conduct its work using electronic communication and a face-to-face meeting at the 2008 Annual Conference.
ROSTER:
Leslie B. Burger (Chair)
Director
Princeton Public LibraryPrinceton, NJ 08542-3214
lburger@princetonlibrary.org
Heidi Dolamore
Community Library Manager
San Pablo Library
San Pablo, CA 94110
heidi.dolamore@gmail.com
Carrie Gardner
P.O. Box 1
Bowie, MD 20719
carrieif@aol.com
Mario Gonzalez
Executive Director
Greenwich Library
Greenwich, CT 06830
mgonzalez@greenwichlibrary.org
Ann Hamilton
Associate Dean of the Library
Georgia Southern University
Statesboro, GA 30460-8074
ahamilton@georgiasouthern.edu
Charles E. Kratz, Jr.
Dean of Libraries \
University of Scranton
Weinberg Memorial Library
Scranton, PA 18510
kratzc1@scranton.edu
Sarah Ann Long
Executive Director
North Suburban Library System
Wheeling, IL 60090
slong@nsls.info
George Needham
Vice President, Member Services
OCLC
Dublin, OH 43017
needhamg@oclc.org
Sylvia Norton
School Library/Technology Planning Coord.
Maine State Library
Augusta, ME 04033
sylvia.k.norton@main.gov
Ginny Steel
University Librarian
UC Santa Cruz
McHenry Library
Santa Cruz, CA 95064
vsteel@ucsc.edu
ALA STAFF LIAISONS
Mary Ghikas
Sr. Associate Executive Director
mghikas@ala.org
JoAnne Kempf
Director, Office of ALA Governance
jkempf@ala.org
Keith Michael Fiels
Executive Director
kfiels@ala.org
TASK FORCE AGENDAS
Presidential Task Force on the ALA Election and Guidelines (PDF)