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Nevada Library Association Handbook

Board of Trustees
Appointed Officers & Standing Committees

 

Nominating Committee

 

HISTORY
The structure of the nominating committee has always been defined by the Nevada Library Association bylaws. In early years the members were appointed by the president, and each had to be from a different county. The present method for creating the nominating committee, based on appointments by the district chairs, was introduced in the 1972 bylaws.

OFFICERS

1955

Constance C. Collins

1956

Ruby McLeod

1957

Clarabelle Decker

1958

Mildred Heyer

1959

Ura Maple

1960

Marguerite Evans

1961

Louise Riley

1962

Marion Kelly

1963

Lillian Fleury

1964

Byrd Sawyer

1965

Carroll Russell

1966


1967

Robert Anderl

1968

1969

Robert Anderl

1970

1971

Anne Amaral

1972

1973

Hudson/Sturm/Whear

1974


1975

Jack Gardner/C.W. Hunsberger

1976

Jack Gardner

1977

Juanita Karr, Northern Nevada Community College

1978

Robert G. Clark/Beth Sturm

1979

Jack Gardner, Las Vegas Library

1980

Yvonne Saddler, Douglas County Public Library

1981

Wilma Barlow, Washoe County School District

1982

Deniston Kay, Clark County Library District

1983

Beatrice Quill, Tobler School, Las Vegas

1984

Hailie Gunn, Elko County Library

1985

Valerie Anderson, Western Nevada Community College

1986-87   

Cecile Nabors, Legislative Council Bureau

1988-89

Hailie Gunn, Elko County Library

1990

Laura Golod, Las Vegas-Clark County Library District

1991

Bill Strader, Nevada State Library and Archives, Gary Avent, Elko County Library,

 

and Ann Langevin, Las Vegas-Clark County Library District

1992

Carolyn Rawles-Heiser, Douglas,

1993

Millie Syring, Nevada State Library & Archives

1994

Judy Soper, Washoe County Library

1995

vacant

1996

Tom Mirkovich, University of Nevada, Las Vegas

1997

Tom Lytle, Lincoln County Bookmobile

1998

Lucy Bouldin, Storey County Library

1999

Kathleen Rankin, University of Nevada, Las Vegas Dickinson Library

2001

Diane Grigham, Amargosa Valley Library District

2003-2006

Theresa Kenneston, Lyon County Library

2007-present

Jana MacMillan, Spanish Springs Library (Washoe County)


PURPOSE AND DUTIES
The purpose of the nominating committee is to contact NLA members who would consider being candidates and to present nominations for elective offices for the annual election. The nominating committee should try to get a balanced slate of candidates from all over the state.

1. Districts must elect their nominating committee representatives before the NLA annual meeting. These three people get together at NLA's annual meeting to choose a chairperson among themselves and then announce that person as Nominations chairperson by the last general session. At that same session the current year's chairperson also announces the slate of nominees and calls for additional nominations from the floor.

2. Nominees are required for the following:
A president-elect is elected each year. Either an executive secretary or a treasurer is elected each year. The MPLA delegate is elected every two years in even numbered years. The ALA delegate is elected every four years. The membership as a whole elects the president-elect, the executive secretary, the treasurer, and the MPLA delegate. Only members of ALA may vote for the ALA delegate.

3. The nominating committee chairperson consults the executive secretary with regard to the offices to be filled for that year.

4. For each elective office to be filled in a regular election, the nominating committee will:

a. List offices open in the May Nevada Libraries with a form which can be used for sending in suggestions;

b. Select at least two candidates who are personal members of NLA and verify the candidates' eligibility with the membership chairperson;

c. Obtain Nomination Consent forms or the equivalent from each candidate;

d. Submit the slate of candidates and written report to the NLA membership through publication in an issue of the Nevada Libraries distributed at least thirty days before the annual meeting;

e. Present the candidates to the membership at the annual meeting, at which time additional nominations may be proposed by the NLA membership. The nominating committee will incorporate any nominations from the floor into its slate, obtain written consent forms, and verify that all candidates have renewed their membership in NLA.

f. Present the slate of candidates to the elections committee before the close of the annual meeting.

5. Special elections:

a. In the event of a special election, the nominating committee selects at least two candidates for each office who are personal members of NLA, verifying this with the nominating committee chairperson. NLA members or members of the organization with whom NLA is affiliated should be polled for suggestions if possible.

b. Nomination Consent forms or the equivalent are obtained from each candidate.

c. The resulting slate is forwarded to the elections committee.

Meetings
1. The members of the nominating committee must meet at the NLA annual meeting preceding their year in office so that they may select a chair.

2. The chairperson or his/her designee attends the NLA annual meeting to present the slate of candidates, incorporating additional nominations made from the floor, obtain the required Nomination Consent forms, and turn the completed slate of candidates over to the elections committee.

3. The nomination committee shall present a written report and slate of two candidates for each elective office to the membership at least thirty days before the annual meeting as stated in the NLA Bylaws and also report the slate of candidates at the NLA annual meeting.


NEVADA LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
NOMINATION CONSENT FORM

 

 

TO:_____________________________________________________

(nominee)

 

SUBJECT:_______________________________________________

(Office)

 

 

You have been selected for a Nevada Library Association office by the NLA Nominating Committe. We must receive your written consent before your name can be placed on the slate of candidates.

 

 

 

I hereby consent for my name to be placed in nomination for the NLA office of ___________________________________________________________

 

I am current a member of NLA: __________ Yes or _______ No.

 

 

SIGNED:____________________________________________________

 

Please return this signed form to the Nominating Committee with a brief biographical sketch (100 words) of your professional credentials, experience, awards, previous offices, etc.; and a short statement (50 words) about what you hope to accomplish or contribute to the office.

 

 

Nominating Committee Chairperson
(Include the address of the current chairperson)