The AALL Nominations Committee has begun the process of
identifying possible candidates for the 1999 AALL election.
Candidates will be needed for the office of Vice-president
/President-elect, Secretary, and two Executive Board members.
The Committee is charged, to the best of its ability, with
presenting a slate of candidates reflecting the diversity of
AALL's membership. The membership of the Executive Board must
maintain a balance of library type, geographic location, gender
and minority representation. How is this accomplished?
Members of the Nominations Committee are individually responsible
for reviewing lists of AALL members who previously have served in
leadership positions in committees, chapters and SIS's and
compiling a list of possible candidates. In addition, the
committee solicits input from SIS Chairs and Chapter Presidents,
news items are distributed to newsletter editors and _Spectrum_,
and messages, such as this, are posted to law-lib. All these
activities are targeted at including individual members of our
Association in the AALL nominations process. During 1997, the
Nominations Committee initially considered a master list of 184
names culled from a variety of sources and _each individual_ on
the list was contacted to determine their willingness to serve.
Those willing to serve are included in another, shorter list of
potential candidates, and each member of the Nominations Committee
is asked to review this list and submit another list matching
individual names with available offices, keeping in mind the
"balancing" and "diversity" requirements of the committee's
charge. Each individual on the shorter list is called a second
time to determine their willingess and ability to serve as a
candidate for a particular office.
Only one chapter, two SIS's and seven individuals offered
suggestions for possible candidates during the 1997 nominations
process. We hope to increase those statistics this year through
your participation! All AALL members are encouraged to submit
names to be considered for candidacy by contacting any member of
the Nominations Committee or AALL Headquarters by April 17, 1998.
1998 Nominations Committee
Gail Warren, Chair
Virginia State Law Library
Anne K. Abate
Dinsmore & Shohl
Carolyn Ahearn
Wiley Rein & Fielding
Camille Broussard
New York Law School Library
Ruth Johnson Hill
Loyola Law School, William M. Rains Library
Rita T. Reusch
University of Utah College of Law
Kay Schlueter
Texas State Law Library
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Gail Warren gwarren@vsla.edu
Va. State Law Library or
100 N. 9th Street, 2nd Fl. gwarren@richmond.infi.net
Richmond, VA 23219
(804) 786-2075
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