(via Robert Holley, Wayne State University)<\/p>\n
Nominations Open for 2019 Freedom to Read Foundation Board of Trustee Elections
\nThe Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF) Nominations Committee is seeking nominations, including self-nominations, for six vacant trustee positions.\u00a0 The nomination deadline is January 21, 2019.\u00a0 The Board of Trustees is comprised of 15 members, which include eleven (11) elected trustees and four (4) Ex-Officio trustees.
\nA brief description of responsibilities and minimum requirements for the vacant positions is provided below:
\nA candidate must be a current FTRF member in good standing.<\/p>\n
If elected, the willingness and ability to attend regularly-scheduled meetings (in-person and conference calls) as needed.<\/p>\n
Attendance at the 2019 and 2020 ALA Annual Conferences and Midwinter Meetings.
\nElected trustees are expected to make an annual donation of $500 in support of the foundation.<\/p>\n
The donation can be a personal donation or the trustee may raise the funds via a fundraiser, or by soliciting donations or recruiting new members. .<\/p>\n
A trustee serves a term of two years and may run for re-election to a second term of two years. There is a term limit of two consecutive terms, and a trustee must step down for a period of one year before becoming a candidate for trustee again. Thank you in advance for your nominations.<\/p>\n Best Regards,<\/p>\n Robert P. Holley\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Deborah Caldwell-Stone (via Robert Holley, Wayne State University) Nominations Open for 2019 Freedom to Read Foundation Board of Trustee Elections The Freedom to Read Foundation (FTRF) Nominations Committee is seeking nominations, including self-nominations, for six vacant trustee positions.\u00a0 The nomination deadline is January 21, 2019.\u00a0 The Board of Trustees is comprised of 15 members, which include eleven…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8434","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-calls-and-requests","category-committees-non-hsli"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8434","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8434"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8434\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8434"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8434"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hsli.org\/newsletter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8434"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nNominations for trustee positions, including self-nominations, should be sent by January 21, 2019 to: Freedom to Read Foundation, Attn: Nomination Committee, 50 E. Huron St., Chicago, IL 60611. In addition, nominations may be emailed to ftrf@ala.org.\u00a0 The Nominating Committee will select 12-18 candidates to appear on the election ballot.\u00a0 The members of the FTRF Nominating Committee are: Robert P. Holley, Charles Brownstein, Val Nye, and Katie Kritikos.
\nNominations by petition:
\nFTRF members may also be certified for candidacy by petition<http:\/\/www.ala.org\/groups\/files\/affiliates\/relatedgroups\/freedomtoreadfoundation\/ftrfinaction\/elections\/petitionnominationballot.doc<\/a>> by submitting 25 signatures of current FTRF members in support of the candidate. The executive director of the Foundation must receive names of petition candidates and the required signatures to support no later than January 21, 2019.
\nOnly current FTRF members<https:\/\/www.ftrf.org\/?Membership<\/a>> are eligible to seek election to the board.\u00a0 To become a member, click here<https:\/\/www.ftrf.org\/general\/register_member_type.asp?<\/a>>. To check your membership status, log in<https:\/\/www.ftrf.org\/login.aspx<\/a>> or contact FTRF at ftrf@ala.org or (312) 280-4226.
\nPlease submit nominations as indicated above. If you have any questions, please contact Robert Holley, chair of the Nominations Committee, at aa3805@wayne.edu or Yumeka Brown at ybrown@ala.org or +1.312.280-4223.<\/p>\n
\nChair, Nominations Committee\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Interim Director and Secretary, FTRF<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"