Committee for 2007-2008

Nomination Forms

• For Round Tables [MS Word] [PDF]


• For Sections [MS Word] [PDF]


List of past ULA presidents

1. The Nominating Committee shall nominate two (2) or more candidates for the position of vice-president/ president elect. (Recording secretary deleted - appointed position, not elected.)
2. The Nominating Committee shall nominate a minimum of four but no more than six candidates for member-at-large.
3. The Nominating Committee shall nominate at least two (2) candidates each for American Library Association chapter councilor and for Mountain Plains Library Association representative, from among association members who are also current members of the respective organization.
4. The Nominating Committee shall receive the lists of candidates, biographical sketches, and other pertinent details from the nominating committees of each of the sections and round tables of the Association.
5. The Nominating Committee shall submit to the Board of Directors the list of candidates for the upcoming year at its regularly scheduled quarterly meeting in December, or at a specially-scheduled meeting to be held no later than 90 days prior to the annual meeting if circumstances so require and if approved by the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors. The list shall include a professional biographical sketch of each candidate, a statement of the nominee's goals for the association, and a statement of each candidate's qualifications for the elective office. This material shall also be made available to the newsletter editor for publication.
6. The Nominating Committee shall prepare master ballots of Association, section and round table candidates for the Executive Secretary to reproduce and distribute.

1. Each ballot shall be accompanied by the candidate's biographical sketch, statement of qualification, and statement of goals.
2. The ballots shall allow for write-in candidates for Association and section offices, and for both approval and disapproval of the slate of candidates for round table offices.
3. If the slate of candidates for a round table is disapproved, the nominating committee for that round table shall meet again and propose a new slate of candidates, which shall be submitted, no later than thirty (30) days after the annual conference, to the members of the round table for approval or disapproval. Submission to the members shall be by a mailed ballot, to be returned to the Executive Secretary, postmarked no later than fifteen (I5) days following the mailing. The Executive Secretary shall submit the results of the balloting to the Executive Committee of the Board of Directors, who shall certify approval or, in the case of disapproval, direct the nominating committee of the round table to propose another slate of candidates, which shall be submitted to the membership of the round table for a vote in the manner that conforms to the process herein specified.

1. The ballots shall be counted by the Nominating Committee at least forty-five (45) days prior to the annual meeting, and the committee chair shall inform the president of the results. The president shall declare those candidates elected who received a plurality of the votes cast, and shall declare the slate of candidates for each round table as either approved or disapproved. Tie votes shall be resolved by a coin toss in the presence of the Executive Committee.
2. The Nominating Committee chair shall inform all candidates of election results at least thirty (30) days prior to the annual meeting.
3. Announcement of the elected officers shall be made by the president at the annual meeting.