<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail-" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">ALA Petition Candidates & E-Petition Form</span></span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><br></span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><a href="http://www.ala.org/aboutala/governance/alaelection">http://www.ala.org/aboutala/governance/alaelection</a></span></span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><br></span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">Petition Candidate forms are now open:  If you are interested in running for an ALA office and you were not selected by the Nomination Committee now is the time to fill out a petition to run for an office. Members who are interested in running by petition for President-elect or Treasurer may do so by completing a petition form with the signatures of no fewer than 200 ALA current personal members. Individuals who wish to run for Councilor-at-Large by petition, may do so by completing a petition form with the signatures of no fewer than 25 ALA current personal members. In addition to the petition itself, members must complete the Petition Candidate Biographical Information Form. Once the petition process is completed, petition candidates and nominated candidates are treated exactly the same. They are not differentiated on the ballot because they are on equal footing and are all viable candidates for these positions.</span></span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><br></span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">The period for filing petitions runs from the first Wednesday in October through the first Wednesday in December. The petition form became available today.  This form must be filed with the ALA Executive Director no later than December 5, 2018. </span></span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><br></span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">You will need to login to the ALA site and then fill out the two forms listed below.  Once you have a petition form submitted let your ALA friends and colleagues know so that they may sign your petition.  You will also find that people you may not know will also sign your petition because some people sign all of the petitions so that anyone interested in a position will have the opportunity to appear on the ballot.  This means that it is fairly easy to get the number of signatures required.</span></span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><br></span></div></div><div class="gmail-" style="font-family:Helvetica,Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(29,33,41);font-size:14px;white-space:pre-wrap"><div class="gmail-_1mf gmail-_1mj" style="direction:ltr;font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit"><span style="font-family:inherit">• Electronic Petition Form: <a href="http://www.ala.org/CFApps/epetition/index.cfm">http://www.ala.org/CFApps/epetition/index.cfm</a></span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