<div>This is the last day to run as a petition candidate for ALA President or ALA Council<br></div><div><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">If you send out a message here, on PUBLIB, or to other groups asking for signatures you should be able to get enough signatures in an hour or two.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">There are currently only five petition candidates for ALA Council and none for ALA President.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">You can also help a couple of the petition candidates get the 25 signatures they need by going to <a href="http://www.ala.org/CFApps/epetition/index.cfm" target="_blank">http://www.ala.org/CFApps/epetition/index.cfm</a> to sign their petitions. You will need to login to be able to see the page.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">You will find election information here: <a href="http://www.ala.org/aboutala/governance/alaelection" target="_blank">http://www.ala.org/aboutala/governance/alaelection</a></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Petition Candidates </div><div dir="auto">Individuals who are not selected by the Nominating Committee may run for office by petition. Members who are interested in running by petition may do so by completing an e-petition form: </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">President-elect with the signatures of no fewer than 200 ALA current personal members.</div><div dir="auto">Councilor-at-Large with the signatures of no fewer than 25 ALA current personal members.</div><div dir="auto">Instructions for creating an e-petition click here. 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.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The petition period for the 2020 election will close on December 4, 2019.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">President-elect with the signatures of no fewer than 200 ALA current personal members.</div><div dir="auto">Councilor-at-Large with the signatures of no fewer than 25 ALA current personal members.</div><div dir="auto">Instructions for creating an e-petition click here. 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.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">The petition period for the 2020 election will close on December 4, 2019.</div>-- <br><div dir="ltr" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><em><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-size:10pt">Diedre Conkling</span></em><i><span style="font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-size:10pt"><br></span></i><a href="mailto:diedre08@gmail.com" target="_blank"><em><span style="color:blue;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";font-size:10pt">diedre08@gmail.com</span></em></a></div>
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