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<p class="MsoNormal">Congratulations to Susan Smallsreed for being elected to serve on the 2019
<a href="http://www.ala.org/yalsa/edwards-award">Margaret A. Edwards Award</a> Committee! Susan is the youth services librarian at the northwest branch of Multnomah County Library.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Katie Anderson, MLS, Youth Services Consultant
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/osl/LD/pages/index.aspx"><span style="color:blue">Library Support and Development Services</span></a>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black">Oregon State Library, 250 Winter St. NE, Salem, OR 97301<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;color:black"><a href="mailto:katie.anderson@state.or.us"><span style="color:blue">katie.anderson@state.or.us</span></a>, 503-378-2528<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><a href="http://www.oregon.gov/osl/LD/Pages/school/index.aspx#QEM_School_Library_Report"><span style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none"><img border="0" width="174" height="174" id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image007.png@01D2B4FE.15F423A0" alt="http://www.ala.org/aasl/sites/ala.org.aasl/files/content/aaslissues/slm/AASL_SLM2017_470sq.png"></span></a><o:p></o:p></p>
<h1>YALSA Election Information<o:p></o:p></h1>
<p>YALSA holds elections in conjunction with the ALA Elections each year. Each year YALSA elects a division President-Elect, Board members, certain award committee members and, depending on the year, a Division Councilor, Fiscal Officer and Secretary. YALSA's
Nominating Committees start building a slate of candidates 14 months prior to the election. If you are interested in running, please contact the Nominating Committee
<a href="http://www.ala.org/yalsa/workingwithyalsa/committees/committeechair">Chairs</a> or the YALSA
<a href="http://www.ala.org/yalsa/aboutyalsa/staff">Office</a> for more information. For information on governance, visit the
<a href="http://www.ala.org/yalsa/aboutyalsa/yalsahandbook/yalsahandbook" target="_self" title="handbook">
YALSA Handbook</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<h2>2017 Election Results<o:p></o:p></h2>
<p>The ALA/YALSA election was open March 13, 2017 - April 5, 2017. The results of the election are listed below. View the
<a href="http://www.ala.org/yalsa/sites/ala.org.yalsa/files/content/SampleBallot.pdf">
sample YALSA ballot</a> (.pdf) for details about the candidates. For more election information, visit the
<a href="http://www.ala.org/aboutala/governance/alaelection">ALA site</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Bylaws proposals:</strong> all proposals relating to updating or modifying the bylaws passed<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>President-Elect</strong><br>
Crystle Martin<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Fiscal Officer </strong><br>
Clara Bohrer<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Board Member-at-Large (3 yr. term)</strong><br>
Jane Gov<br>
Kathy Ishizuka<br>
Jessica Snow<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>Board Member-at-Large (2 yr. term)</strong><br>
Franklin Escobedo<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>2019 Edwards Award Committee</strong><br>
Michael Cart<br>
Rebecca Denham<br>
<span style="background:lime;mso-highlight:lime">Susan Smallsreed</span><o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>2019 Nonfiction Award Committee</strong><br>
Heather Dickerson<br>
Christina Dorr<br>
Renee Lyons<br>
Sara Ortiz<o:p></o:p></p>
<p><strong>2019 Printz Award Committee </strong><o:p></o:p></p>
<p>Rachel Fryd<br>
Jennifer Thompson<br>
Anna Tschetter<br>
Paula Willey<o:p></o:p></p>
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