We are looking for nominations for our spring elections!

Open Positions this year:

Vice-President/President-Elect – this is a 3-year cycle position that rotates from Vice-President to President to Past President.

• Vice-President/President-Elect: This is primarily the “learning year”. It gives folks a chance to learn how PNLA works from the inside before taking over as President. Duties include covering meetings in the President’s absence and assisting with projects that come along.
• President: responsible for running the Board meetings and maintaining the connections between PNLA and the states/provinces. Sometimes has the potential to attend conferences as the PNLA representative.
• Past-President: responsible for assisting the Conference Coordinator with the annual conference and managing the election in the spring.

2nd Vice-President – This is a 2-year position and is largely responsible for membership – communication, recruiting, and records. This person also assists with the elections in the spring.

Treasurer – While PNLA does have a Financial Manager, the Treasurer is an important Board member, responsible for working with that person to review financial statements and transactional records. This person signs the paychecks and works on the budget along with the Financial Manager.

State / Provincial Representatives: Some of our state organizations elect or appoint the PNLA representative for their state, but for the states and provinces that do not do this, that person is elected for a 2-year term by the PNLA members from that location.

This person is responsible for being the connection between PNLA and their state/provincial library and library association. In a year when the conference is held in their state/province they assist with that event.

This year we are looking for representatives from:

• Oregon
• British Columbia
• Alberta
  

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Send your nominations (yourself or someone else!) to Starr White (swhite@imagineiflibraries.org) by Saturday, April 6. Once nominations are collected, we will hold an election electronically in May. The newly elected people will join the Board at the Annual Conference meeting.

Please consider participating! The Board meets quarterly via Zoom, and then in-person (when possible) at the August conference. The additional time commitment for each position tends to come in spurts, rather than being an ongoing responsibility, and this is an awesome way to make connections with library staff all over the Northwest.