Are you interesteding serving on the IHLS Nominating Comitttee? Learn more below about the benefits of service, the commitments members make, and the IHLS Board bylaws outlining Nominating Committee service. 

Nominating Committee members are critical to the election process by recruiting IHLS members to serve as nominees for the ballot. IHLS appreciates members who are willing to volunteer their time to this important role. There are many benefits to committing to serve on this committee. 

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IHLS Bylaws Section 4. Nominating Committee for the Board of Directors

A Nominating Committee of five (5) members, who shall be eligible electors within the geographic area of the System, shall be appointed by the President of the System Board, with Board approval, in October of each year. It is the preference of the Board that a minimum of two members from the current Nominating Committee will serve the following year to ensure continuity of the process. No currently sitting System Board member may serve on the Nominating Committee, and no Nominating Committee Member may be slated for that election to the System Board.

1. The Nominating Committee shall recruit candidates and recommend to the Board for confirmation for election to the System Board representing all geographic areas. Nominees must be members of a governing board of a member library, professional staff, or the administration of the type of library to be represented as set out in these Bylaws. The call for nominations will be appropriately publicized to the Members of the System, and any member may propose names for the Nominating Committee'sconsideration. Additional nominations may be sent to the Nominating Committee upon written petitions of ten (10) member libraries represented by the type of seat on the System Board to be filled. Such petitions, accompanied by written acceptance of the nominee, must be filed with the System Executive Assistant, who will forward them to the Chair of the Nominating Committee for inclusion on the list of nominees. Criteria for the inclusion or any elimination of names to appear on the ballot will be developed by the Nominating Committee, and this information will be included with the certification results presented to the Board at its May meeting. The determination of the final slate of candidates is the responsibility of the Nominating Committee, with the goal of creating a balanced ballot representative of all System members.
2. The Nominating Committee shall confirm that all candidates are eligible electors in the geographic area of the System and recommend a slate of candidates for the ballot to the full board for consideration. The ballot will include no more than six (6) eligible candidates for each open seat. Any incumbent board member running for a second term will automatically be awarded a slot on the ballot. In the event that there are no eligible candidates for an open position on the IHLS board, there will be a write-in vote. Any viable write-in candidate will be required to meet all eligibility criteria for the specific board position and must receive a minimum of five (5) affirmative votes in order to win the election. The nominating committee must verify the winning candidate. If there is no clear winner from the write-in vote, the president will appoint a new board member.
3. The ballot will be distributed to each member library agency electronically by March 15. A library agency is defined as a library or libraries with a single governing body or corporate authority. For example, a public library with branches would be counted as a single agency, as would a school district with libraries in several buildings. Each library will be entitled to return only one ballot for its choice of candidates for the System Board of Directors. Before the vote is cast, each library agency should determine who will be responsible for casting the vote for its agency. The Nominating Committee will accept only the first completed ballot if multiple votes are cast by the same library agency.
4. Ballots must be completed and submitted by April 15th to be counted. In the event of a tie, a subsequent election to break the tie will be announced no later than April 25th. This ballot will be available electronically for one full week. The Nominating Committee will certify the election results to the System Board of Directors at its May meeting each year.