IUG 2005 Election Call for nominations reminder, Deadline Feb. 18.

[Karen Johnson <johnsonka at usfca dot edu>]

Greetings,

Don't hesitate, don't vacillate--get up offa that thing and throw your hat 
into the ring!!

Okay.  Now that I have your attention--it is not too late to run for a 
position on the Innovative Users Group Steering Committee.  The deadline 
for nominations is Friday Feb. 18.  We welcome self nominations, or those 
of your best friends or worst enemies.  However, we will check with the 
latter categories to verify that they are willing to serve.

Below is the text of the original solicitation.  Feel free to contact me or 
any other member of the Steering Committee for more information.

This year we will elect a Vice Chair/Chair Elect, a Secretary/Treasurer and 
two Members-at-Large.  Terms begin on the last day of the annual conference 
(Wednesday May 4, 2005). The Secretary/Treasurer and Members-at-large serve 
two year terms. The Vice Chair serves one year as Vice Chair, one year as 
Chair and one year as Past Chair.

Duties

All Steering Committee members speak for the membership, serve on ad hoc 
working groups and provide advice to the Chair. The Vice Chair serves as 
chair of the Program Committee for the Annual Conference.  The 
Secretary/Treasurer records and distributes minutes, disseminates IUG 
information to new members, serves as liaison to the financial consultant 
in matters related to membership and conference registration, dues 
collection and accounting.  Members at Large manage other conference 
related activities such as Poster Sessions, Birds of a Feather meetings, 
Job Placement, Enhancements, volunteer recruitment etc.  More detailed 
descriptions are available in the bylaws
<http://www.innovativeusers.org/about/bylaws.html>http://www.innovativeusers.org/about/bylaws.html.

Current Steering Committee members can also answer questions about their 
experiences:  http://www.innovativeusers.org/about/steering.htm

Meetings

The Steering Committee has four regularly scheduled meetings during the 
year. Two are during the Annual Conference and there is one each at 
ALA  Annual and ALA Midwinter. All Steering Committee members should attend 
ALA Midwinter while only the executive officers are expected to attend ALA 
Annual.  All Steering Committee members are expected to attend the Annual 
IUG Conference. The arrival date is generally two days before the 
Pre-Conference day and we strongly prefer that you remain through the final 
session on the final day of the Main Conference, departing on the day after 
the conference if necessary to meet that obligation. [This works out to
be about 1 week depending on your travel distance from the conference.]

Compensation

Compensation includes complimentary hotel room for the duration of the IUG 
Annual Conference, including the extra days of Steering Committee 
commitment, free conference registration and a stipend for all SC members 
to attend ALA Midwinter.  Executive officers receive an additional stipend 
to attend ALA Annual.

Nominations

Interested? Here's what to do:

Submit your name, the office you are interested in, and a biographical 
sketch describing your recent work history and reasons for candidacy to 
Karen Johnson, Past Chair, IUG
See last year's slate of candidates:
<http://innovativeusers.org/elections/candidates04.html>http://innovativeusers.org/elections/candidates04.html


You may also recommend someone else for these positions and we will follow 
up with them directly.

It is our hope that the Steering Committee can represent the diversity of 
libraries that are customers of Innovative. To that end, please be sure 
that your biographical information clearly states what type of library you 
work in.

Sincerely

Karen Johnson
Past Chair, Innovative Users Group
johnsonka at usfca dot edu
415-422-2759



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Karen Johnson
Director of Library Systems
University of San Francisco
2130 Fulton St.
San Francisco, CA  94117
(415)422-2759 Phone
(415)422-5062 FAX
johnsonka at usfca dot edu