Thank you to those who stood in for elections for roles within RUSA leadership. We have the results for the 2017 election! Congratulations to our new leaders:
DIVISION LEADERSHIP
- Vice-President/President-Elect: Ann K. G. Brown
- Director at large: Stephanie Graves
- Director at large: Jason Coleman
- Secretary: Candice Townsend
DIVISION BYLAWS AMENDMENT
- Amendment Item #1: To remove the membership dues amounts. ADOPTED
- Amendment Item #2: To include interest groups as part of the RUSA structure. ADOPTED
- Amendment Item #3: To remove discussion groups from the structure of RUSA. This does not affect discussion groups at the section level. ADOPTED
- Amendment Item #4: To (1) Reduce the size of the board and disband the executive committee in order to streamline decision-making and increase response time to the needs of the association; (2) remove reference to RUSA annual meeting which is no longer a RUSA procedure; (3) Remove editors of divisional periodical publications from list of nonvoting members in response to the changing nature of publications; (4) Create flexibility for section representation on the board beyond the chief officer. ADOPTED
SECTION LEADERSHIP
- BRASS
- Vice-Chair/Chair Elect: Natasha Arguello
- Member at Large: Emily Treptow
- CODES
- Vice-Chair/Chair Elect: Emily Hamstra
- Member at Large: Cathleen Merenda
- Member at Large: Magan Szwarek
- ETS
- Vice-Chair/Chair Elect: Lily Todorinova
- Member at Large: Jessica Cerny
- HS
- Vice-Chair/Chair Elect: Jennifer McElroy
- Member at Large: Ben Himmelfarb
- Secretary: Kathy Shields
- RSS
- Vice-Chair/Chair Elect: Cynthia Johnson
- Member at Large: Cynthia Levine
- STARS
- Vice-Chair/Chair Elect: Megan Gaffney
- Member at Large: Leila Smith
SECTION BYLAWS AMENDMENT
- RSS
- Amendment #1: To change rules of order from Sturgis Standard Code of Parliamentary Procedures to Robert’s Rules of Order newly revised. ADOPTED
- Amendment #2: To allow the immediate past chair of RSS to serve on the RSS nominating committee. ADOPTED
- Amendment #3: To remove reference to division’s journal. ADOPTED
- Amendment #4: To update duties of RSS webmaster. ADOPTED
Again, thank you to all that stood in for elections and congratulations to the winners. View all ALA election results.