Nominating and Ballot - Annual Report - 2021-2022
Library Governance Committee Final Report
Committee Name:
Nominating and Ballot
Committee Chair:
Jim Richey
Members (with terms):
Jim Richey, 2020-2022
Andi Back, 2021-2022
Carmen Campaneris, 2021-2023
Fiscal Year: 2021-2022
Standing Charges:
· Issues the call for nominations, recruits candidates for elections, and contacts nominees to verify their willingness to serve
· Provides a slate of candidates for the officers (Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect and Secretary) of LFA and LSA and for standing committees with elected membership, in sufficient time for elections to take place no later than May 15
· Assembles all ballots, tabulates, and reports the results to the respective LFA and LSA Executive Committees within one week
Standing Charges Progress/Accomplishment Summary:
1. LSA General Election Ballot 2022. This ballot was distributed via Qualtrics and took place May 12 to May 26. New LSA officers were elected for their respective terms as indicated below.
Ballot return rate: LSA 48 of 81 (59%)
LSA Exec (to join Chair Julie Woodrick)
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Scott Cossel
Secretary: Jim Richey
LSA Members-At-Large (3 positions): Marianne Reed, Jennifer Johnson, and Paul Thomas
2. LFA General Election Ballot 2022. This ballot was distributed via Qualtrics and took place May 12 to May 26. New LFA officers were elected for their respective terms as indicated below.
Ballot return rate: LFA 35 of 40 (87.5%)
LFA Exec (to join Chair Scott McEathron)
Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect: Michael Peper
Secretary: Samantha Bishop Simmons
Assistant Librarian: Gwen Geiger Wolfe
Associate Librarian: Sarah Goodwin Thiel
Librarian: Lea Currie
SLPTR (2 positions): Angie Rathmel and Whitney Baker
LCPT (2 positions): Amalia Monroe-Gulick (three-year term) and Andi Back (one-year term)
Those not elected to Secretary but we appreciate their standing for election: Jill Becker
Special Charges:
From August 11 to 18, 2021 a special election to fill a vacated LCPT position took place after Betsaida Reyes departed KU. Jamene Brooks-Kieffer and Fran Devlin were on the ballot. Thirty-five of thirty-nine library faculty voted, with Fran Devlin elected to the vacated position.
In October 2021, the Nominating and Ballot Committee was charged with collecting names of interested Libraries Faculty and Staff willing to serve on the committee for Dean Kevin Smith’s 5 year review. A ballot was than distributed to all KU Libraries Faculty and Staff via Qualtrics, of interested parties with the intention to collect a list of the top seven faculty and four staff to pass along to Provost Bichelmeyer. Voting took place October 18 to October 22.
Special Charges Progress Summary:
In November 2021, the Nominating and Ballot committee provided the LFSA-Exec the results of the faculty and staff election for the Dean’s 5-Year Review Committee nominees. These names, listed below in order of votes received, were submitted to the provost, who invited 4 faculty and 2 staff to serve on the committee (these names are in bold).
FACULTY
Jamene Brooks Kieffer
Deborah Dandridge
Sara Morris
Amalia Monroe-Gulick
Angie Rathmel
Scott McEathron
Brian Rosenblum
STAFF
Michelle Curttright
Angela Andres
Chris Bohling
Scott Cossel
Other Activities or Accomplishments:
None
Potential Charges for Future Committees/Recommendations:
Ensure the LFSA website has accurate membership information including terms of members (e.g. Jane Doe FY21-FY22). Work with the LFSA webmaster to establish a regular practice for this.
- Having accurate membership updates allows a one-page snapshot of all elected and appointed committee members that the Nominating and Ballot Committee references to determine election needs.
Please review the Committee’s portion of the Library Governance website and the Code. http://lfsa.ku.edu/code-versions Does it need updating/correcting?
n/a
Prepared By: Nominating and Ballot Committee