2008 ILA Update #5
NEWS RELEASE
| For immediate release Thursday, 8 May From: Robert P. Doyle Illinois Library Association | 312-644-1896 312-644-1899 FAX e-mail: ila@ila.org http://www.ila.org |
2008 Illinois Library Association (ILA) Election Results
The results of the 2008 Executive Board election are in and are as follows:
Vice-President/President-Elect
371 Cynthia L. Fuerst, Kankakee Public Library
460 Carole A. Medal, Gail Borden Public Library District
Carole Medal will begin her three-year term on July 1, 2008, running through June 30, 2011.
Board of Directors
A three-year term beginning July 1, 2008 through June 30, 2011. One
candidate from each pairing was elected in accordance with the ILA bylaws as
amended at the 1998 ILA Annual Conference.
Director-at-Large:
395 Beverly J. Obert, Rolling Prairie Library System
413 Diana Brawley Sussman, Southern Illinois Talking Book CenterDirector-at-Large:
434 Dianne Happ, Peoria Public Library
378 Michael A. Rogalla, Champaign Public LibraryDirector-at-Large:
424 Betsy Adamowski, Itasca Community Library
386 Amy Falasz-Peterson, Fondulac District LibraryDirector-at-Large:
348 Terry Cottrell, University of St. Francis Library
453 Theodore C. Schwitzner, Illinois State University
This was the fourth year that ILA experimented with electronic voting. In 2008, with 2,459 personal members eligible to vote: 839 voted (34.1 percent), breaking down to: 742 electronic (1,907 eligible electronic voters or 38.9 percent) and 97 paper (552 eligible paper voters or 17.5 percent).
As a point of comparison, in the 2008 American Library Association (ALA) election, with 59,141 eligible to vote: 17,089 voted (28.9 percent), breaking down to: 15,655 electronic (35.52 percent) and 1,434 paper (13.04 percent). In the 2007 ALA election, with 55,775 eligible to vote: 15,031 voted (26.95 percent), breaking down to: 13,373 electronic (30.22 percent) and 1,658 paper (14.39 percent) of membership.
| Year | Ballots Returned | Total Personal Members | Percent |
| 2008 | 839 | 2,459 personal members | 34 percent |
| 2007 | 613 | 2,457 personal members | 25 percent |
| 2006 | 648 | 2,453 personal members | 26 percent |
| 2005 | 472 | 2,462 personal members | 19 percent |
| 2004 | 727 | 2,330 personal members | 31 percent |
| 2003 | 742 | 2,403 personal members | 31 percent |
| 2002 | 787 | 2,481 personal members | 32 percent |
| 2001 | 817 | 2,456 personal members | 33 percent |
| 2000 | 914 | 2,532 personal members | 36 percent |
| 1999 | 982 | 2,471 personal members | 40 percent |
| 1998 | 1,110 | 2,489 personal members | 45 percent |
| 1997 | 886 | 2,262 personal members | 39 percent |
The next ILA Executive Board meeting will be on Friday, 6 June 2008, 10:00 a.m., at Metropolitan Library System, 224 S. Michigan Ave., Ste. 400, Chicago, IL 60604-2501; phone: (630) 734-5000 or 866-734-2004; fax: (630) 734-5050.
Your attendance and participation is welcomed.