Last Call for 2011 ABA Board Ballots

Monday, April 25, is the deadline for Regular Bookstore members of the American Booksellers Association to submit electronic ballots for the election of ABA officers and directors. All of this year’s voting is being conducted electronically, as authorized by a 2009 amendment to the ABA bylaws. One person per ABA Member ID number may vote, and a BookWeb log -in and the store ABA Member ID number are required. A link to the ballot and candidate bios were sent to member stores in a March 23 e-mail from ABA.

This year’s ballot features the following candidates:

For Officers (terms ending 2012):

• President – Becky Anderson, co-owner of Anderson’s Bookshops in Naperville and Downers Grove, Illinois, and of Anderson’s Bookfair Company in Aurora, Illinois
• Vice President/Secretary – Steve Bercu, co-owner of BookPeople in Austin, Texas

(To learn more about the officer candidates, read this week’s BTW  Q&A with Anderson and Bercu.)

For Directors (terms ending 2014):

• John Evans, DIESEL Bookstores, in Brentwood and Oakland, California
• Matt Norcross, McLean & Eakin Booksellers, in Petoskey, Michigan
• Ken White, San Francisco State University Bookstore, in San Francisco, California (White currently serves on the Board and is eligible for a second three-year term.)

(To learn more, read last week’s BTW  Q&A with the three director candidates.)

ABA members with questions regarding the election of officers and directors can contact ABA’s current president, Michael Tucker of California’s Books Inc., directly; questions about the balloting should be directed to ABA COO Len Vlahos.