Board Elections, Fellowship Awards Highlight Member Business Meeting

Elections to the Amigos Board of Directors and announcement of fellowship award recipients highlighted the 53rd Membership Meeting of Amigos Library Services held May 18. Board officers and Amigos President and Chief Executive Officer Bonnie Juergens participated in the online meeting from the Amigos offices in Dallas, while remaining Directors and meeting attendees participated from various locations.

Amigos Chair Bill Hair, Baylor University, Waco, TX, called the meeting to order and proceeded to conduct the election, results of which he said would be announced at the close of the meeting. See Amigos Directors Announce New Members, Elect Officers for more details. A number of votes had been cast in advance of the meeting by directed proxy ballots submitted by designated voting representatives of Amigos member institutions. Those who did not vote via the directed proxy ballots were able to cast their votes online at the meeting. This year marked the first time that meeting materials and ballots were both mailed and sent online to voting representatives. Next year all meeting materials and ballots will be sent online only.

Following a break, Hair delivered his Report to Members, recapping the work of various committees and task forces the previous year and updating attendees on the status of the Amigos Strategic Plan. Hair then acknowledged three outgoing Directors who were completing their Board terms: Shirley Dickerson, Stephen F. Austin State University, Nacogdoches, TX; Rita Hamilton, Scottsdale Public Library, Scottsdale, AZ; and Ken Morris, Independent Director, Stillwater, OK. Amigos Vice Chair Anne Prestamo, Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK, then acknowledged Hair, who was also completing his Board term.

Hair was followed by Amigos Treasurer Patrick Heath, Independent Director, Boerne, TX, who delivered the treasurer’s report, and Juergens, who presented her CEO’s report. Hair then announced the recipients of the 2011 Amigos Fellowship and Opportunity Award. See Amigos Announces 2011 Fellowship and Opportunity Award Winners for more details. The meeting concluded with the announcement of the Board election results.