Candidates for 2013 Amigos Board of Directors Election Announced

The Amigos Nominating Committee has announced the slate of candidates for election to the Amigos Library Services Board of Directors. Candidate and voting information will be sent to the designated Voting Representatives of Amigos member institutions as part of an upcoming Call to Meeting mailing.

Candidates for Board of Directors (Librarian) – three to be elected for a three-year term

• Ms. Martha Bedard, Dean, General Library, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque
• Ms. Polly Boruff-Jones, Director of Library and Information Services & Director of Academic Computing, Drury University, Springfield, MO
• Mr. Art Lichtenstein, Library Director, University of Central Arkansas, Conway
• Ms. Elizabeth MacDonald, Dean of University Library Services, Lindenwood University, St. Charles, MO
• Mr. Steve Potter, Director of Libraries, Mid-Continent Public Library, Independence, MO
• Ms. Cynthia Shetter, Library Director, Los Lunas Public Library, Los Lunas, NM

Candidate for Board of Directors (Independent) – one to be elected for a three-year term

• Ms. Gretchen McCord DeFlorio, Austin, TX

Nominating Committee Chair Bill Hair, Baylor University, Waco, TX, wishes to thank committee members Charlie Kalogeros-Chattan, Los Alamos County Library, Los Alamos, NM, and Bill Parton, Arkansas Tech University, Russellville, for their diligent work in preparing the slate.