Membership & NOMINATING Committee

Chair: Thumy Webb (2025-2027)

Members: Alice Endra, AFRIAMSLIC (2024-2026); Saida Messaoudi, AFRIAMSLIC (2025-2027); Miraneta Williams-Hazelman, APIRG (2023-2026); Stephanie Granatin, APIRG (2020-2024); Amanda L Whitmire, Cyamus (2021-2025); Ruth Gustafson, Cyamus (2025-2027); Stephanie Ronan, EURASLIC (2023-2025); Andreas Walker, EURASLIC (2023-2025); Sara Yusta, LARG (2022-2025); Laurel Kaminsky, SAIL (2024-2026); Joyce Shaw, SAIL (2023-2025); Kristen LaBonte (Membership Database Manager, ex officio)

Charge:

To encourage membership in IAMSLIC, particularly in developing countries and underrepresented areas where such membership would enhance and promote access to the rich resources of IAMSLIC’s expertise and library holdings.
Outreach to current members who have not renewed by mid-January. This work includes identifying institutions that may have new employees, and contacting them.
Administer the IAMSLIC Sponsored Membership Program (granting up to five three-year sponsored memberships and up to five one-year sponsored memberships per year).
Administer the IAMSLIC Member Sponsored Membership Program (the number of memberships is dependent on donations).
To administer the process and forward names of nominees to elected positions to the membership.
Coordinate advice and mentoring of new IAMSLIC members and provide information on networking opportunities.
Forward nominations of IAMSLIC Honorary Members to the Executive Board.

Membership of the Committee:

Voting: Two members of each regional group: the regional group representative and one other appointed by the regional group.
Non-Voting: Membership Database Manager

Service on the Committee is a two-year term. The Chair will be appointed by a majority vote of the Executive Board.

Timeline:

Candidate slate presented to Executive Board six weeks prior to the fall annual meeting.
Electronic ballots prepared one month prior to the annual meeting to allow adequate time for voting.

Membership Database Manager: Kristen LaBonte (ongoing)

Membership Database Manager Charge:

To maintain IAMSLIC’s membership database including renewals.
Provide lists of members who have not renewed by mid-January to regional group committee members.
To provide labels and lists to IAMSLIC members for official purposes (at no charge), or to for-profit and not-for-profit agencies (on a fee-for-service basis)