Garnes Fails at Third Bid for ALA Council
Posted May 3, 2007
Former AFPL Deputy Director Carolyn Garnes,
who had petitioned the members of the American Library Association
again this year
for election to the governing body of the American Library Association, did
not obtain enough votes to win a seat.
Garnes served one term on Council beginning in 2002. This was Garnes’ third
consecutive post-retirement attempt to reclaim a place on Council. Although 2,368 ALA members
voted for Garnes this year from a field of 95 candidates, Garnes was 489
votes shy of obtaining one of the 33 vacant Council seats.
Garnes' standing in the elections during her three post-retirement runs
for Council:
| |
# Votes Rec'd |
# Votes Short |
| 2005 |
1,472 |
553 |
| 2006 |
2,914 |
303 |
| 2007 |
2,368 |
489 |
Current AFPL Director John Szabo, who also ran for Council this year, also
failed to be elected, by a margin of 140 votes.
Former Gwinnett County Public Library Director Jo Ann Pinder ran for ALA
Treasurer, but a California-based candidate beat her by a slim margin (178
votes).
Approximately one-fourth of ALA’s 64,000+ members (or 14,560 people) voted
in this year’s elections.
The 2007 elections vote tally can be viewed at
ALA's website. ALA member Gary Klein has posted an interesting analysis of the
voting results
here.
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