[ILL-L] STARS Hot Topics Discussion Group - Call for Elections

[Margaret Bean]

Please excuse the cross-posting.

Dear Resource Sharing Practitioners

Are you looking for an opportunity to become involved in RUSA STARS and 
learn more about new and exciting innovations in Resource Sharing? Then 
here's an opportunity for you! Consider running to be  Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect
of the STARS Hot Topics Discussion Group. The charge for the group is: 
To provide a forum for discussion of timely resource sharing issues among 
all types of libraries.

The office of Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect is a two-year appointment. The first year 
you will be Vice-Chair/Chair-Elect following the Annual Conference in Chicago, IL 
(July 2009) through the Annual Conference in Washington, DC (June 2010.) The second 
year,following the Annual Conference in Washington,DC you will become Chair of the 
Discussion Group through the Annual Conference in New Orleans(June 2011). The Chair 
organizes the discussion group meetings at the midwinter and annual conferences. 
Further description about discussion groups and officer roles can be found in the STARS 
Bylaws 
http://www.ala.org/ala/mgrps/divs/rusa/sections/stars/section/starsbylaws.cfm 
(see Article IX).

If you are interested in running for this position, or know someone you 
would like to recommend,  please complete a STARS Committee Interest Form 
http://www.ala.org/template.cfm?template=/CFApps/Committee/volunteerform/volunteerform2.cfm&group1=RUSA
before Friday, June 12th. If you are not yet a STARS member you can still volunteer, 
as long as you are willing to join STARS. Please be patient with this form - it may take 
a while to load. At the bottom of the first page there is a pull-down menu asking you to choose 
between RUSA and RUSA_STARS. Choose RUSA_STARS.

If you have any questions or are unable to access the volunteer form, please 
contact Margaret Bean at mbean at uoregon.edu no later than Friday, June 12, 2009. 

Thank you,

Margaret Bean,
Resource Sharing Librarian,
University of Oregon
541-346-1876