| |
|
Page 1
2
Nomination Form
Policy Home |
SECTION:
Selection of Board Members
NUMBER: 252
EFFECTIVE DATE: 03-11-97
PAGE: 1 of 2 |
Members of the Geauga County Board of Trustees are
appointed by County Commissioners or the Judge of the Court of Common Pleas.
The Library Board, each year, may make a recommendation to the appointing
authority. One Library Trustee is appointed each year. The Library Board may
recommend re-appointment of a Trustee.
The following are guidelines and procedures used by the Library Board to select
candidates to recommend for appointment.
Guidelines for a Recommendation to Commissioners or Judge
1. Library Trustees should be registered library borrowers. Further, Trustees
need a recognition of the library’s importance as a center of information, and
its role in the promotion of reading and life-long learning. Nominees should
have an interest in the function and purposes of public libraries, a commitment
to its goals and priorities, a determination to be a team member, a willingness
to ask questions and offer suggestions, and a desire to be an ambassador for the
public library. Library Trustees must have a readiness to devote the time and
effort to attend Board and committee meetings and in carrying out all other
duties of trusteeship.
2. In order to bring balance to the Board, recommendations shall be based on
such criteria as: diversity of interest, age, gender, socio-economic level,
interest in public libraries, and experience or knowledge in a variety of
fields.
Library Trustees are required by law to be registered voters in Geauga County.
Place of residence in the library district may also be an important factor in
serving on the Library Board, but no Trustee represents any geographical area or
any other constituency. Library Trustees need to be advocates for effective,
efficient library service in the entire district.
3. The composition of the Board may be balanced by including members with
experience in such areas as: education, accounting, law, personnel, public
relations, labor relations, parenting of school-age children, community service,
public office or executive, library or business experience.
4. A commitment to the philosophy of intellectual freedom is essential in a
Board member.
Back to Top |
SECTION:
Selection of Board Members
NUMBER: 252
EFFECTIVE DATE: 03-11-97
PAGE: 2 of 2 |
Procedures for Recruiting of Candidates
1. When a vacancy is anticipated, a notice, including Trustees' duties and
responsibilities, is posted in all libraries and stations. Biographical
nominating forms will also be available at all libraries and stations.
2. Prospective candidates' names should be solicited from Board members,
patrons, administrators, managers, supervisors, staff, Foundation members and
Friends of the Library.
3. In order to create a larger pool of prospective candidates, the Library Board
may solicit additional names from the president or chairman of community
organizations such as: service clubs, business clubs, Foundations, and others.
Letters to these officers will come from the President of the Library Board and
will state the purpose as being to create a bank of qualified candidates for
replacement of outgoing trustees.
Back to Top |
|
