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Volume 3, Issue: # 14
| May 7, 2010
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2010 ILA Election Results
| Vice President/President-Elect
 485 Lynn
Elam, Hinsdale Public Library
348 Sheree
Kozel-La Ha, Homer Township Public Library District
Lynn Elam will begin her three-year term on
July 1, 2010, running through June 30, 2013.
Board of Directors (a three-year term beginning July 1,
2010 through June 30, 2013). One
candidate from each pairing was elected in accordance with the ILA bylaws as
amended at the 1998 ILA Annual Conference.
Director-at-Large:
 490 Laura Barnes,
Ill. Sustainable Technology Center, Champaign
327 Joyce L.
Fedeczko, Library Associates Companies
Director-at-Large:
 437 Cynthia Fuerst,
Vernon Area Public Library District
381 Deirdre Brennan,
Oak Park Public Library
Director-at-Large:
 643 Leslie Warren,
Moraine Valley Community College, Palos Hills
163 Arlene Dueker,
Kaskaskia College, Centralia
Director-at-Large:
 418 Amanda
McKay, Lewis & Clark Library System, Edwardsville
402 Lori
Bell, Alliance Library System, East Peoria
This was the sixth year that ILA experimented with
electronic voting. In 2010, with
3,059 personal members eligible to vote: 837 voted (27 percent), breaking down to: 776 electronic (2,639 electronic voters or 29 percent) and 64 paper (420
eligible paper voters or 15 percent).
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| Springfield Update
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The Illinois General Assembly failed to pass a state budget and conclude their business by today's self-imposed deadline. The governor and democratic leaders had proposed balancing the budget with a combination of:
- spending cuts (approximately $1.4 billion),
- delaying payment of state pension obligations until January 2011, ($3.6 billion),
- borrowing and delayed vendor payments (approximately $6 billion), and
- revenue increases (a tax amnesty program, an increase in the cigarette tax and securitization of tobacco lawsuit settlement proceeds, $2 billion).
However, there were not enough votes in the House to pass either the additional borrowing provisions nor the cigarette tax increase.
The Illinois General Assembly adjourned with no specific return date. The House Speaker Michael Madigan stated that he expected they would return "at some point for a few days." While the Speaker and Senate President John Cullerton might call the general assembly back at anytime, they are likely to return closer to the end of the month of May. (The deadline to avoid another overtime session is May 31.)
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Join the AmericaSpeaks Chicago Local Engagement Team
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 On June 26, 2010, AmericaSpeaks is convening the largest ever national discussion on the country's fiscal future. In twenty cities across the country -- including Chicago -- thousands of citizens will have their voices heard on one of the most important issues facing the nation today. Help mobilize your community; contact Hubert Morgan to find out how your library can be involved. For additional information, please click here.
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In the News |
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this story, click here. DuPage Talking Book Center to Close July 1 without State FundingTo continue reading about
this story, click here. Newberry Library and University of Notre Dame Buys 14th- Century Book by Catholic RebelsTo continue reading about this story, please click here. Des Plaines Library Bookmobile Will Keep on Driving at least to 2011To continue reading about this story, please click here. St. Charles Library Expansion Moves Forward with Demolitions To continue reading about this story, please click here. For the Tenth Year in a Row, Naperville Earns No. 1 National RankingTo continue reading about this story, please click here. Ex-librarian Fears National Companies Keep Books Out of Local SalesTo continue reading about this story, please click here. Highland Park City Council: Library Budget Gap Bridged with Fund TransferTo
continue reading about this story, please click here. Frank Vanek, Headed Push for Elmhurst Library, DeadTo
continue reading about this story, please click here.If your library has a newspaper story with link, send it to us at doyle@ila.org for possible inclusion in the next ILA E-News. Thanks. |
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