results IFLA PresidentIal AND Governing Board election 2007

 

Ellen Tise wins IFLA Presidential election

 

Ellen R. Tise, Senior Director, Library and Information Services at the University of Stellenbosch, South Africa, has been voted President-elect by IFLA members.

 

She will begin her two-year term (2007-2009) as President-elect during the IFLA conference in Durban this August. She will succeed Claudia Lux as President in August 2009 for a two-year term, 2009-2011.

 

The full results were:

 

President-elect:

 

* Ellen R. Tise (South Africa) 960 votes - elected

* Adolfo Rodriguez Gallardo (Mexico) 812 votes - not elected

 

The total number of valid ballot papers received for the election for this post was 467, a return rate of 38 %.  This represents 1772 votes, 56 % of the possible total.

 

IFLA Governing Board election 2007-2009

 

In the elections for the new IFLA Governing Board, the following candidates were successful: Gunnar Sahlin (Sweden) (2^nd term), Barbara Schleihagen (Germany), Bob McKee (United Kingdom) (2^nd term), Barbara J. Ford (United States) (2^nd term), Réjean Savard (Canada) (2^nd term), Danielle Mincio (Switzerland), Zhang Xiaolin (China) (2^nd term), Helena Asamoah-Hassan (Ghana), Joaquín Selgas Gutiérrez (Spain), Pascal Sanz (France). They will serve a two-year term on the Governing Board, beginning at the end of the Durban conference in August. Barbara Schleihagen, Danielle Mincio, Helena Asamoah-Hassan, Joaquín Selgas Gutiérrez, and Pascal Sanz  will be serving on the board for the first time.

 

The full results are:

* Gunnar Sahlin (Sweden) (2^nd term)                     1185 - elected

* Barbara Schleihagen (Germany)                         1169 - elected

* Bob McKee (United Kingdom) (2^nd term)           1164 - elected

* Barbara J. Ford (United States) (2^nd term)         1158 - elected

* Réjean Savard (Canada) (2^nd term)                    1131 - elected

* Danielle Mincio (Switzerland)                               1081 - elected

* Zhang Xiaolin (China) (2^nd term)                          1032 - elected

* Helena Asamoah-Hassan (Ghana)                      1025 - elected

* Joaquín Selgas Gutiérrez  (Spain)                          991 - elected

* Pascal Sanz (France)                                               940 - elected

*Dong Youl Jeong (Korea)                                          849 – not elected

 

 

The total number of valid ballot papers received for the vacancies on the Governing Board was 517, a return rate of 42 %.  This represents 1861 votes, 58% of the possible total.

 

Two members of staff of the Royal Library of the Netherlands, P.J. Moree and J.J.M.Bos, acted as scrutineers.

 

Peter Johan Lor

Secretary General

June 2007