ABA Board Ballot to Arrive April 2

On Monday, April 2, all American Booksellers Association main store members should be on the lookout for an e-mail from ABA CEO Oren Teicher that includes links to the ballot for the 2018 Board of Directors election and candidate bios.

The ballot includes, for member approval, the names of the following officers approved by the Board:

• Kelly Estep of Carmichael’s Bookstore in Louisville, Kentucky
• Bradley Graham of Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington, D.C.
• Pete Mulvihill of Green Apple Books in San Francisco, California
• Angela Maria Spring of Duende District Bookstore in Washington, D.C.

Mulvihill is coming to the end of his first three-year term on the Board and is eligible for a second three-year term. Estep and Spring have not previously served on the ABA Board. All three are standing election for three-year terms (2018–2021).

Graham is eligible to be nominated for the unexpired period of what would have been ABA President Robert Sindelar’s term as a Board member. (The 2017 election of Sindelar as ABA Board President created a vacancy on the Board, which the Board had filled by appointment until the next election.) Graham, who has been serving on the board by that appointment since May 2017, will be eligible for a full three-year term in 2019.

No petitions were submitted by members in support of additional Board candidates; however, in accordance with ABA’s Bylaws, space will be provided on the ballot for write-ins.

The deadline for 2018 Board ballots is 11:59 p.m. EDT on May 1.

The election results will be announced in Bookselling This Week on May 2, and the new Board members will be formally introduced at the annual ABA Membership Meeting, to be held from 3:15 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. on May 31 at New York’s Javits Convention Center during BookExpo 2018. The Membership Meeting will be preceded by ABA’s Town Hall meeting from 2:15 p.m. to 3:15 p.m.