The results of balloting by ABA bookstore members to elect three board directors and to ratify the board's selection for president and vice president are now official. Elected to serve three-year terms as directors beginning June 2010 are Sarah Bagby of Watermark Books [6] in Wichita, Kansas; Steve Bercu of BookPeople [7] in Austin, Texas; and Tom Campbell of The Regulator Bookshop [8] in Durham, North Carolina. For Bercu and Campbell, this will be their second three-year term on the board.

ABA membership also ratified the board's choice of Michael Tucker of Books Inc. [9] in San Francisco to serve a second one-year term as ABA president and Becky Anderson of Anderson's Bookshops [10] in Naperville, Illinois, to serve a second one-year term as vice president/secretary.

Ending her second term as a board director is Cathy Langer of Tattered Cover Book Store [11] in Denver.

The ABA Board of Directors transition will take place at the end of May in conjunction with BookExpo America [12] in New York City.

Continuing on the nine-member board [13] are Betsy Burton of The King's English Bookshop [14] in Salt Lake City, Utah; Dan Chartrand of Water Street Bookstore [15] in Exeter, New Hampshire; Beth Puffer of The Bank Street Bookstore [16] in New York City; and Ken White of SFSU Bookstore [17] in San Francisco.

ABA's Town Hall and Annual Membership meeting will be held from 3:00 p.m. - 4:00 p.m. and 4:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m., respectively, on Wednesday, May 26, in Room 1E10 of the Javits Convention Center. The Annual Meeting includes reports by ABA's president and CEO on the association's activities during the past year, a look at plans for the upcoming year, and more. The Town Hall offers ABA members the opportunity to express opinions and share ideas with the board and senior staff in a less formal setting.