CEAL Election Voting Eligibility Window Now Closed

Dear Friends,
Eligibility to vote in CEAL elections is based on 1) Current Membership in AAS and 2) Payment of CEAL dues for the current year (click here for details).

As I announced recently, the CEAL 2017 election is set to begin on Monday February 13th at 12:01 AM PST. The cutoff date for voting eligibility was officially 1/31/2017. During the past week, we have accepted late applications for CEAL membership, to allow as many as possible to vote. However, the window for eligibility to vote in the 2017 election is now closed.

Thank you very much for your participation and interest in CEAL.

Regards,
Jim Cheng
CEAL President

CEAL Election 2017: Positions on the Ballot

Join CEAL | Current CEAL Members (PDF) | Membership Committee

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Dear CEAL Members,
In CEAL Election 2017, we will be voting for seven members of the CEAL Executive Board. The open positions are:

• Chair, Committee on Chinese Materials (2017-2020) 
• Chair, Committee on Japanese Materials (2017-2020) 
• Chair, Committee on Korean Materials (2017-2020) 
• Chair, Committee on Public Services (2017-2020) 
• Chair, Committee on Technical Processing (2017-2020) 
• Member at Large (All Areas) (2017-2020) 
• Members at Large (China Focus) (2017-2020) 

Don't forget to vote by submitting your electronic ballot. To vote, click on the link in your CEAL Election 2017 voting invitation email. Look for it on Monday, February 13th. Voting will close as of March 6th, 2017 at midnight.

Jim Cheng
CEAL President

CEAL Election 2017 Begins Monday February 13th

Dear CEAL members:
Once again, it's time for everyone to participate by voting in the 2017 CEAL Election.

Please look for your invitation to vote email message. It will be sent automatically to eligible voters on Monday February 13th at 12:01 AM, from CEAL Secretary Adam Lisbon's email address.

Please watch your email for:
From: adam.lisbon@colorado.edu
Subject Line: CEAL Election February 2017 Invitation

The election will close on Monday March 6th at 11:00 PM. Thanks again for participating in CEAL's most important democratic procedure.

Jim Cheng
President
Council on East Asian Libraries

Updated Membership Info Available: Voting in CEAL Election 2017

Confirm Your CEAL Membership | Join CEAL Instructions

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Dear colleagues,
The directory of CEAL members has just been updated. View the current Directory here: http://www.eastasianlib.org/cmb/index.htm#Directory

If you have paid CEAL and AAS dues through 2017, your name should appear on this list.

Only members in good standing of both CEAL and AAS as of 2017 are eligible to vote, stand for election and serve on CEAL committees. To vote in this year’s election and be eligible for all the great benefits of CEAL membership, please join CEAL or renew your CEAL membership.

See payment instruction here: http://www.eastasianlib.org/cmb/joinceal.htm.

Thank you and look forward to seeing you in Toronto!

Xi Chen
CEAL Treasurer
xichen031@ucsd.edu

CEAL/AAS Membership Renewal: Voting Deadline 1/31/2017

Check CEAL Dues Paid through 1/26/2017 (PDF) | Check AAS Membership | Join CEAL Info

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Dear colleagues,
I hope you are having a great new year!

Please renew your CEAL and AAS memberships soon! You must renew by 1/31/2017 to be eligible to vote in the upcoming CEAL 2017 election.

Please read the following steps carefully as we added a new procedure and an online payment option this year. See the yellow highlights.

Remember, to vote in the 2017 CEAL election, you must be a current member of AAS and you must have paid your CEAL dues for 2017.

Joining or Renewing CEAL Membership is a 2-step Process 

(See also: http://www.eastasianlib.org/cmb/joinceal.htm)

Step 1) Join/renew AAS

• Before submitting the CEAL membership application form, please join or renew membership of the Association for Asian Studies (AAS). 
• Please make a note of your AAS# and membership expiration date as you need to put them on the application form and your check. This is very important, if you are not a valid AAS member, your CEAL membership application WILL NOT be processed.

Step 2) Submit the Application Form and Dues

• Print out the CEAL Membership Application PDF form or Word version of the form, and fill it in.
• Write a check or money order for thirty dollars ($30), payable to "The Association for Asian Studies Inc." Please write your AAS# and AAS membership expiration date on the upper right corner of the check.

Mail your completed application form to:

Xi Chen Chinese Studies Librarian
University of California San Diego Library
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0175R

For credit card payments 

• Use this link: http://www.asian-studies.org/About/Committee-Payment-Donations
• Add a $2 credit card service fee to your payment amount (Total: $32)
• Enter the amount in the "Council on East Asian Libraries (CEAL)" Box
• Email the application form along with your online payment confirmation page to xichen031@ucsd.edu

Thank you!
Xi

Xi Chen 陈晰
CEAL Treasurer

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Chinese Studies Librarian
University of California San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, CA 92093-0175R

xichen031@ucsd.edu | 858-534-2894
Chinese Resources at UCSD Library:
http://ucsd.libguides.com/chinese_e_resources

CEAL Election 2016 Begins Mon. Feb. 29th

To all Members of CEAL:
I write to announce the upcoming CEAL election dates. The voting period will be as follows:
Start of voting period: Monday, February 29 (12:01 a.m. PST)
End of voting period: Monday, March 21 (11:59 p.m. PST) 

You will be voting for four members of the CEAL Executive Board by electronic ballot. The open positions are:

• Vice-President/President-Elect
• Chair, Committee on Technical Processing (one-year term only)
• Member-at-Large (Korea Focus)
• Member-at Large (Japan Focus)

As in prior years, all CEAL members will receive an e-mail with a link to the ballot (email subject line: "Please Cast Your Vote for CEAL Executive Board Members". Note that the link is located at the bottom of the e-mail. The slate of nominees is revealed through clicking on the link and accessing the ballot, starting on Feb. 29. Election results are announced at the business meeting prior to the CEAL plenary session at AAS (March 30).

My thanks to all of those nominated who agreed to run. It is a great slate of candidates and I hope all CEAL members will take the opportunity to vote!

Ellen

Ellen H. Hammond
President, Council on East Asian Libraries

Revised 2016 Election Announcement

Dear CEAL members:

Thanks to research in the archives and close reading of the by-laws by several members of the CEAL board, we have determined that the make-up of the current roster of members-at-large require that we designate both Member-at-Large positions in the 2016 election.

Hyokyoung Yi, currently the “Korea focus” Member-at-Large will cycle off this spring and needs to be replaced. In addition, we currently lack a Member-at-Large elected with a “Japan focus.” My apologies to those who might have already sent in nominations that do not match these criteria! However, we have determined that this measure will be necessary to keep the composition of the board consistent with the by-laws.

Please see the amended announcement below (and keep those nominations for all of the positions coming in to Hana Kim and her committee!)

Thanks so much.

Best,
Ellen

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To all Members of CEAL:

Happy New Year!

I write today to announce the formation of the CEAL Election Committee as the first step in the process for our 2016 election:

• Tomoko Bialock (UCLA)
• Michael Meng (Yale University)
• Chiaki Sakai (University of Iowa)
• Hee-sook Shin (Columbia University)
• Haihui Zhang (University of Pittsburgh)
• Hana Kim (University of British Columbia), Chair

CEAL members will be voting for four members of the CEAL Executive Board by electronic ballot in the spring. The positions for election in 2016 are:

• Vice President/President-Elect
• Member-at-Large (two positions):
• Japan Focus
• Korea Focus
• Chair, Committee on Technical Processing (one-year term only)

The position of CTP Chair is considered a “special election” and will be for one year only. Erica Chang, elected as CTP Chair in 2014 for a three-year term, had to step down last October due to new job commitments. (Fortunately, Erica has agreed to continue serving as a CTP committee member.) Therefore, in accord with Article IX of the CEAL by-laws, two CTP members, Philip Melzer and Keiko Suzuki, were nominated and have been approved to serve as co-chairs for an interim period. Phil and Keiko have taken up the CTP chair duties with great energy and the EB is grateful to them for their willingness to serve. Neither of them, however, can serve beyond the CEAL meeting in Seattle. Therefore, the special election for a Chair to fill out the term is being held. The incumbent will serve from March 31, 2016 until the CEAL annual meeting in 2017, at which time a new Chair will be elected for a full three-year term as part of the regular election cycle.

My thanks go to those who agreed to serve on the Election Committee and to Hana for taking on the role of committee chair. I hope all CEAL members will consider standing for election this year!

All the best for 2016,
Ellen

Ellen H. Hammond
President, CEAL

Ellen H. Hammond
Director, International Collections & Research Support
Head, East Asia Library
Yale University
PO Box 208240
New Haven, CT 06520-8240
USA

Tel: +1 203 432-1791
Fax: +1 203 432-8527

2015 CEAL Elections

Happy New Year! Best wishes for this “Year of the Sheep.”

I want to alert all CEAL members to the upcoming 2015 elections. The CEAL Executive Board has begun to organize the election process. We seek to fill four positions on the board:

Secretary
Treasurer
Member-At-Large (2)

Those elected will serve three years (2015 – 2018) beginning with Executive Board Meeting II at this year’s CEAL Annual Meeting (Thursday, March 26) and ending with Executive Board Meeting I at the CEAL Meeting in 2018.

This year’s Election Committee has been appointed. The members are:

Meng-fen Su (University of Texas)
Hee-sook Shin (Columbia University)
Fabiano Rocha (University of Toronto)
Dawn Lawson (New York University)
Jim Cheng (Columbia University), Chair

You will receive further news about the nominating process from Jim Cheng, Election Committee Chair. In the meantime, I hope everyone will think about this great opportunity to serve on the CEAL Executive Board and be prepared to nominate yourself or others!

Best,
Ellen Hammond
CEAL President

Please Renew Your CEAL Membership!

Renewal Application Information | CEAL Directory

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Membership = 2014 or later CEAL Dues Paid + Current AAS Membership

Dear All,
This is a second reminder to renew your CEAL membership. I would be grateful if you could renew your membership by either sending a check for $30 (payable to the Association for Asian Studies) or providing your credit card information ($32, including credit card fee), as noted in the renewal application form (PDF and Word versions of the form are available on the webpage linked above).

Your membership status may be checked using the link to the CEAL Directory above.Sign in, and click Search, Search People to find your record. Current members have CEAL membership paid through 2014 or later, AND current AAS membership.

Please mail your completed form to the following address:
Hee-sook Shin
CEAL Treasurer, 2012-2015
Korean Studies Librarian
C.V. Starr East Asian Library
310M Kent Hall, Mail code 3901
Columbia University
1140 Amsterdam Ave.
New York, NY 10027

As you all know, an important election will begin very soon. Eight positions on the Executive Board will be filled. Only current CEAL members are eligible to vote. Please don't delay!

Thank you in advance for your prompt action.

Best regards,

Hee-sook Shin
CEAL Treasurer

Election 2014: Help CEAL!--Nominate Yourself or a Colleague Today!

CEAL Bylaws

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Dear CEAL members:

We have not been overwhelmed with nominations since we posted this call a couple of weeks ago. Please consider running for a CEAL office or encouraging a colleague to do so. It's a great way to get to know librarians from other universities while serving our organization and the profession. If you have any questions about the serving on the CEAL Executive Board or about the election process, please feel free to contact me or the other Election Committee members, listed below.

On behalf of the CEAL Election Committee, I am sending you this official call for nominations/self-nominations for a total of eight positions on the CEAL Executive Board. The positions are as follows:

• Vice President /President-Elect
• Chair of Committee on Chinese Materials
• Chair of Committee on Japanese Materials
• Chair of Committee on Korean Materials
• Chair of Committee on Public Services
• Chair of Committee on Technical Processing
• *Member-at-Large (all areas eligible)
• *Member-at-Large (China focus only)

*Please note: one of the member-at-large positions is open to all eligible CEAL members. In accordance with CEAL Bylaws Article V(D)(6a), the second member-at-large position will be open to eligible CEAL members who can represent China as their main area of focus.

Serving on the Executive Board is a wonderful opportunity for professional growth and career development. Pursuant to article VII of the CEAL Bylaws, the Election Committee is committed to ensuring a slate of candidates balanced in geographic representation, collection size, and area specialty. While also encouraging experienced members to continue their valued contributions, we also welcome nominations and self-nominations from newer CEAL members. For more information about the positions, please see the relevant section of the CEAL Bylaws.

Please address your nomination(s) to any of the Election Committee members (our contact information is below) by December 11, 2013. The Election Committee will confirm with nominees that they are current CEAL members and willing to serve.

Thank you very much!

CEAL Election Committee:

• Sarah Elman, sse2109@columbia.edu
• Toshie Marra, tmarra@library.berkeley.edu
• Hyokyoung Yi, hkyi@uw.edu
• Dawn Lawson (chair), dawn.lawson@nyu.edu

CEAL Election Notice

Dear CEAL members,

With this year’s CEAL meeting fast approaching, we will soon be sending out ballots to fill two positions on the Executive Board. In order to ensure that you will be able to participate in the voting, you must be a current member, i.e. you must have already paid membership dues to both the Association for Asian Studies (AAS) and the Council on East Asian Libraries (CEAL). If you are not certain of your membership status, you can easily check by going to the “Join CEAL” website:

<http://www.eastasianlib.org/cmb/joinceal.htm#MemberStatus>

Follow the instructions for confirming your current membership. If you find that you are not current, there is still time to renew your membership in time for this year’s election, but you will have to update your membership by next Friday (February 8th), at 2:00pm PST.

This year’s meeting in San Diego promises to be of particular interest. I hope to see you all there.

Kenneth Klein

CEAL Secretary

Call for nominations -- CEAL Election

Dear CEAL members,

On behalf of the CEAL Election Committee, I am sending you the official call for nomination/self-nomination for two at-large members of the CEAL Executive Board, who will serve a three-year term from 2013 to 2016:
1. The first at-large member position will be open to all eligible CEAL members.
2. The second at-large member position will be open to eligible CEAL members who can represent Korea as their main area of focus, in accordance with CEAL Bylaws Article V(D)(6a).

Serving on the Executive Board is a wonderful opportunity of professional growth and career development. Following the guidance of CEAL Bylaws Article VII,  the Election Committee is committed to ensuring a slate of candidates balanced in geographic representation, collection size, and area specialty (with the specified limitations on the second member-at-large position). We welcome nominations and self-nominations of newer CEAL members whereas encouraging experienced members to continue their valued contribution.

Please feel free to nominate any CEAL member, yourself included, who can make a contribution to the organization in your perspective. Please address your nomination(s) to any of the Election Committee members (contacts listed below) by January 13, 2013. The Election Committee will confirm with nominees that they are current CEAL members and willing to serve. 

Thank you very much!

CEAL Election Committee:

Toshie Marra, tmarra@library.berkeley.edu
Hee-sook Shin, hs2148@columbia.edu
Tao Yang (chair), taoyang@rci.rutgers.edu
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Tao Yang
East Asian Librarian
Rutgers University Libraries
169 College Ave.
New Brunswick, NJ 08901

Phone: 848-932-6086