Fourteen Candidates Running for IDPF Board of Directors
November 5, 2012
Fourteen candidates submitted nominations for election to seven seats on the IDPF Board of Directors, including the elected President position. These candidates are affiliated with IDPF member organizations from Asia, Europe, and North America, including publishers, reading system vendors and service providers. The election is underway from today (November 5) through November 21, 2012. Each IDPF member Primary Representative is eligible to vote on behalf of their organization, and should have received an email ballot. The ballot also includes a motion to approve creation of a new Advanced/Hybrid Layout working group per the draft charter at http://idpf.org/charters/2012/layout/ahl.html
List of candidates with links to their nomination statements:
Candidate for IDPF President position:
- George Kerscher - DAISY Consortium (INCUMBENT)
Candidates for six regular IDPF Board of Directors positions:
- Mark Bide - EDItEUR
- Garth Conboy - Google (INCUMBENT)
- Pierre Danet - Hachette Livre
- Laura Dawson - Bowker
- Anthony De Luna - Flipside
- Keith Fahlgren - Safari Books Online
- Ori Idan - Helicon Books
- Bill Kasdorf - Apex CoVantage
- Erica Lazzaro - OverDrive
- Cristina Mussinelli - Italian Publishers Association (AIE) (INCUMBENT)
- Ron Severdia - metrodigi
- Kevin Watters - Harlequin
- Adam Witwer - O'Reilly Media