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• Award guidelines
  
• Composition & responsibilities
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Nominee form (due March 1, 2023)

• Voting form - Google Form
• Nominee poster PDF
• Labels PDF
• Packet PDF
  

Composition

• Eight members: four from each sponsoring organization, appointed by governing members of the organization or designees.
• Three-year terms with four-year terms expiring annually, provided not more than half the committee is new.
• Three consecutive terms allowed.
• Terms begin in October.
• Two members shall act as co-chairs, one from each organization (WRC and WLA).
• Members must be on the committee for at least one year before becoming a chair.
• Co-chairs' terms of office should expire on alternate years.
• Expenses will be submitted to the WLA Secretary who bills the Wyoming Reading Council for one-half of the expenses.
  

Chair Responsibilities

• Coordinates nominations and voting.
• Arranges and conducts meetings.
• Arranges spring meeting to finalize list.
• Casts tie-breaking vote.
• Arranges tabulation of ballot tallies.
• Notifies author, publisher, sections, and association of the results.
• Notifies journals, Children's Book Council, media, and WLA Awards Chair of results.
• Public relations for the award, new releases, etc.
• Keeps records of the committee.
• Reports to the WLA Executive Board throughout the year.
• Sends February mailing/e-mail to remind participants of voting nomination deadline.
• Releases winner's announcement/voting results to public libraries and schools in April.
• Sets up display of nominated books at fall conference.
• Produces annual packet.
• Organizes book-talk program for annual conference.

Committee Member Responsibilities

• Assist chair with above responsibilities.
• Meet to evaluate reviews and develop new list of nominations.
• Assist chair in producing annual packet.
• Participates in the book-talk presentation at the annual conference.

Packets

The committee will produce a camera-ready copy of the Buckaroo packet and mail it to all public and school libraries in Wyoming. The camera-ready copy should be sent in August. These packets will be sent in all mailings with the Indian Paintbrush packets and reminders. The packet should include:

• Announcement of winning book.
• Current nominated book title list.
• Ordering information.
• Nominating and voting guidelines, including necessary forms (student ballot, nomination ballot, tally ballot).
• Master copy of the bookmark and stickers.

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