Nomination deadline is May 15, 2025.

Nominations are now open for booksellers to serve on the SIBA Board. Consider someone today for a board position.  Candidates must be from a SIBA core member in good standing. Self‐nominations are encouraged, and anyone can nominate. Board terms are three years.

Serving on SIBA's Board  is both rewarding and enlightening. The Board is tasked with leading the organization under SIBA's newly revised Bylaws, with its expanded definition of core membership, updating its governance policies to be relevant with the current bookselling climate and culture, and ensuring that SIBA fulfills its primary purpose of supporting the short- and long-term viability of its core member bookstores.

SIBA functions under The Carver Method. Board members do not get paid for service but expenses incurred are generally covered by the organization. The position requires attendance at board meetings plus a Carver training session. Adequate preparation for all meetings is also required. The Board seeks persons from the core membership taking into account the following:

• Relevant Policy Governance skills (including the ability to work within group decisions, to use conceptual categories of Ends and Means, to judge performance only against previously stated expectations),
• Relevant industry skills and knowledge,
• Geography,
• Store size and business model.

SIBA’s current Board members will assess interest among potential candidates. A slate will be determined from the potential candidates by the Board of Directors and presented for vote by the membership before the fall annual meeting. 

Nominate here