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ABA members are now eligible for individual and/or company-wide benefit packages through Asset MarketPlace that include expanded income replacement (DI) and life insurance options.

Booksellers are invited to join ABA CEO Oren Teicher and COO Len Vlahos at an American Booksellers Association Spring Forum on Saturday, March 19, in Brown Deer, Wisconsin.

Under ABA’s bylaws, besides candidates put forth by the Nominating Committee and approved by the Board, bookstore members may submit petitions to have additional director candidates added to the 2011 Board ballot.

All ABA Regular Bookstore and Provisional members that register for BookExpo America 2011 are eligible for a number of free badges.

ABA President Michael Tucker answers questions about a proposed bylaws amendment that, if approved, would move the association from a nine-person Board to a 10-person Board by making the position of Board president a separate and distinct position that serves one two-year term.

ABA COO Len Vlahos will be presenting two sessions at this month’s CAMEX Education Conference in Houston. The day before CAMEX begins, Vlahos and ABA CEO Oren Teicher will be hosting a Booksellers Forum and education session at Katy Budget Books.

ABA issued a statement in response to the news on Wednesday, February 16, that Borders Group Inc. had filed for Chapter 11 protection and will close about 30 percent of its stores nationwide in the coming weeks.

Under ABA’s bylaws, in addition to candidates put forth by the Nominating Committee and approved by the Board for the 2011 elections, any bookstore member may submit a petition for additional candidates.

Stores currently renewing their ABA dues will receive a new “Eat Sleep Read Local” poster. For those also signing up for the new ABA ABC Children’s Group, there’s an additional “Snack Nap Read” poster.

ABA member bookstores began voting this week on a bylaws change that, if approved, would move the association from a nine-person Board to a 10-person Board by making the position of Board president a separate and distinct position that serves one two-year term.

On Thursday, January 20, the ABA Board of Directors met with President Obama in the Oval Office for the presentation of the ABA White House Library, a selection of current titles given to each presidential administration since 1929, for the reading pleasure of the First Family.

This week, ABA announces the opening schedule for its 2011 Spring Booksellers Forums. The first forum will be held in conjunction with the Mountains & Plains Independent Booksellers Association on Thursday, February 24, at Katy Budget Books in Houston, Texas.

The ABA Board of Directors has nominated three director candidates for the 2011 Board elections. Under ABA’s Bylaws, any bookstore member may submit a petition to have the names of additional director candidates placed on the ballot.

ABA’s Board of Directors met from Saturday, January 15, through Monday, January 17, 2011, prior to the Sixth Annual Winter Institute, in Arlington, Virginia.

More than 500 indie booksellers and guests from as far away as Norway and New Zealand are in Washington, D.C. , for ABA’s Sixth Annual Winter Institute. Here’s a look at some of the opening day events.