Basque accordionist Jimmy Jausoro of Idaho. Jausoro has received a National Heritage Fellowship from the National Endowment for the Arts. Photograph courtesy of the Folk and Traditional Arts Program, National Endowment for the Arts. From the Masters of Traditional Arts DVD-ROM, produced by Alan Govenar and published by ABC-CLIO.

2009 AFS Election Results

In the 2009 election balloting, the following members were elected to AFS office:
Executive Board:

Ray Cashman, The Ohio State University;

Jason Baird Jackson, Indiana University;

Rachelle Saltzman, Iowa Arts Council

Nominating Committee: Steven Winick, American Folklife Center, Library of Congress

Our congratulations go to those newly elected, and our thanks go to all of the candidates for their willingness to serve the Society and to the 2009 Nominating Committee (Solimar Otero, chair; Juwen Zhang, Suzanne Seriff, and Guha Shankar) for their work to identify candidates and prepare a slate.

The 2010 nomination process--which will lead to a slate of candidates for the Presidency, the Executive Board, and the Nominating Committee--will begin in the spring. The senior member of the Committee, Juwen Zhang of Willamette University, will serve as its 2010 chair.