link me up? - RepoRat

I saw Griffey tweet about it, but can't find any other information. - kendrak

can't find anything online yet, but I *just* got this email: The OCLC Board of Trustees has concluded that rather than moving forward with the appointment of Jack B. Blount as its President and CEO, it is in the best interest of OCLC to have Jay Jordan continue serving in these capacities. Mr. Jordan has agreed to postpone his retirement to continue leading OCLC. The OCLC Board of Trustees believes Mr. Jordan's strong track record, his skills as a leader, and his ability to identify and navigate emerging trends, make him uniquely qualified to serve the nearly 72,000 institutions that use OCLC services. The Board of Trustees has complete confidence in the global management team and the 1,250 employees, who are working diligently to serve libraries around the world and fulfill OCLC's mission and goals. The Board is committed to an orderly transition of leadership and will be assessing its succession planning process as it moves forward. - holly #ravingfangirl

Whoa. Uh, okay. I haven't a clue. All I know is that Blount comes from software culture -- specifically Sirsi, I think. Mebbe a constituency at OCLC (OCLC Research, mebbe?) didn't go for that. - RepoRat

Seems weird to come to that conclusion after they announced he was going to be President last week. - kendrak

I was just about to ask as well. I had never heard of Jack Blount before...wonder if there's some dark secret that came to light within the last few days - Sir Shuping is just sir

The other option, as someone pointed out, is that he left them. Why, no clue, but it's a possibility. - Jason Griffey from iPhone

I just read that email and come here to ask the same question. Weird. - barbara fister

Sorry, Dynix, not Sirsi. My mistake. Blount profile here: http://lj.libraryjournal.com/2012... - RepoRat

I was planning to go to the OCLC Council thingie (friday?) since I'm an alternate Global Council Rep... maybe there will be more info shared there... - awd

OCLC Americas Regional Council & member meeting http://ala12.scheduler.ala.org/node... Fri 11a-4p - awd