December 15, 2000 -- SCLS Auditorium

Present
Present: E. Hayes, L. Tesoriero, A. Feitzinger, A. Lehner, P. Bornstein, J. Kaleda, A. Schelp, D. Engelhardt, L. Frosina, K. Sembler, K. Acierno, M. Firestone, J. Loughren, N. Brosnan, P. Adamko, K. McCoy, R. McEneaney, M. Jefferson, S. Johnson, S. Stevens, D. Bucher, D. Miller, J. Barr, S. Ketcham, M. Fusco, J. Nichols, E. Cichanowicz, A. Richards, M. Weiss, D. Fabiszak, C. Guzzo, R. Dressler, J. Olney

The meeting was called to order at 10:05 by James Olney. Everyone present introduced themselves and stated their position on the 2000 or 2001 Board.

A motion to approve the minutes of the Oct. 27th meeting was made by S. Ketcham, seconded by A. Schelp.

Treasurer's Report:
A. Feitzinger handed out the November statement which showed a balance of $ 2,748.88. J. Olney explained how budget shortfalls necessitated eliminating the final two quarterly disbursements to SCLA Divisions. A. Feitzinger moved to accept the November statement, and D. Bucher seconded it. Copies of the proposed 2001 budget were handed out. J. Olney went through the budget, explaining differences between the 2000 budget and the 2001 budget. R. McEneaney moved to accept the proposed budget, and D. Engelhardt seconded it. A discussion followed concerning parliamentary procedure and which motions needed to be voted on. In order to move ahead with the meeting, J. Olney then asked if there were ³any opposed² to the three previous motions. None were opposed, so all motions passed.

President's report:
-L. Tesoriero thanked the Fall Dinner Committee for a successful dinner.
-She reported that Bob Scheier (of LILRC) is on the NYLA Site Selection Task Force for 2003-2006. Bob would like to invite SCLA to get involved with identifying and proposing a Long Island site for the conference.
-There was a short discussion on possible future fundraising events such as a walk-a-thon or a softball game.
-Laurene reported that Garrett Farr¹s widow has requested that his name now
be dropped from the name of the SCLA Scholarship. Discussion followed.
-Laurene reported that she had received an article summarizing results from the opinion poll on librarians¹ salaries (which had been discussed at previous meetings). The article was being forwarded to the newsletter editor. The Board asked Laurene to request that the completed opinion polls (surveys) be returned to SCLA, since the two librarians who had sent them out had now resigned from the Professional Concerns Committee. Discussion followed on the lack of an editorial policy for the newsletter, and on the lack of guidelines for opinion polls & surveys sent out to SCLA members.

DASL:
S. Ketcham reported. The Nov. 17th ³Library Rage II² program was very well received, with over 50 attendees. The annual meeting was held at the Culinary Institute. Kevin McCoy is planning a program on Internet filtering, and has sent a survey out on the listserv. The working title for the LILC program in the spring is ³In Reach/ Out Reach: Reaching Out: Promoting your library to your patrons.²

RASD:
J. Kaleda reported. The C.A.R.E committee is planning a program on Jan. 31st to help librarians assist patrons seeking Civil Service jobs. Health Concerns will be meeting soon to decide their theme for 2001. The RASD archives are being moved to SCLS, thanks to Arlene Leventhal and Suzanne Johnson. The Media committee is working with Jerry Nichols on developing policies for the interloan of media materials within the county. They have also secured a speaker for the LILC, Sally Mason, who will discuss the use of video in library programming. Readers¹ Advisory will be meeting to discuss mainstream literature (Jan. 25th). Valerie Lewis will speak on accessibility issues at the next Electronic Resources meeting (Feb. 7th). RASD is working on revising their Constitution and by-laws. Membership stands at 315.

CATS:
D. Fabiszak reported. Their annual membership meeting, featuring a presentation on eBooks, had been held on Dec. 14th at Patchogue-Medford. They are planning several programs, including a tour of Baker & Taylor, and a program on wireless technology for the L. I. Library Resources Council.

YASD:
N. Brosnan reported. Pat Pearson of the Cornell Cooperative Extension had given a program the previous day, on ³The Peaks and Pits of Adolescence.² Upcoming dates of interest would be: a retirement party for Peter Carroll at North Shore (Dec. 27th), a mock Michael Printz award workshop at Half Hollow Hills (Jan. 11th), and the real Michael Printz award presented at ALA¹s Midwinter meeting (Jan. 15th). Longwood and North Shore recently hired new YA librarians. The new officers for 2001 are as follows: Pat Adamko, President; David Jones, Vice President; Sue Gottesman, Treasurer; Alison McDermott, Secretary.

Archive:
S. Johnson held off on reporting. They are busy making room for the RASD archives.

Constitution and Bylaws:
K. Acierno planned to pass on the proposed revisions to Mike Firestone. He will distribute them to the membership for approval.

Continuing Education:
No Report.

Fall Dinner:
D. Engelhardt reported that the dinner had made a profit of $500, which the committee wants to donate to the Scholarship Fund. The committee received lots of positive feedback on the dinner. Kelli Molloy and Judith Corso have agreed to chair the 2001 Dinner.

Intellectual Freedom:
No Report.

LDA Award:
No report.

Legislative:
A. Schelp reported that he was working on a program for the LILC on legislation and library advocacy. We might need to pay a speaker for the program.

Long Island Library Conference:
S. Cohen reported. The conference will be held May 9, 2001. Eight vendors have signed up so far. Their fee has increased to $425. Sarah Long, past ALA President, will be the keynote speaker. Postcards will be out soon. The registration fee has gone up slightly. He will post a tentative list of programs soon on the web site (one will be on the ³Sunday Night Live² reference service). A short discussion followed on verifying the status of SCLA members when they register for the conference.

ListServ:
K. McCoy reported. There are 504 subscribers. Some subscribers are not SCLA members. 75% of our members are subscribers.

Membership:
R. McEneaney reported. There are currently 622 SCLA members. She was working on ways to promote SCLA membership, especially for the new Support Staff Services division. She was planning letters to library directors. Information packets for each library could be distributed by a staff member who already belongs to SCLA. Discussion followed on more efficient ways for divisions to obtain labels and send mailings to the SCLA membership list. L. Tesoriero said a committee should be formed to do the next SCLA Membership Directory. (???)

Newsletter:
L. Tesoriero reported that the deadline had passed.

Nominating:
J. Olney did not have a general report, but said he had appointed Joe Loughren of Sachem to head the new Support Staff Services Division.

Professional Concerns:
E. Hayes reported. -Jose Tolentino, Custodian II at East Northport, was presented with the first Excellence in Library Service Award (ELSA) at the Annual Dinner on Nov. 10th. Len Frosina has posted the winner¹s name and all the nominees¹ names on the SCLA web site. Press releases and photos were sent out, and several local papers printed them. The balance of the award budget will be spent on securing a permanent plaque to be displayed at SCLS. -The 2000 Statistical and Policy Survey is ready and has been distributed. A. Lehner said 10 extra copies had been sold so far.

Public Awareness:
No report.

Scholarship:
S. Stevens reported. Alison Ann O¹Reily was awarded the scholarship check at the Annual Dinner, and she had sent a very nice thank you note. The committee was pleased that they had met their fund raising goal. Discussion followed on the name change for the Scholarship (see: President¹s Report, above).

Statistical Survey:
No report.

Suffolk County Jails:
No report.

Webpage:
L. Frosina reported. They are still working on putting members¹ names on the web page, accessible only to Division heads. A discussion followed on the technology involved and privacy issues.

CLASC:
No Report.

LILRC:
No Report.

LVA:
No report.

NCLA:
No report.

PLDA:
D. Engelhardt reported. The PLDA met on Nov. 8th. Many directors expressed concern that Kirkus is no longer publishing a comprehensive index, and planned to make formal complaints. Mastics Moriches was selected to do a 30-second public service announcement promoting Suffolk libraries. It will be aired on Cablevision. The PLDA endorsed the recent Regents Commission Report. Carol Simpson, who is retiring from Lindenhurst, was honored at a Dec. 13th luncheon. New officers for 2001 are: Tom Tarantowizc of Sayville, President; Peter Ward of Smithtown, Vice President; Michael Squillante of Westhampton, Treasurer; Debra Engelhardt of Hampton/Bridgehampton, Secretary.

SCLS:
No Report.

SLA:
J. Olney reported that he had attended a very good program dealing with census materials available on the web.

SLS:
(E. Suffolk): Edana Cichanowicz reported on a meeting between BOCES and SCLS dealing with extending parts of the Virtual Reference Collection to school libraries.

Motion to adjorn:
J. Olney adjourned the meeting at 12:14 p.m.