March 16, 2001 -- SCLS Blue Room

Present
J. Barr, L. Tesoriero, S. Ingram, E. Cichanowicz, C. Gray, P. Bornstein, C. Guzzo, R. Capitanio, R. McEneaney, D. Bucher, S. Ketcham, M. Fusco, M. Jefferson, C. Ranieri, J. Loughren, A. Lehner, M. Sullivan, R. Dressler, E. Hayes.

R. Dressler called the meeting to order at 10:06 a.m.

L. Tesoriero gave two corrections for the Feb. 16th minutes. S. Ketcham made a motion to accept the ammended Feb. 16th minutes. L. Tesoriero seconded the motion.

Treasurer's Report:
M. Sullivan reported. There is a savings account balance of $2,303.47 and a checking account balance of $8,958.65. Taking into account outstanding checks, the overall balance is $10,863.96. Marina said we had received a quarterly check from amazon.com for a little over $60. She encouraged everyone to promote the use of the amazon.com link from the SCLA web page. Marina reminded everyone to continue using the new reimbursement forms. If forms are submitted by the 10th of the month, a check can be issued at that month's Board meeting. R. McEneaney made a motion to accept the Treasurer's Report. Sue Ketcham seconded it.

President's report:
R. Dressler reported. The bus for the Legislative Day in Albany is full. Rona asked if anyone knew where the legislators' gifts and the appointee lists were. R. Capitanio and M. Sulllivan offered to check at Sachem Public Library. Rona asked for updates on fundraising projects. E. Cichanowicz said she was waiting for callbacks from vineyards on the East End. M. Jefferson said she and A. Richards were still working on a walk-a-thon.

DASL:
S. Ketcham reported that the DASL Board had finished revising their constitution and by-laws. They will soon be sent to members for approval. She reminded everyone about the Internet Filtering workshop on April 27th. Next DASL meeting will be March 30th at Suffolk Community College's Ammerman Campus and is open to all DASL members.

RASD:
P. Bornstein reported. The C.A.R.E. committee met on March 8th at Harborfields Public Library. The speaker was Karen Craig, from the Long Island Works Project, which links high school students with Long Island companies. The Media committee met on March 2nd at Sachem Public Library to discuss the interloan of audiovisual materials. P. Bornstein handed out copies of a proposed survey on the interloan of audiovisual materials, which will be distributed to directors of all SCLS libraries. After some discussion, Board members suggested the following changes: adding a question about telephone renewals, adding "non-binding" to the title of the survey, and leaving room to distinguish between adult and children's materials. C. Guzzo made a motion to approve the survey with the suggested changes. Carol Gray seconded the motion. S. Ketcham said she could help distribute the survey to academic libraries. The O.A.R.S. committee met on Feb. 14th at Sachem. The speaker was Eleanor Scott from the Long Island Senior Games. RASD is sponsoring a logo contest for their letterhead, banner and homepage. Entries can be sent to P. Bornstein at Lindenhurst Public Library by April 27th. Voting will take place at the RASD table at the LILC. A prize will be awarded at the RASD dinner in June.

CATS:
C. Guzzo reported. "Wireless Technology" will be their LILC program. 63 people had registered so far for the "Sharper Mind" memory workshop. D. Fabiszak is working on a program, "Technology Learning Centers," for April 20th at Mastics-Moriches. A workshop on "Disaster Prevention" presented by Ron Richards is scheduled for Sept. 24th at SCLS. D. Fabiszak is working on the East End library tour. Melanie Weiss is developing an "Ergonomics" workshop for the fall. Cynthia Guzzo is working on a program on "How to keep up professionally" for the fall.

SSSD:
J. Loughren reported. The Executive Board met on March 14th. They are working on developing an SSSD section for the SCLA website. They hope to have a division logo in place in time for the SCLA annual meeting. SSSD decided not to host a program at the LILC in May. By-laws are ready and will probably be approved at the next Board meeting on April 18th. YASD:
The YASD February meeting was a joint meeting with Nassau YASD dealing with summer reading club programs. The March YASD meeting was held March 8th at SCLS. Joe Imperato from LEAH (Loving Education at Home) spoke on the topic of home schooling. The YASD program at the LILC will be "Comic Books and Graphic Novels for Young Adults: What YA Librarians Need to Know." Mike Lavin, who maintains the website "Comic Books for Young Adults: a Guide for Librarians," will be the speaker. The Youth Services Section/NYLA Spring Conference on April 27th will replace the regular April meeting.

Archive:
No Report.

Constitution and Bylaws:
No Report.

Continuing Education:
C. Gray reported. Carol prefaced her report by saying that there seemed to be some confusion about how much money had been allocated for their programs. The committee met on March 13th and finalized plans for their Time Management workshop for the LILC. They are planning a bus trip on May 30th to the Schomburg Center for Research and Black Culture with a walking tour of Harlem. They are also hoping to present a workshop on newsletters and flyers given by Vitoria Semproni of Pamlyn Smith Design early next year. The next committee meeting is April 17th at the Middle Country Public Library. Discussion of budget allocations followed. All three programs they are planning involve significant costs. Past President L. Tesoriero explained that in the budget planning process, it had been decided that Continuing Education could work cooperatively with the new Support Staff Services Division on programs (and share monies). She referred Carol to current President James Olney. Carol said the only program they were firmly committed to was the LILC one. $200 of the $450 speaker's fee would have to come from SCLA (the other $250 was coming from the LILC).

Fall Dinner:
No Report.

Intellectual Freedom:
No Report.

LDA Award:
L. Tesoriero said they are awaiting nominations. The deadline is April 2.

Legislative:
R. Dressler reported. She read a letter from A. Schelp aloud. Alan is resigning from the Legislative Committee because of personal commitments. J. Olney is working on finding a new chair.

Long Island Library Conference:
E. Chicanowizc and M. Sullivan reported. The committee met on March 14th. Registration flyers are out. 70 tables have been sold, and more income has been generated so far this year than at the same point last year. 22 or 23 programs have been finalized. This is more than several previous years. A. Schelp is continuing to update the website. M. Sulllivan urged Board members to reserve tables as soon as possible.

Long Range Planning:
No Report.

ListServ:
No Report.

Membership:
R. McEneaney reported that we currently have 664 members, 480 of which are 2001 renewals. Reminders will go out to 1999 and 2000 non-renewers the last week in March. Several people did volunteer to work on the committee, and Regina is open to suggestions on how to attract brand new members.

Newsletter:
R. Capitanio reported. The deadline for the next issue was March 15th. This issue will come out before the LILC. The current issue is just about ready to go out.

Nominating:
R. Dressler reported that C. Guzzo and S. Ketcham had volunteered to help work on the slate of officers for 2002.

Professional Concerns:
No Report.

Public Awareness:
S. Ingram reported that he had spoken to someone from the Suffolk School Library Media Association and discussed reciprocal publicity in our two organization's newsletters. J. Barr offered to facilitate this. Stephen handed out a questionnaire and lollipops. The questionnaire is designed to help the committee write succinct descriptions of SCLA's purpose, strengths, etc. Stephen said he'd like to work on a slogan for SCLA, and on getting coverage in local newspapers.

Scholarship:
C. Ranieri reported. The award will be called the SCLA Scholarship this year. Any changes in the way it is administered will be postponed until next year. The committee is working on getting raffle prizes. If any Board members can help secure raffle prizes, please contact the committee. A. Lehner is helping with the flyers. They will be sent to libraries and library schools in approximately three weeks.

Statistical Survey:
No Report.

Suffolk County Jails:
M. Fusco reminded everyone to send non-violent paperbacks in good condition to either the Yaphank or Riverhead jail using the system bag.

Webpage:
No Report.

CLASC:
No Report.

LILRC:
No Report.

LVA:
No Report.

NCLA:
No Report.

PLDA:
D. Engelhardt e-mailed her report: " P. Ward will engage Thomas Hennon, author of the controversial "Haplr Index" to speak at the Long Island Library Conference. B. Cicola reported that a letter was sent to the Chief of Exams for Civil Service, Allan Hartvig, signed by himself and Jerry Nichols. The letter addressed the issue of proper exam credit to PLDMI graduates and served as a reminder that Directors of Association Libraries receive fair grading."

SCLS:
No Report.

SLA:
No Report.

SLS:
J. Barr reported. Janet described an upcoming meeting on the topic of student-oriented websites produced as collaborative projects between public and school librarians.

Motion to adjorn:
Rona Dressler made a motion at 11:15 to adjourn the meeting. L. Tesoriero seconded it.