November 14, 2003 Minutes of the Annual Meeting

Suffolk County Library Association
Minutes of the Annual Meeting
November 14, 2003
Location: Meadow Club, Port Jefferson Station, NY

1. Call to Order: Cindy Guzzo called the meeting to order at 7:20 p.m.

2. President’s report: Joan Clemens thanked the 2003 Board and all Committee Chairs for a successful year. She thanked Cynthia Guzzo for all of her hard work in putting together the Annual Dinner. Joan highlighted the work of the Scholarship Committee, the work of RASD and the Long Island Reads Committee, the success of the Writers on the Vine series (thanking Edana Cichanowicz for all of her hard work and noting that next year, tickets are likely to be available only at the Long Island Library Conference), and the success of the Long Island Ducks Game and SCLA t-shirt (thanking Fran Altemose for all she did to make this possible).

Joan noted that SCLA is in good financial shape, and thanked Joseph Loughren for his professional spin on all the financial reports he has prepared throughout the year. Joan acknowledged the work of Sue Holden and Stephen Ingram in effectively reaching out to many library schools in the area to promote the profession. Joan also acknowledged all the work that SSD had performed during the year. They had 125 people attend their civil service preparation workshop, and Joan noted that programs like these and membership in these Associations exemplify some of the many reasons to belong to SCLA. She thanked everyone, past and present, for contributing to SCLA’s success.

3. Approval of minutes: Patty Thomson asked for a motion to accept the minutes of the previous Annual Dinner (Nov. 8th, 2002). Alan Schelp made a motion to accept the minutes as corrected and Regina McEneaney seconded it. The motion passed.

4. Treasurer’s Report: Joseph Loughren reported there is $29,920.59 in the general fund, $3,367.00 in the Scholarship Fund, and $594.50 in the Intellectual Freedom fund, for a total bank balance of $33,853.04. James Olney made a motion to accept the Treasurer’s report as presented. Cynthia Guzzo seconded the motion. The motion passed.

Announcement of the newly elected incoming Executive Board members:
Joan Clemens announced the 2004 SCLA Board members:
President: Cynthia Guzzo, The Smithtown Library
V.P./ President-Elect: Stephen Ingram, Northport-East Northport Public Library
Secretary: Patty Thomson, Longwood Public Library
Treasurer: Janet O’Hare, North Shore Public Library
Past President: Joan Clemens, Harborfields Public Library
Members-at-Large: Edana Cichanowicz, Brentwood Public Library and Fran Altemose, Sachem Public Library

6. Announcements of newly elected Division Officers:
DASL – Virginia Antonucci announced the names of the officers who will begin serving their second year of their 2-year terms in 2004:
President: Kevin McCoy, SCC/Ammerman Campus
V.P./President Elect: Virginia Antonucci, LILRC
Recording Secretary: Jeffrey Santorello, MLS candidate
Corresponding Secretary: Regina McEneaney, SCC/Ammerman Campus
Treasurer: Joan Lauri, NYIT/Central Islip Campus
Past President: Sue Ketcham, LIU/Southampton Campus
Members-at-Large: Carole Gambrell, SCC/Ammerman Campus, Joan Kurtz, Katharine Gibbs, Matthew Sheehy, Dowling College
DASL log editor: Azi Mirzadeh, SUNY Farmingdale
Virginia also invited everyone to DASL’s Annual Meeting on Dec. 5th at NYIT – Central Islip.

RASD – Deborah Cunningham announced the names of the incoming officers:
President: Susan Gottesman, The Smithtown Library
V.P./President Elect: Maureen Nicolazzi – Westhampton Free Library
Secretary: Peggy McCarthy, The Smithtown Library
Treasurer: Bruce Silverstein, Patchogue-Medford Public Library
Past-President: Deborah Cunningham, Harborfields Public Library
Deborah also announced that the selection for the 2004 Long Island Reads event is Snow In August by Pete Hamill and that Diane Eidelman will be the Chairperson for Suffolk County.

CATS – E. Renee Capitanio announced the names of the incoming officers:
President: Renee Capitanio, Sachem Public Library
V.P./President Elect: Ted Gutmann, Port Jefferson Free Library
Secretary: Melanie Weiss, North Babylon Public Library
Treasurer: June Zinsley
Past President: Laura Hawrey, North Shore Public Library
Members-at-Large: Michael Aloi, Dowling College, Joyce Bogin, Middle Country Public Library, Tom Cohn, Huntington Public Library, Cynthia Guzzo, The Smithtown Library, Melissa Hinton, Long Island University – CW Post, Sue Ketcham, Long Island University, Southampton College, Min Liu, Long Island Libraries Resource Council

SSD – Marie Mueller announced the names if the incoming officers:
President: Fran Byrne, Northport-East Northport Public Library
V.P./President Elect: Susan Siegel, West Babylon Public Library
Secretary: Linda Hoff, Suffolk Cooperative Library System
Treasurer: Jana White, The Smithtown Library
Past-President: Marie Mueller, Westhampton Free Library
Members-at-Large: Dorothy Curto, Suffolk Cooperative Library System, Judy Romano, Sachem Public Library, Vinny Rodgers, Longwood Public Library, Anne McCaffrey, Dowling College, and Marsha Greenspan, Sayville Library

YASD – Lorraine Squires announced that YASD was still tabulating their election results and that their officers would be announced the following week.
(Note: Election results are as follows:
President: Lorraine Squires, Middle Country Public Library
Vice President/President Elect: Dave Jones, Patchogue-Medford Library
Secretary: Laurie Farr Kindler, Northport Public Library and Martha Mikkleson,
Patchogue-Medford Library
Treasurer: Pat Adamko, Comsewogue Public Library)

7. Excellence in Library Service Award: Gail Pepa & Elyse Hayes thanked the committee and acknowledged all of the worthy candidates: Illena Betcher, Middle Country Public Library, Valerie Schwarz, Port Jefferson Free Library, Patricia Thomson, Longwood Public Library, Mary Schumacher, Middle Country Public Library, and Jana White, The Smithtown Library. Each candidate received a certificate and hearty congratulations. Elyse then announced the committee’s choice for the award. The 2003 ELSA Award winner is Patricia Pankowski a circulation page at the Patchogue-Medford Library. Elyse highlighted Patricia’s many accomplishments and the effect she has had on both patrons and staff. Patricia was presented with a framed certificate, a plaque to be hung at SCLS, and a $200 savings bond.

8. Scholarship awards: Angela Richards, the Chair of the Scholarship Committee and the 1997 recipient of the Scholarship, thanked all the members of the committee. She acknowledged all of the many qualified applicants, and awarded the Scholarship to Jennifer Chivvis. Robert Lusak, the Director of the Babylon Public Library, said a few words about Jennifer’s achievements. Angela then awarded the Continuing Education Award for Library Support Staff to Jesse Reinard. James Olney, Assistant Director of the Northport–East Northport Public Library said a few words about Jesse’s work at the library.

9. Adjournment: Cynthia Guzzo adjourned the meeting at 7:50PM.