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Corrected and Approved
IN ATTENDANCE: Susan Gottesman, Danielle Musorofiti-Miller, Jackie Narkiewicz, Suzanne Johnson, Deb Cunningham, Stephen Ingram, Karen Baudouin, Janet O’Hare, Kris Minschke, Paula Bornstein, Rona Dressler, Diane Eidelman, Chris Kretz, Robert Cognato, Vincent Rodgers, Joanne Genovese, Mary Haines, Kevin McCoy, Susan Sloan, Regina McEneaney, Jeri Cohen, Angela Richards, Virginia Antonucci CALL TO ORDER: Karen Baudouin called the meeting to order at 10:02 a.m. The September 2007 minutes were reviewed and corrected. Susan Gottesman moved to accept the minutes as corrected. Rona Dressler seconded the motion. None were opposed. TREASURER’S REPORT: Rona Dressler proposed motion to accept treasurer’s report. Vincent Rodgers seconded the motion. The Board reviewed the 2008 budget and will vote on it at the December 2007 meeting. Bills to be paid in October 2007 were presented: Quarterly Division payments: DASL $302 CATS $303.50 RASD $320.50 SSD $306.0 YASD $314.50 Kevin McCoy $385.73 IF Essay contest expenses Scholarship winner (A. Southworth) $2000 Cont. Ed winner (J. Buckman) $1000 Joanne Genovese $287.50 ELSA expenses LILRC $603.50 Legislative breakfast expenses Deb Cunningham Breakfast expenses $62.07 SSD $314.66 reimburse for Banner Suzanne Johnson banner art charge $23.64 Paula Bornstein $110 LDA Rona Dressler $29.58
Danielle Musorofiti-Miller moved to pay the bills. Paula Bornstein seconded the motion. None were opposed. PRESIDENT’S REPORT: LILRC sent a thank you letter for the monetary support SCLA gave towards their 16th Annual Conference on Libraries. The Legislative Breakfast was fantastic and a big thank you to Deb Cunningham and Kevin McCoy for all of their hard work. DIVISION REPORTS: DASL: Chris Kretz reported. DASL held its "Library Spaces" workshop on Friday, October 5th at Dowling College. The even was well attended with 35 participants. Afterwards, a number also remained to take a tour of the Dowling Library and see some of the spaces that had been re-purposed using the design techniques and philosophies covered in the talk. The Annual Luncheon will be held Friday, Dec. 14 with a meeting at the Suffolk Community College Sayville Center and lunch to follow at Cricket's in Sayville. We are also working on possible spring programs. One possibility is a library grants workshop, with speakers presenting case studies of library grants that were approved and some that weren't, as well as tips on creating a successful grant.RASD: Robert Cognato reported. RASD will be meeting on Wednesday, October 24th at SCLS, for our annual breakfast at 9 a.m. The breakfast will be followed by a brief meeting, where an announcement will be made regarding our 2008 RASD Executive Board. The ballots consist of: Vice President/ President Elect, Secretary, and Treasurer. Following our meeting the Health Concerns Committee will be hosting a workshop on depression. The speakers will be Colleen Merlo, Executive Director of the Mental Health Association in Suffolk County and Alison Byers from the Family Counseling Service in Westhampton Beach. Our remaining meetings for 2007 will be: Tuesday, November 6th at SCLS and Tuesday, December 4th at Deer Park. Coffee 9:30 a.m., meetings begin at 10 a.m. SSD: Vinnie Rodgers reported. No reported emailed. YASD: Jackie Narkiewicz reported. YASD would like to request monetary support of $200 for the speaker at our November 8th meeting. Jackie Narkiewicz proposed a motion for the $200 and Susan Gottesman moved to accept the motion and Susan Sloan seconded it. Laura Panter sent the following email: We had our annual YASD luncheon on Thursday, October 11, 2007 at Mama Lombardi's in Holbrook. We had 25 librarians attend. Our keynote speaker was young adult author, Sarah Mlynowski, of the Bras & Broomsticks chick lit series who gave a speech on writing for teens, how to get published, and what it's like to be a writer. She passed around some of her marked up manuscripts as well as copies of her books that have been translated into other languages. We had purchased copies of her books and she also did an author signing. She was an engaging speaker and is willing to do writing workshops for teens in the local libraries if anyone is interested. Coming up in November our monthly meeting will be on Thursday, November 8, 2007 hosted at the Hampton Bays Public Library. The topic is "Why Do Teens Act That Way?" which will focus on understanding teen behavior and how librarians can effectively serve teens. The speaker will be Nick Buron, Assistant Director of Community Library Services at Queens Borough Public Library. Anyone attending is eligible to receive .1 CEU credits. We are actively seeking interested candidates to run for an office on our 2008 YASD Board. Currently we have (3) librarians running for Vice-President, (1) librarian for Secretary, and (1) for Treasurer. We would love more interest in the Secretarial and Treasury positions. We had our first Fran Romer Committee meeting in September. Our theme will be "Teen Series and the Characters they Love". We are working on booking our speakers. The date has been changed to Thursday, March 27, 2007 so as not to conflict with the YSS Conference in April.
COMMITTEE REPORTS: ARCHIVES: No report. CONSTITUTION AND BY-LAWS: Susan Gottesman reported and will discuss changing the bylaws regarding the Nominating Committee from having a full slate by June to having a full slate in a “timely manner” for the January 2008 meeting. CONTINUING EDUCATION/PROFESSIONAL CONCERNS: No report. E ELSA: Joanne Genovese reported. Our Committee met on September 13 and we have our WI WINNER: Joseph Cortale, Children’s Librarian, Floyd Memorial Library NOMINEES: Persis Stoenner, Library Clerk, Bayport-Blue Point library FALL DINNER: Flyer went out for the Fall Dinner last week. INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM: Kevin McCoy reported. Will email LDA AWARD: No report. LEGISLATIVE: Deb Cunningham reported. Jerry Nichols has been appointed to the New York State Regents Board. She attended the PLDA fundraiser on September 27th and that $10,000 was raised for New Yorkers for Better Libraries and that Patricia Eddington was honored for all of her hard work for libraries. There were many raffle winners at the SCLA tables. Deb thanked everyone for attending the Legislative Breakfast. 95 people registered and 78 showed up. Deb is hard at work already organizing the Legislative bus trip for March 11, 2008 and is looking for volunteers to help. LIST-SERV: Kevin McCoy reported that there are 1,254 people currently on the List-Serv. LONG ISLAND LIBRARY CONFERENCE: Sue Sloan reported. The next meeting of the Long Island Library Conference will be held on Thursday, October 25 at Connetquot Public Library. The Conference Committee would like to make the SCLA Board and the NCLA Board aware that the Long Island Library Conference can no longer guarantee making a profit for future conferences. The overall cost is significantly higher at the Crest Hollow Country Club than the Huntington Townhouse. For the 2008 Conference we have raised the booth price from $500 to $550, but this will only cover the increased cost of electricity in the Exhibit Hall. We would like to maintain the attendee price of $40 per person for as long as possible. The cost for Susan Isaacs, the 2007 keynote speaker, was $500 including transportation. We believe it is unlikely that we can continue to attract keynote speakers for that amount of money. Therefore, it is possible that in the future the Conference Committee may request additional funds to help pay for a keynote speaker. The 2007 Conference made a profit of approximately $4,000, which was split between SCLA and NCLA. The purpose of this report is to manage expectations for future conferences. LONG RANGE PLANNING/PUBLIC RELATIONS: No report. MEMBERSHIP: Regina McEneaney reported. We currently have 617 members, five of which are students. NEWSLETTER: Jeri Cohen reported. The deadline for the next newsletter is November 1st. NOMINATING: Karen Baudouin reported that she almost has a full slate for the 2008 election SCHOLARSHIP: Angela Richards reported. Amy Jo Southworth was awarded the 2007 SCLA Scholarship and James Buckman was awarded the Continuing Education scholarship.
STATISTICAL SURVEY: Stephen Ingram reported that he has received all the information and is busy compiling it. SUFFOLK COUNTY JAILS LIBRARY SERVICE: No report. WEB PAGE: Stephen Ingram reported that he has added the dinner to the front page and the calendar. LIAISONS: CLASC: Jackie Narkiewicz reported that the general membership meeting is November 14 from 6-9pm at Patchogue-Medford. Light dinner will be served. The next board meeting is November 15 at 10:00 a.m., also at Patchogue-Medford. The Suffolk County literature conference will be October 24, 2008 with a backup date of October 17, 2008. LILRC: Virginia Antonucci reported. There are many upcoming LILRC programs this fall. Check their website for further details. LVA: No report. NCLA: Rona Dressler reported. Meeting was held on October 12, 2007. Academic and Special Libraries will be touring a special libraries in December. Libraries to be determined. Children’s Services is hosting a Happy Hour Bowling Party in conjunction with YA on October 26. They will also be doing a roundtable on “I’m New, What Do I do?” Intellectual Freedom has decided on a theme for the essay contest: How Has the Computer Helped Me With Freedom To Read? They are also looking into hosting a program at the LILC, possibly with the unofficial poet laureate from Nassau. On January 9, NCLA will have their Annual Dinner at Pompeii in Valley Stream, $35 for members and $45 for nonmembers. NLS has received 33 applications for state grants. They will have a Marketing program on October 15, and on November 5 will host Yolanda Cuesta on marketing to multicultural communities. The quarterly meeting of the Reader’s Advisory group will be discussing Vampires and Love at their next meeting. PLDA: Mary Haines reported. The PLDA Golf Outing was very successful and a good time was had by all. The directors are exploring the possibility of having Saturday delivery at libraries and also RFID technology, which is expensive and requires a lot of technical changes in each library. SCLS: Diane Eidelman reported. SCLS is making building improvements this fall, including new windows and a new roof in the back of the building. SCLS will be scaling back on its Continuing Education offerings for the rest of the year. There will be a Genealogy Workshop featuring Stephen Morse on November 2 and the SCLS Annual Dinner will be on December 6. SLA: No report. MEMBERS AT LARGE: No report. OLD BUSINESS: Karen Baudouin shared with us that she had spoken to the person coordinating the Long Island author program in March 2008 at the Martha Clara Vineyard and was told that the program is not looking for any financial support from SCLA. NEW BUSINESS: The Foundation Center has contacted us about the possibility of presenting a program about writing grant proposals. Perhaps a program at the Long Island Library Conference in 2008. The meeting was adjourned at 11:37 a.m. Motion to adjourn meeting was presented by Rona Dressler and seconded by Susan Gottesman.
Respectfully submitted,
Jacqueline M. Narkiewicz |
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