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Suffolk County Library Association
Minutes of the Annual Meeting
November 16, 2007
Location:  Windows on the Lake, Lake Ronkonkoma

1. Call to Order:  Karen Baudouin called the meeting to order at 7:08 p.m.

1. President’s Report:  Danielle Musorofiti-Miller was unable to attend the dinner, so Karen Baudouin spoke on her behalf and thanked everyone for all of their hard work for the past year. 

1. Approval of Minutes:  Jackie Narkiewicz asked for a motion to accept the minutes of the previous Annual Dinner.  Angela Richards made a motion to accept the minutes as written and Susan Gottesman seconded it.  The motion passed.

1. Treasurer’s Report:  Suzanne Johnson WILL EMAIL REPORT.

Cynthia Guzzo made a motion to accept the treasurer's report.  Megan
Sala-James seconded the motion.

1. Announcement of the Newly Elected Incoming Executive Board Members:

Karen Baudouin announced the 2007 SCLA Board members:
President:  Karen Baudouin, The Smithtown Library
VP/President Elect:  Susan Sloan, North Babylon Public Library
Secretary:  Jackie Narkiewicz, Copiague Memorial Public Library
Treasurer:  Michael Aloi, Dowling College
Past President:  Danielle Musorofiti-Miller, Suffolk County Community College
Members-at-Large: Deb Cunningham, Harborfields Public Library
 Neely McCahey, Rogers Memorial Library

1. Announcements of Newly Elected Division Officers:

DASL –
; President:  Chris Kretz, Dowling College
; VP/President Elect: Kristen Nyitray, Stony Brook University
           Secretary:  Kami Convery, Dowling College
           Treasurer:  Christina Rivera, LILRC
; Past President:  Virginia Antonucci-Gibbons, LILRC
Member at Large: Azadeh Mirzadeh, SUNY Farmingdale
Archivist:  Marjorie Fusco, Dowling College

          RASD --
           President:  Brian Adams, Longwood Public Library
           VP/President Elect:  Jo-Ann Carhart, East Islip Public Library
           Secretary:  Ryan Athanas, Harborfields Public Library
           Treasurer:  Megan Sala-James, Deer Park Public Library
           Past President:  Robert Cognato, Deer Park Public Library
           Member at Large:  Julianna Podd, Longwood Public Library

          CATS –
          President: Susan Ketcham, LIU
          VP/President Elect: 
           Secretary:  Ted Gutmann, Emma S. Clark Public Library
           Treasurer:  June Zinsley
           Past President: Tom Cohn, Huntington Public Library
           Members at Large:      Joyce Bogin, Middle Country Public Library
Cynthia Guzzo, The Smithtown Library
               Melissa Hinton, LIU
Min Liu, LILRC
                Dana Mattola, Sachem Public Library
                Wendy Reeve, Cutchogue-New Suffolk Free Library

1. Excellence in Library Service Award:  Joanne Genovese thanked the ELSA Committee and acknowledged all of the worthy candidates:

Anne McCaffrey, Dowling College
Fran Byrne, Northport/East Northport Public Library
??????? , Northport/East Northport Public Library
Tom Boyle, Rogers Memorial Library
Alan High (SP?), Sayville Public Library
Lee Trim, The Smithtown Library
Joseph Cortale, Floyd Memorial Library

The winner of the ELSA Award was Joseph Cortale from Floyd Memorial Library in Greenport.  Barbara ????? told some wonderful stories about Joe and how he began his public library career one day after his retirement from a 30 year school librarian career in the Rocky Point schools.  Joe shared that he “has found a new home at Floyd” and that he would like to share the award with his co-workers there.   

1. 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 Amy Jo Southworth, a high school teacher at Bayshore High School.  Angela then awarded the Continuing Education Award for Library Support Staff to James Buckman of SCLS.

1. Adjournment:   Karen Baudouin adjourned the meeting at 7:18 p.m.   Susan Gottesman proposed a motion to adjourn the meeting and Rona Dressler seconded it.

Respectfully submitted,

Jacqueline M. Narkiewicz