Minutes

Suffolk County Library Association
Minutes of the Annual Meeting
November 14, 2008
Location:  Bellport Country Club

1. Call to Order: Susan Sloan called the meeting to order at 7:40 p.m.
2. President's Report: Karen Baudouin thanked the entire SCLA Board for all of their hard work this year. Special thanks to Neely McCahey and her Fall Dinner Committee for doing such a wonderful job! Best of luck to Susan Sloan as President next year.
3. Approval of Minutes: Jackie Narkiewicz asked for a motion to accept the minutes of the previous Annual Dinner. Neely McCahey made a motion to accept the minutes as written and Marsha Greenspan seconded it. The motion passed.
4. Treasurer's Report: Michael Aloi reported that the organization began October with a balance of 47,905.62. The organization has income of 5,545.46 for the month and expenses of 4,847.89 for the month. The organization ended the month with a balance of 48,603.19. Michael Aloi reported that Angela Richards was continuing to collect raffle ticket money during the dinner and would give him the money at the end of the event for deposit. Celia Vollmer made a motion to accept the treasurer's report. Kristina Sembler seconded the motion.
5. Announcement of the Newly Elected Incoming Executive Board Members:
   Susan Sloan announced the 2008 SCLA Board members:
   
   1. President: Susan Sloan, North Babylon Public Library
   2. VP/President Elect: Brian Adams, Longwood Public Library
   3. Secretary: Jackie Narkiewicz, Copiague Memorial Public Library
   4. Treasurer: Michael Aloi, Dowling College
   5. Past President: Karen Baudouin, The Smithtown Library
   6. Members-at-Large:
      Michelle Vagner, Northport/East Northport
      Meghan Sala-James, Deer Park Library
6. Announcements of Newly Elected Division Officers:
   1. CATS-
      President: Ted Gutmann, Emma S. Clark Public Library
      VP/President Elect: Bob Johnson, Port Jefferson Free Library
      Secretary: Melissa Hinton, LIU
      Treasurer: June Zinsley
      Past President: Susan Ketcham, LIU
      Members at Large:
      James Balletta, Half Hollow Hills Community Library
      Joyce Bogin, Middle Country Public Library
      Min Liu, LILRC
      Laura Giuliani, Huntington Public Library
      Dana Mattola, Sachem Public Library
      Wendy Reeve, Cutchogue-New Suffolk Free Library
      SCLS Liaison:  Lauren Nichols
      
   2. DASL-
      President: Kristen Nyitray, Stony Brook University
      VP/President Elect: Kami Convery, Dowling College
      Corresponding Secretary: Regina McEneaney, SCCC
      Recording Secretary: Chris Kretz, Dowling College
      Treasurer: Christina Rivera, LILRC
      Past President: Chris Kretz, Dowling College
      Members at Large: Azadeh Mirzadeh, SUNY Farmingdale
      Virginia Antonucci-Gibbons, LILRCVir
      Archivist: Marjorie Fusco, Dowling College
      
   3. RASD-
      President: Jo-Ann Carhart, East Islip Public Library
      VP/President Elect: Jay Janoski, Westhampton Free Library
      Secretary: Grace O'Connor, West Islip Public Library
      Treasurer: Megan Sala-James, Deer Park Public Library
      Past President: Brian Adams, Longwood Public Library
      Member at Large: Cynthia W. Sciacca, Longwood Public Library
      
   4. SSD-
      President: Marsha Greenspan, Brentwood Public Library
      Vice President/President Elect: Judy Romano, Sachem Public Library
      Treasurer: Anne Marie Hofmann, Mastic Moriches Shirley Community Library
      Secretary: Cathy Kwaak, Central Islip Public Library
      Members at Large:
      Dorothy Curto, SCLS Human Resources
      Anne McCaffrey, Dowling College Library
      Joy Mangiaracina, West Islip Public Library
      Aileen Clark, Emma S. Clark Memorial Library
      Donna Elferterian, Mastic Moriches Shirley Comm. Library
      Website: Dennis Parks, West Babylon Public Library
      Past President: Celia Vollmer, Brentwood Public Library
      
   5. YASD- Will have their election results in December.

7. Adjournment: Susan Sloan adjourned the meeting 7:50 p.m. Belle Baxter proposed a motion to adjourn the meeting and Dorothy Curto seconded it.
8. Excellence in Library Service Award: Joanne Genovese thanked the ELSA Committee and acknowledged all of the worthy candidates:
   Laura Dickerson, Assistant Director, Shelter Island Public Library
   Marcie Litjens-Director of the Children's Dept., Center Moriches Free Public Library. Marcie was unable to attend the dinner.
   Jane Herbst-Media Specialist, Babylon Junior-Senior High School
   Lydia Moser-Principal Library Clerk, Smithtown Library, Commack Branch.
   The winner of the ELSA Award is Laura Dickerson, Assistant Director, Shelter Island Public Library. Wendy Case (Joanne- not sure I have that right) spoke about what an incredible work ethic Ms. Dickerson has and that patrons dore her. Her presence at the Library makes people truly feel welcome when they come in and they will spend more time at the library because of her. Ms. Dickerson became Assistant Director in a year and a half and served as Interim Director in 2007. She shows incredible leadership qualities and is enthusiastic and open-minded. Ms. Dickerson spoke and thanked the ELSA Committee, her co-workers, family and patrons and stated that winning the award is and incredible honor.
9. Scholarship Awards: Angela Richards, the Chair of the Scholarship Committee and the 1997 recipient of the Scholarship, thanked all the members of the committee for all of their hard work. The recipient of the 2008 SCLA Scholarship is Kerry Anne Keegan, who is a Young Adult Library at the Port Jefferson Free Library and a Library Aide at Stony Brook University Library. Ms. Keegan's co-worker stated in their reference letter that she possesses strong technical abilities and pays attention to detail and is a wonderful multi-tasker.
   Angela then awarded the Continuing Education Award for Library Support Staff to Debbie Antolini of Middle Country Public Library. Ms. Antolini is currently a student at Empire State College and is pursuing her BA degree in Computer Science and would like to obtain her MLS in the future.

Respectfully submitted,

Jacqueline M. Narkiewicz