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SCLA Minutes
Friday, February 12, 2010
SCLS Blue Room
IN ATTENDANCE:
Brian Adams, Debbie Antolini, Herb Biblo, Paula Bornstein, Rona Dressler, Beth Gates, Tom Gorman, Jay Janoski, Stephanie Kyle, Diane Lesniewski, Brian Schwartz, Michelle Vagner, Tracy Van Dyne, Celia Vollmer
CALL TO ORDER:
Tracy Van Dyne called the meeting to order at 10:05 a.m. The January 2010 minutes were reviewed and corrected. Rona Dressler moved to accept the minutes as corrected. Tom Gorman seconded the motion. None were opposed.
TREASURER'S REPORT:
Bills to be paid in February, 2010 were presented:
| #1318 Samantha Alberts | 132.40 | Postage for Lobby Day Postcards |
| #1319 Tracy Van Dyne | 16.62 | Hospitality for 2/12/10 meeting |
| #1320 Regina McEneaney | 190.35 | Postage for membership mailing |
Jay Janoski moved to pay the bills. Tom Gorman seconded the motion. None were opposed.
PRESIDENT'S REPORT:
Brian Adams announced that the March meeting will be the "pizza meeting" and April will be the "colleague meeting." He encouraged everyone to stay for pizza after the March meeting and to bring a friend or coworker to the April meeting to introduce them to SCLA. April's meeting will be held in the SCLS auditorium.
DIVISION REPORTS:
DASL:Beth Gates reported. Kristen Nyitray sent the following email. DASL will be meeting tomorrow, Friday 2/12, at Suffolk Community College, Ammerman Campus. We will be discussing our spring workshop and continue planning for the upcoming LILC.
RASD:Jay Janoski reported. The RASD board last met on February 2nd at SCLS, the next meeting will be March 9th.
Care Committee reported that the vice president of a large employment agency was at their last meeting and is writing an article for the Long Island Press about what libraries are providing in terms of career and job assistance.
Health Concerns reported that at their January meeting they decided that the health topic for 2010 will be skin cancer. They feel this is a timely topic as it affects a wide range of ages.
Historian We have no Historian at this time but we decided that we would try to recruit somebody to fill that spot, it was also decided that we would contact Diane Eidelman regarding the status of our archives here at SCLS.
Long Island Reads reported that this year's event on April 13th will be split between Plainview and Riverhead. Tickets will distributed via email.
Membership proposed to create a Facebook Page as a way to promote RASD and recruit members. For the time being, Sarah Bedell will administer the page.
The board discussed updating our web page, and a problem with the Reader's Advisory Blog.
Joanne Carhart will be moderating a "Lunch and Learn" at the Long Island Library Conference. The topic will be Promotion and Public Relations for libraries.
Ms Carhart received a very favorable response to an email suggesting the possibility of forming a Public Relations and Promotions committee, a motion was made to form such a committee and the motion was passed.
Jay Janoski also reported that the bus trip to Albany for the first annual Empire Book Festival has been organized. The bus will leave on April 10 from SCLS at 5:30 a.m. and from the LIE exit 49 (north side) at 6:00 a.m. The keynote speaker is Gregory McGuire and the cost is $35 per person.Please RSVP by March 10.CATS:Beth Gates reported. Bob Johnson sent the following email. February 5, the Technology Information Forum met at the West Islip Public Library. Demonstrations and discussions were related to children and young adult gaming in a library setting.
The CATS Board plans on meeting on February 19th at SCLS.
SSD:Celia Vollmer reported. The next round table will be held at Brentwood Public Library on March 10. Please RSVP by March 3.
YASD:Brian Schwartz reported. The YASD author event was rescheduled to February 23 due to the snow storm.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
ANNUAL DINNER:Stephanie Kyle reported that the date for the SCLA Annual Dinner would be Friday, November 19, 2010.
ARCHIVES:Beth Gates reported. The archives are nearly up to date with all 2009 documents (including the presentation from the 70th Anniversary Dinner). If you have anything from last year that should be added to the archives, please give them to Beth.
CIVIL SERVICE:No report.
COMMUNITY SERVICE:Jackie Narkiewicz sent the following email:
We received a nice write-up and photo opportunity in the Long Island Advance about our Habitat for Humanity basket donation. The Gilroy family was very appreciative of the beautiful baskets we all put together.
I received an email that the Patchogue campus of the Briarcliffe College saying that several cell phones, digital cameras, and lots of ink cartridges were sent to EcoPhones, so that Habitat for Humanity gets the credit for them.
This is what the Community Service Committee is planning on participating in:
American Cancer Society Relay for Life
Saturday-Sunday, June 5-6, 2010
6:00 p.m.-6 a.m.
Sachem North High School
We need 8-15 people to make up a relay team and one of us must be walking at all times. Celia volunteered to be one of the walkers and I will also be one. There is a $10/person commitment charge and a $100/person or $1,000/team goal. This money can be raised through fundraising.
I volunteered to be team captain, but am looking for a co-captain (any volunteers?). There are several meetings that have to be attended beginning in March. We can also use volunteers to cheer us on from the sidelines and offer words of encouragement. Please get in touch with me at Jackie@suffolk.lib.ny.us if you are interested in helping us out. Thank you.
CONTINUING EDUCATION/PROFESSIONAL CONCERNS:No report.
ELSA: No report.
ICON: No report.
INTELLECTUAL FREEDOM:No report.
LDA AWARD:Paula Bornstein reported. NCLA LDA chairperson Ken Bellafiore sent the brochure draft to the printer, after it was modified by Rona Dressler. I am awaiting delivery of 850 copies so that I can send them out to SCLA members.
The due date for submission of LDA Award nominees' entries is March 19. Entries are to be sent to Ken. He will distribute copies of entries and ballots to all committee members. They must return their ballots to him by April 16.LEGISLATIVE:Beth Gates reported. Samantha Alberts sent the following email: Registration for the Lobby Day Bus is still open. As of Tuesday the 9th of February there are about 10 seats available. In the event that the SCLA bus fills, NCLA has been approached to provide additional seating on the Nassau bus based on availability. The refreshments have been ordered and a deposit placed (special thanks to Whitney's Deli in Westhampton Beach for the discount). The Lobby Day 101 classes still have plenty of room and I urge anyone with questions about the budget or their role on Lobby Day to come to one of these informative sessions. Sessions are scheduled for Tuesday, February 23 at 3 PM and Friday, February 26 at 10AM in the SCLS auditorium.
LIST-SERV: No report.
LONG ISLAND LIBRARY CONFERENCE:The Long Island Library Conference has updated the website to include the complete program list including a description of each of this year's programs. We have also created a "Program at a Glance" flyer that has all programs with their timeslot and room assignment, but without descriptions of the programs that can be downloaded and/or printed for easy viewing.
We have sent out an e-mail to the Nassau and Suffolk listservs reminding everyone of the upcoming conference with a link to the registration form for all attendees to fill-in, print and mail to their respective counties with payment. We have also sent this information to a Queens Library representative to distribute to all Queens' staff.
We have received several vendor applications as well as journal ads. The second round of vendor invites went out at the end of January. As of our last meeting, we had exactly the same number of vendors as we did last year at this time. If anyone has a vendor that they deal with in their library that has not been represented at the library conference, please let us know so we can invite them to our conference.
Our next meeting will be held at SCLS at the end of February.
The 2010 conference is starting to come together nicely and we look forward to seeing everyone on May 6, 2010 at the Crest Hollow Country Club.
MEMBERSHIP:Beth Gates reported.Regina McEneaney sent the following report. There are 742 active members, of which 406 have renewed for 2010. Reminders will be sent out in mid-March. Division rosters are being distributed to the presidents. Please check that your officers have renewed.
Print-outs of the committees and their member lists are also being distributed today.
NEWSLETTER:Diane Lesniewski reported. The newsletter was not completed by the February 1 deadline, but material is coming together. Diane will work on putting together a list of the upcoming deadlines.
NOMINATING:Brian Adams moved to appoint Tracy Van Dyne head of the nominating committee. None opposed.
SCHOLARSHIP:Beth Gates reported. Angela Richards sent the following email: The Scholarship and Support Staff Continuing Education Award flyers have been distributed to all libraries for posting. I've contacted Overdrive and Midwest Tapes asking for donations. Any new "donor" suggestions would be greatly appreciated.
STATISTICAL SURVEY:Rona Dressler reported. The first draft of the survey is up on the website. More information is being compiled and added.
STUDENT OUTREACH: No report.
SUFFOLK COUNTY JAILS LIBRARY SERVICE: No report.
WEB PAGE:Michelle Vagner reported. The website is up-to-date. Please continue to forward information to Michelle Vagner to post on the website.
LIAISONS:
CLASC:No report.
LILRC:Herb Biblo reported. The Legislative Breakfast will be held at SCLS on September 17 at 8:30 a.m.
NCLA:No report.
PLDA:No report.
SCLS:No report.
MEMBERS AT LARGE:
Tom Gorman reported that he reconciled the monthly bills.
OLD BUSINESS:
Brian Adams has been printing and laminating the SCLA promotional posters and sending them to the libraries.
Brian also sent around suggestions for the giveaways at the Long Island Library Conference.
NEW BUSINESS:
No report.
The meeting was adjourned at 10:51 a.m. Motion to adjourn meeting was presented by Tracy Van Dyne and seconded by Beth Gates.
The next meeting will be Friday, March 19 at SCLS. Refreshments at 9:30 a.m., meeting 10:00 a.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Beth Gates