Membership Chair's Annual Report 2007/2008

The 2007/08 Membership Committee is comprised of:

Mary Lynn Bensen, SUNY Oneonta
Amy Hillick, Orange County Community College
Kathleen Horton, SUNY Canton
Jane Kessler, University at Albany
Mary Mullin, Herkimer County Community College
Suzanne Preate, Chair, Syracuse University
John Thomas, Jefferson Community College

As of May 12, 2008 ENY/ACRL has 205 paid members representing 59 institutions/companies and two library graduate
programs. In 2008, we had 30 new members and 28 institutional liaisons.

Membership renewals went smoothly due in large part to the promotion of and support by the institutional liaisons. If you are interested in serving ENY/ACRL in this capacity, please contact me! The liaison responsibilities are very manageable and it is a great way to become involved. As a liaison, you would:

1.  Serve as contact person for ENY/ACRL and distribute mailings
2.  Be an active recruiter for ENY/ACRL and encourage membership renewals
3.  Promote the conferences
5.  Report member activities to ENY/ACRL Communications Chair for inclusion
in the online newsletter (three times per year)
6.  Review directory entries for members of your institution for accuracy and report corrections to the Membership Chairperson
7. Be a participant in the ENY/ACRL Liaison listserv
I’d like to remind liaisons and all members that we have a brochure promoting membership in our organization available for download and distribution on the ENY/ACRL website. It was created with John Thomas and Communications Chair, Patricia Hults. Please consider distributing them at your library or contact me for information about requesting professional print-on-demand.

I would like to thank the membership committee and the general membership for sharing ideas and suggestions throughout the year and for supporting a second term.

Respectfully Submitted,
Suzanne Preate, Membership Committee Chair
Syracuse University
May 12, 2008