Minutes of the ENY/ACRL Annual Business Meeting

May 16, 2005
The College of St. Rose

The annual ENY/ACRL business meeting took place during the spring conference held at The College of St. Rose. The title of the conference was, Who Are Our Students?

Raffle:

This year’s business meeting began with a raffle of various products donated by vendors. These donations included a Barnes & Noble “T Sam” portfolio, t-shirts, Nylink portfolios, books, and Hoover’s reference books. Recipients of these products were Sandy Berger, Martha Smith, Glynnis House, Mary Mullen, Jane Kessler, Elaine Bergman, Megan Coder, Kay Bouman, Amy Schleigh, Cara Molyneaux, and Lorraine Melita. The traditional raffle for the ALA conference registration will be held at the conclusion of the business meeting.

I&II. Welcome and Minutes

On behalf of Mary Anne Waltz, Past President Inga Barnello called the meeting to order at 1:10 PM. Inga asked the membership to review the minutes for any additions or amendments. No changes were forthcoming and Inga asked for a motion to approve the 2004 meeting minutes. It was so moved and seconded. The voting membership approved the minutes.

III. Committee Reports

The Committee Reports are included in the program. Inga announced that the Membership Committee is in need of volunteers, particularly members from institutions in the Central and Capitol regions. Inga asked for any questions on the reports. Treasurer Sheldon Wein corrected the Spring Conference 2004 financial report to read “Skidmore” rather than “Utica/Rome.” Acceptance of the treasurer’s report as corrected was so moved and seconded. The voting membership accepted the corrected treasurer’s report.

IV. New Business

Mileage reimbursement for committee members for meetings.

Inga presented a motion from the Board of Directors that discussed whether or not committee members should be reimbursed for mileage while attending meetings. Inga opened the floor for discussion. Sheldon Wein commented on the financial health of the Chapter and indicated that reimbursement mileage for would not adversely affect the Chapter’s financial situation. Inga called for a vote from the membership. The motion passed with a vote of 36 in favor and 0 opposed to compensate mileage at a rate of $0.20 per mile.

V. Reports/Announcements

A. Past President, Mike McLane

1. Mike McLane announced the results of the election: Deborah Bernnard
was elected as Vice President/President Elect and Program Chair; Lorraine
Melita was elected as Secretary; Patricia Hults was elected as
Communications Chair. Gretchen Lieb agreed to be the Government
Relations Chair.

2. Inga thanked Mike McLane for his assistance and encouragement to the
Board. She also thanked the members of the Program Committee,
Suzanne Preate, Tasha Cooper, and Mary Lindner and Steve Black from the
College of St. Rose and Uma Sharma for their tireless efforts in organizing
the Conference.

3. Inga announced that the conference registration checks of the following
students would be mailed back to them or destroyed: Amanda Bauer, Amy
Carpenter, Charlotte DeJesus, Michelle Freedman, Celia Rouse, and Richa
Tiwary.

4. Inga announced that the Fall 2005 Conference will be held at Vasser on October 21. A location for the Spring 2006 Conference has yet to be
determined. Inga also reminded members to pick up membership directories for their respective campuses and thanked Mike Cooper from
Bosca, Nylink, Ebsco, Barnes & Noble, and Hoover’s Business Information Services.

VI. Raffle of ALA Conference registration

The winner of the 2005 ALA Conference registration was Tasha Cooper.

The meeting was adjourned at 1:29 in order to review the Posters.

Respectfully submitted,

Lorraine Melita