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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, J ane 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 reimbur for il bers for
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.
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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 DeJ esus, 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
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