NYLA Council Meeting Agenda & Minutes
All meeting agendas and minutes open as a PDF.
2024
- June 13th, 2024
- May 2nd, 2024
- March 14th, 2024
- February 1st, 2024
2023
- December 14th, 2023
- Thursday, November 2nd, 2023
- November 1st, 2023
- September 14th, 2023
- August 3rd, 2023
- June 15th, 2023
- May 4th, 2023
- March 16th, 2023
- February 6th, 2023
- February 2nd, 2023
- December 15th, 2022
- December 13th, 2022
- November 29th, 2022
2022
- November 4th, 2022
- November 2nd, 2022
- September 15th, 2022
- August 4th, 2022
- July 27th, 2022
- June 16th, 2022
- June 13th, 2022
- May 23rd, 2022
- May 17th, 2022
- April 26th, 2022
- April 18th, 2022
- April 14th, 2022
- March 17th, 2022
- March 9th, 2022
- February 28th, 2022
- February 23rd, 2022
- February 3rd, 2022
- Passed a resolution recognizing the 30th anniversary of NYLA's Friends of Libraries Section
- Endorsed Emily Drabinski as a candidate for President of the American Library Association
- January 31st, 2022
- January 6th, 2022
- Approved the recommendation of the Executive Director Search Committee for the appointment of the new Executive Director (later announced to be AnnaLee Dragon)
- Approved $1,000 from the NYLA Disaster Fund to support the Whitehall High School Library
- December 16th, 2021
- Approved the recommendation of the Membership Committee to establish basic Unit Requirements for NYLA's sections and roundtables
- Reauthorized NYLA's committees and approved chair and at-large appointments
- December 14, 2021
- November 18th, 2021
- Passed a resolution in defense of Intellectual Freedom
2021
- November 4th, 2021 - Annual Membership Meeting
- Membership approved recommended changes to bylaws
- Membership approved a resolution recognizing Black Poetry Day
- November 3rd, 2021
- Passed a resolution thanking former Council members and encouraging members to run for office
- October 25th, 2021
- October 13th, 2021
- Approved recommendations for bylaw updates from the Governance Task Force
- October 7th, 2021
- Approved charge and composition of Executive Director Search Committee
- Approved contracting with a staffing agency for administrative assistance during the transition period
- October 5th, 2021
- October 4th, 2021
- September 23rd, 2021
- September 16th, 2021
- Approved candidates for Treasurer-Elect
- September 9th, 2021
- Council statement to Membership
- August 30th, 2021
- August 25th, 2021
- Approved charge and composition of the Governance Task Force
- August 23rd, 2021
- Appointed Nominating Committee to seek candidates for Treasurer-Elect
- August 19th, 2021
- August 12th, 2021
- Approved the transfer of leadership on Council and the Special Election for Treasurer-Elect
- August 5th, 2021
- Approved $1,000 from the NYLA Disaster Fund to support the Cuba Circulating Library
- May 6, 2021
- Approved the FY2021-2022 NYLA Operating Budget
- Approved the creation of a Balanced Budget Task Force to review and evaluate existing NYLA revenue streams, potential areas of increased and/or new revenue, fund balances, and the current service program with the goal of establishing a sustainable financial model NYLA’s future.
- Approved NYLA submitting an application for the Federal Payroll Protection Program
- Approved the submission of NYLA’s 2019 IRS 990
- Approved the requested transfer of administration of the Sustainable Libraries Initiative to the Suffolk Cooperative Library System
- Approved the slate of candidates for the 2021 NYLA Council election
- Approved all recommendations put forward by the NYLA Awards Review Task Force
- Approve the petition for the formation of the Westchester Library Association Round Table
- March 18, 2021
- Approved the slate for a special election to fill the vacancy in the Councilor-at-Large position, to include Ginger Tebo and Sharon Fox
- Approved the three-year renewal of the affiliation between the Empire State Center for the Book, and the National Center for the Book through the Library of Congress.
- Charged the Audit Committee to review proposals and make a recommendation to Council for a new auditing firm by the August meeting
- February 4, 2021
- Formally established the Alternative Pathways to Librarianship Task Force, including the mission and deliverables for the effort
- Approved the appointment of new members to the Legislative and Communications Committees, to fill vacant at-large positions
- December 17, 2020
- Established a NYLA Awards Review Task Force to examine and make recommendations on NYLA’s Annual Awards
- Approved the petition for the formation of the ‘Coalition of Library Workers of Color Round Table’ CLWCRT
- Approved a new policy for the filing vacancies in at-large seats on NYLA committees
2020
- 2020 Annual Meeting
- October 29, 2020
- September 17, 2020
- August 6, 2020
- July 23, 2020 - Special Meeting
- June 18, 2020
- May 7, 2020
- March 12, 2020
- February 27, 2020 - Executive Committee
- January 30, 2020
- January 16, 2020 - Executive Committee
- December 12, 2019
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