Friends of Libraries Section | EventsFLS Annual Membership Meeting - November 13 at 4:00 p.m. via ZoomCall to Meeting The Annual Membership Meeting of the Friends of Libraries Section of the New York Library Association will be held virtually. The meeting will take place on Wednesday, November 13, 2024, beginning at 4:00 pm and lasting 90 minutes. Please join us for this important business meeting, which will include a review of the activities, projects, and accomplishments of FLS in 2024, as well as the announcement of the FLS Daniel W. Casey Library Advocacy Award. Meet the members of the Executive Board, officers, Members At Large, and auxiliary volunteers for the 2023-24 and 2024-25 FLS Boards. Registration All current personal and organizational members of the Friends of Libraries Section are invited to participate and requested to register for the meeting. Interested NYLA members may also participate by registering in advance. Please send a message to FLS Board Member Terry Mulee to indicate your interest to attend the FLS Annual Membership Meeting at [email protected]. Put Annual Meeting in the subject line. In the message, please give your first and last name and the Friends group or library you are representing. You will receive a confirmation email with the Zoom access code and any other pertinent information prior to the event. Registration will close on Sunday, November 10th at 5:00pm Zoom The meeting will be held online with Zoom. Following pre-registration with FLS, participants will be able to join the meeting from their computer, tablet, or smartphone. A dial-in option is also available for using a telephone. The day of the meeting, log on five minutes before the meeting so you can adjust your microphone and speakers. Meeting Agenda Friends of Libraries Section – Annual Membership MeetingNovember 13, 2024, 4:00pm - 5:30pm Approval of Minutes A draft of the minutes from the November 15, 2023 Annual meeting, which was reviewed by the FLS Executive Board on December 5 2023, is available here. Please review these minutes and be prepared to approve them. Board Recommendation In order to assure that FLS has a voice at all NYLA Council meetings, and in accordance with the terms of Article V, Section 3.3 of the NYLA Bylaws, the FLS Board, by unanimous vote taken at the October 9, 2024 FLS Board Meeting, recommends that FLS membership elect Chris Lund to serve as the section’s Council meeting alternate, with authorization to vote at any NYLA Council meeting that the elected FLS Councilor is unable to attend, for a term to commence immediately and to continue until the earlier to occur of either 1) the effective date of any amendment to Article V, Section 3.3 of the NYLA Bylaws, or 2) the close of the 2025 FLS Annual Membership Meeting. Quorum and Voting Those FLS members present and voting shall constitute a quorum at this meeting. In addition, at least three members of the FLS Executive Board must be present. A simple majority of the members present shall be sufficient for action on matters coming before the general membership. We hope that you will join us for this important business meeting and recap of our projects and activities during 2024. ********************************************************************************************************************************FLS Connections!FLS Connections! is an online conversation offered via Zoom. Each session has a specific topic and invited speakers share informally, followed by open mics where everyone can participate and provide their own groups’ experiences and ideas. These sessions run 75 minutes. They are not archived, but presentation minutes and resources are distributed after these events. Registration is required in order to receive the Zoom link and subsequent follow-up materials. There are no FLS Connections! scheduled at this time, but check back in the fall for event announcements. |