CALA/NE Board Meeting

Post date: Mar 26, 2012 4:47:57 PM

On Friday, March 23, 2012, CALA Northeast chapter board members had a meeting at the New York Public Library Mid-Manhattan Library. Agenda items discussed included:

• 1.  2012 Chapter election: Election for chapter officers will start in April, 2012 for the term starting July 1st, 2012 - June 30, 2013.  There will be 3 positions for the next term: Vice President-President-Elect, Membership Chair and Secretary. An election nominating committee will be formed wth Judy Xiao, Charlene Zhou, and Tianxiao Zhang.

  2.  A proposal was made for a three-year term for the Treasurer for CALA/NE Board in order to maintain the stability of managing the chapter's finances, and the proposal was approved by the board.

  3. Our chapter will work with Queen's Public Library to host a 4-librarian delegation from China from June 16 to June 2012 as part of the Think Globally Act Globally Grant project.  Program details will follow including a tour of the NYPL library and presentation by visiting librarians.  The visitors are library directors and deputy directors of China's provincial libraries.

  4. The chapter is organizing a spring program for its members to visit Princeton University Libraries. The date will be Friday, May 4. Sun Li is going to get the transportation information from Manhattan to Princeton (price and schedule). All CALA participants will have lunch paid by CALA/NE in a restaurant nearby.

  5. Stay tuned for more details as they become available.