Members appointed to Executive Board Committees
To have a broad range of voices on Committees, the Executive Board decided to have more representation on the Nominations, Membership and Bylaws Committees.
Allen McGinley, Teaneck Public Library (Bergen county) and Ralph Bingham, Gloucester County Library system were appointed to the Nominations Committee.
Janet Marler, Ocean County College Library, Michael Maziekien, Cranford Public Library (Union county), and Will Porter, Sussex County Library were appointed to the Bylaws Committee. Robert Keith was appointed a Committee liaison from the New Jersey State Library.
Members will be appointed to the Membership Committee at future Board meetings.
New Lay Representative Appointed
The Executive Board appointed Karen Cohen, Library Trustee of the Mount Laurel Library which is a municipal library in Burlington County, to be a Lay Representative to fill the unexpired term of Rick Vander Wende, who resigned from the Board in July. This term will end June 30, 2020.
Ms. Cohen served as a Trustee since 2013 and as the Treasurer since 2014. In that capacity she meets with the Auditor to review findings of the financial issues and review best practices. Being a Trustee has been very rewarding since she enjoys public service and she has renewed her commitment of 5 years with another term. In addition to service as Trustee, she is a member of the Friends of the Mount Laurel Library, a fundraising organization which holds sales several times a year to benefit the library with additional funds for uses such as Museum Passes, equipment and programming. Serving in both capacities enables her to be a liaison to both groups.
Bylaws Amendment Approved by State Librarian
The Bylaws amendment, Article X, Finances, f "Beginning, January 1, 2020 no fee or cost share required of LLNJ Members may increase by more than 2% in any fiscal year," passed by the Membership at the June 5 Membership Meeting was approved by the New Jersey State Librarian, Mary Chute.
Next Board Meeting
The next LLNJ Board meeting will be held on Thursday, September 19, starting at 2:30 at a location to be announced.