LibraryLinkNJ - Spring Membership Meeting 2019

What: LibraryLinkNJ Annual Membership Meeting. This event will be limited to a Business Meeting only.

Time:

• 1:00 - 2:00 pm: Registration & Networking, with light refreshments
• 2:00 pm: Business Meeting

Please join us and cast your vote in person to be a part of LibraryLinkNJ as we move forward into FY20 and beyond. LibraryLinkNJ’s Staff and Executive Board are currently developing and finalizing the FY20 Budget, Service Initiatives, and Board slate.

• At the Membership Meeting, we will ask the Voting Representatives in attendance to affirm these documents, which will shape our work in FY20 (July 1, 2019 - June 30, 2020)
• Voting is in person only. In accordance with a recent review of our bylaws, we can only accept votes cast in person by Voting Representatives or their proxy-holders.
• We cannot provide a mechanism for online voting.
• We are happy to offer members who cannot attend in-person the opportunity to join us online to listen and ask questions. Click here for for more information and instructions
• As always, we will make all FY20 guidance documents available to the membership for review in advance of the meeting:
  • Agenda
  • Board Slate
  • Service Initiatives
  • Proposed FY20 Budget 
  • Memo for Petition to Amend the LLNJ Bylaws
  • Executive Board Member-At-Large Nominations by Petition:
    • Corey Fleming, Paterson Free Public Library
    • Allan Kleiman, Montville Township Public Library
    • Ricardo Pino, West Milford Township Public Library

• We will hold a Virtual Town Hall on Thursday, May 23 regarding the Proposed FY20 Budget

Who:

• Voting Representatives:
  • We can only accept votes cast in person, so your presence to vote is essential.
  • We should have you listed as the Voting Representative for your library or school district in our database.
  • You can double-check this status by going to the Voting Representative List.
  • Please complete the Voting Representative Update Form (user login required), if the information for your library needs to be updated.
  • Voting Representatives are being given priority to register first, followed by the general membership. Registration details below.
     
• Proxy Voting:
  • Due to a petition to change the bylaws and a nomination by petition for Member-at-Large for the Executive Board, we are extending the proxy deadline to Friday, May 31, 2019 at 5 pm.
  • Per our bylaws, a Voting Representative is limited to representing up to two other Voting Representatives by proxy.
  • If you are a Voting Representative and are unable to attend:
    • Meeting registration is filled. 
    • Your proxy must be another Official Voting Representative who is already registered for the membership meeting.
    • Proxy Designation Form for the Spring Membership Meeting 2019 - The Proxy Form is closed.
• General Members:
  • Registration for the general membership will take place after that of the Voting Representatives. Registration details below.