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Palm Beach County Library Association
Meeting Minutes
Wednesday, July 14, 2010
Location: Village of Palm Springs Library

Attendees: Craig Clark; Holly Ruffner; Liz Locke; Leah Plocharzyk; Maria Treadwell; Ethan Allen; Cathy Scheid; Lyn LaVigne; Phyllis Lilley
Absent : Cynthia Cobb (excused herself); Laura Brenkus (excused herself)

I. Welcome
   A. The meeting was called to order by Phyllis Lilley at 2:05 p.m.
   B. Board members contact information gathered
2. Treasurer’s Report
   A. Balance as of June 23, 2010 $6,462.89
     Income:
     Memberships $579.26
     Donations $108.00
     Disbursements:
     Balance as of July 14, 2010 $7,150.15
     Pending Reimbursements:
     Bank Fees $2.00
  B. Discussion of changing banks from PNC to Ally dependent on interest rate
  C. Need to prepare records for audit by the end of the first month of new fiscal year

3. Membership
  A. 4 new memberships received online
  B. Several new members and renewals received at annual conference

4. Fundraising
  A. Treasure Hunt is the biggest fundraiser. Must decide if another treasure hunt is to be planned in 2011
  B. $108.00 raised for basket at annual meeting

5. Scholarship Award
  A. Agreed to provide flyers at the SEFLIN Conference on July 22, advertising the PBCLA
      Essay scholarship
  B. Eligibility requirement is being a member of PBCLA, preference given to students at a Florida School
  C. Due to availability of funds and rising costs, the award will be $1250.00
  D. Membership applications will also be available at the SEFLIN Conference
  E. Discussion surrounding due date before Thanksgiving and award presented before the end of 2010
  F. Craig Clark will announce the Scholarship at the SEFLIN Conference and remind attendees to check the           PBCLA website for specific information      

6. Bylaws and Policy & Procedure
   A. Discussion of adding a Library student to the Board for student input or to making
      the position a liaison position, not a Board position and charged with being a
      committee chair
      A. 2/3 vote at any regular meeting can amend by-laws

7. Web and Technology
   A. Discussion of option to change web site management. Technology meeting planned
       to update technology procedure
   B. Ethan reported 298 visitors to the web site
8. Programs
   A. North Campus PBSC offered to host the Quarterly meeting in September. Suggested
       polling membership for best times for the meeting and having signup sheets for
       committees
   B. Date to be determined. Confirm with David Pena and Jenny Saxton
   C. Discussion of creation of coffee or cocktail night for members. Oakwood Grill (Palm Beach                             Gardens) suggested, among other locations
   D. FLA is May 4-6. Phyllis will look into what we need to do for a presentation at the
        Conference. Focus will be community outreach and the success of last spring’s Treasure Hunt.

9. PBCLA Committees
   A. Chairs for standing committees
       1. Membership - Open
       2. Fundraising - Open
       3. Programming - Leah Plocharczyk
       4. Scholarship Award - Craig Clark
       5. Bylaws - Ethan Allen
       6. Communications/ Technology - Ethan Allen/Liz Locke
       7. Nominations (normally made up of members outside the Board prior to Annual
          meetings)
10. Next Meeting
    A. Mid August/Doodle
    B. Meeting adjourned at 3:40 p.m.

I recently graduated from Westminster College (Pennsylvania) with a B.A. in Public Relations. I am currently living and working in Palm Beach County, Florida, finishing my year of service as a Literacy AmeriCorps member. Through the AmeriCorps program, I have organized and implemented an after school homework and reading assistance program at The Boynton Beach City Library, while volunteering weekly at local service projects and compiling our program's newsletter. I have thoroughly enjoyed dedicating a year of my life to serve others and the experiences I've had are truly invaluable.

Because of my successful year in Boynton Beach (and after persistent persuasion by the Boynton library staff) I have come to love working in the library environment and want to continue my professional career in libraries. My long –term plan is to return to Graduate School to earn my Master’s Degree in Library and Information Studies -- and eventually combine my two degrees to perform public and media relations functions for a library. Currently, I am seeking employment in Palm Beach County -- either at a library or in the public relations field-- to supplement (and help pay for) graduate school.

As someone with a broad range of passions -- books, service to the public, media, writing, publication design, technology, literacy, etc. -- I am eager to begin a career where I can effectively utilize and continue to build upon my abilities and skills and contribute to the ever-evolving library environment.

Feel free to connect with me online:
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LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/in/lindseynuzzo

Michelle Quigley recently rejoined PBCLA after a too-long absence. Michelle has been a news researcher at The Palm Beach Post since 1992. Before that she launched the Government Research Service at the Palm Beach County Library, and was a law librarian at Gunster Yoakley. Michelle is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin School of Library and Information Studies.

At The Palm Beach Post, Michelle uses online databases, the Internet, and other sources to find background information on people, places and things. She also contributes to PalmBeachPost.com and the Post affiliate site, HistoricPalmBeach.com. When she's not working part-time at the Post, Michelle is working full-time at home as mom, cook, cleaning lady, laundress, photographer, computer tech support, and whatever else comes up.

Michelle is @michquig and @HistoricPB on Twitter.

Amanda grew up in the “City of Pure Water,” Zephyrhills, Florida. She is a graduate of the University of Florida and the University of South Florida.  Prior to her library career, Amanda was a zookeeper and an animal trainer, working with species ranging from alligators to zebras.  However, despite all the exotic animals that she worked with, goats are quite possibly her favorite.  Amanda became interested in librarianship while working at Disney’s Animal Kingdom; it is home to a superb library which provides keepers, educators and veterinarians with much-needed information on animals’ natural histories.

Amanda has been employed by Everglades University since December 2007, first as the Boca Raton Campus Librarian and, more recently, as the Director of Library Services for all campuses.  She enjoys helping on campus and online students with library research and APA format and building the library collection of alternative medicine, aviation, business and construction management resources. In her free time Amanda loves to read, watch movies, teach Jazzercise classes, and look after her five cats—Myla, Dutch, Modoc, Madison, and Mufasa.

The 2010 winners of the Sydney Taylor Book Award, an annual prize for the best Jewish books for children and teens, has been announced this week. For a press release, a list of winners, and the blog tour schedule please click here - http://jewishlibraries.org/blog