Committees & Groups

Director's Association:

• Steering Committee Members 2007:
  • Columbia County: Greta Boeringer, Hudson '08
  • Dutchess County: Steven Cook, Rhinebeck '08 - Chair
  • Greene County: Debra Kamecke, Cairo '08
  • Putnam County: Pat Kaufman, Mahopac '09
  • Ulster County: Bruce George, Kingston '09
• Submit a DA agenda item to the Steering Committee
• DA minutes online. Restricted to MHLS member libraries only. User name and password required. If you don't remember it, contact Merribeth Advocate at x54.
• Director's Association Bylaws

Advisory Committees: MHLS Advisory Committees discuss issues and make recommendations to the association.

• Central Library/ Collection Development Advisory Committee
• Continuing Education / Professional Development Advisory Committee
• Marketing & Program Advisory Committee
• Resource Sharing Advisory Committee
• Correctional Facilities Committee
• Outreach Services Committee

About the Advisory Committees: Each will have seven library directors or assistant directors as members. Membership for each of the four committees is chosen by each county's directors association as follows by county:

• Columbia, Greene and Putnam Counties: 1 each
• Dutchess and Ulster Counties: 2 each (one from a small library, one from a larger library)
• Committee membership terms are 4 years. To ensure leadership is present, terms are staggered so the entire committee will not roll over at one time. Half of the members in each committee had a term ending December 2007, and half will end December 2009. Committee chairs are elected by committee members annually at their last meeting of the year. There is a term limit of three (3) years as chair of a committee. One of the Advisory Committee Member Responsibilities is to decide at the meeting what to report at the monthly Director's Association meetings. Committee chairs send agenda items to the chair of the Director's Association. There are additional Responsibilities of the Advisory Committee Chair and Vice Chair.

User Groups: User Groups are defined and assigned to advisory committees as follows:

CE/Professional Development: Administration Users Group
Resource Sharing: Millennium Users Group
Central Library/ Collection Development: Reference Users Group
Marketing & Program: County-based Youth meetings
User groups will report back to their corresponding committee. Each committee will have user group reports on their agenda at each meeting.

For the most up-to-date meeting and location schedule check the MHLS web calendar.

Updated December 2006

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