Category: Trustees

Date: Thursday, October 27, 2022
Time: 5:00 PM – 6:30 PM
Place: Online at https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_wHj9gjusTNyTy3-VRNJuCg
Presenter: Adrian Stratton, PRP

A workshop to discover how parliamentary procedure, also known as Robert’s Rules of Order, can assist with better meetings. Robert’s Rules of Order is a tool that will give trustees and library staff the knowledge and framework to conduct effective, fair and equable meetings. Attendees will:

• Gain an understanding of Robert’s Rules of Order
• Learn how to conduct more effective, fair and equable meetings
• Encourage respectful discussions and debates
• Utilize time management to fulfill the business of the library

Our presenter: Mr. Adrian Stratton, MBA, PRP, CP is a member of the National Association of Parliamentarians and the American Institute of Parliamentarians. An active parliamentarian, Mr. Stratton advises organizations on procedure and governance and has conducted workshops for diverse participants on fundamental issues impacting contemporary deliberative participation. His ideas on parliamentary law have been published in several journals including the National Parliamentarian and the Parliamentary Journal. Mr. Stratton currently serves as President of the New York Association of Parliamentarians and was recently named the parliamentarian for the American Library Association: https://www.ala.org/news/press-releases/2022/04/stratton-named-ala-parliamentarian

SPECIAL OFFER: Mr. Stratton will be donating free consultations to two lucky attendees! 1) a bylaws review session and 2) a one-hour board consultation. The winners will be selected from among those in attendance. The time of these consultations will be coordinated with the winners.

This webinar is brought to you thanks to a partnership with the Public Library System Directors Organization of New York State and the Library Trustees Association Section of the New York Library Association.

REGISTER HERE

Date: Friday, September 16, 2022
Time: 10:00 AM – 11:30 AM
Place: Online at https://tinyurl.com/4zk372h2
Presenters: Kristin O’Neill, NYS Committee on Open Government
Cost: Free

This session provides an opportunity for attendees to learn more about a public body’s responsibilities in relation to the Open Meetings Law, particularly about several recent statutory amendments.  The session will focus in part on recent changes to the ability of a public body to meet using videoconferencing.

Join co-authors of the Handbook for Library Trustees of New York State Jerry Nichols and Rebekkah Smith Aldrich for this fun and informative series! Each month trustees are encouraged to read a chapter of the Trustee Handbook and send in questions that the authors will address at live events later this year. Trustees from all public library systems in New York State are welcome. Library Directors from across the state are welcome to attend as well.

Program details can be found here. https://midhudson.org/trusteebookclub/ And, participants can submit their questions ahead of time by clicking here.

Sessions will be held as follows:

Tuesday, January 18, 2022 from 5:00-6:30pm: Budgets and Finance  |  Register Here

Tuesday, February 22, 2022 from 5:00-6:30pm: Facilities  |  Register Here

Tuesday, March 29, 2022 from 5:00-6:30pm: Policies and Risk Management  |  Register Here

Tuesday, April 19, 2022 from 5:00-6:30pm: Ethics and Conflicts of Interest + Intellectual Freedom, Censorship and Privacy  |  Register Here

Tuesday, May 03, 2022 from 5:00-6:30pm: Planning and Evaluation  |  Register Here

Tuesday, June 14, 2022 from 5:00-6:30pm: PR and Advocacy  |  Register Here

The first three sessions, focusing on Duties and Responsibilities, Library Board Meetings, and Personnel, were held in the fall of 2021.  Recordings of those sessions, along with post-session tool kits for followup, are available here.

Ron Kirsop, Pioneer Library System executive director, and Brian Hildreth, Southern Tier Library System executive director, will be co-moderating these events.

Join co-authors of the Handbook for Library Trustees of New York State Jerry Nichols and Rebekkah Smith Aldrich for this fun and informative series! Each month trustees are encouraged to read a chapter of the Trustee Handbook and send in questions that the authors will address at live events later this year. Trustees from all public library systems in New York State are welcome. Library Directors from across the state are welcome to attend as well.

Program details can be found here. https://midhudson.org/trusteebookclub/ And, participants can submit their questions ahead of time by clicking here.

Sessions will be held as follows:

Tuesday, November 16, 2021 from 5:00-6:30pm: Library Board Meetings  |  Register Here

Tuesday, December 14, 2021 from 5:00-6:30pm: Personnel  |  Register Here

The first session, focusing on Duties and Responsibilities, was held on Tuesday, October 19. A recording of that session, along with a post-session tool kit for followup, is available here.

Ron Kirsop, Pioneer Library System executive director, and Brian Hildreth, Southern Tier Library System executive director, will be co-moderating these events.

Join co-authors of the Handbook for Library Trustees of New York State Jerry Nichols and Rebekkah Smith Aldrich for this fun and informative series! Each month trustees are encouraged to read a chapter of the Trustee Handbook and send in questions that the authors will address at live events later this year. Trustees from all public library systems in New York State are welcome. Library Directors from across the state are welcome to attend as well.

Program details can be found here. https://midhudson.org/trusteebookclub/ And, participants can submit their questions ahead of time by clicking here.

Sessions will be held as follows:

Tuesday, October 19, 2021 from 5:00-6:30pm: Duties & Responsibilities  |  Register Here

Tuesday, November 16, 2021 from 5:00-6:30pm: Library Board Meetings  |  Register Here

Tuesday, December 14, 2021 from 5:00-6:30pm: Personnel  |  Register Here

Ron Kirsop, Pioneer Library System executive director, and Brian Hildreth, Southern Tier Library System executive director, will be co-moderating these events.