Greater New York Chapter Annual Report 2021

submitted by Gregory Sigman

Elect a new vice-chair: Alica Stephens
Conduct Fall chapter meeting virtually
Fund a number of grants for MLA membership and national conference attendance: Not needed, as the MLA conference was more affordable this year
Outreach to NYC area library schools, advertising the chapter meeting and the grants
Conduct an assessment and inventory of chapter documents; develop a standard procedure for storing and preserving new chapter documents as they are produced: Not completed

Elect a new chair – Greg Sigman’s term is up in 2022, with a new chair to be installed and take office at the end of the Spring 2022 chapter meeting
Resume in-person meetings, if the membership supports this. Fall chapter meeting, 2021 – having polled the membership earlier this month (August), we found the majority of members in favor of an in-person meeting. This is being scheduled at NYPL’s BookOps facility in Long Island City, Queens, for November 5. A large number of members voiced support for a hybrid meeting format, so we’ll try and make this happen.
Allocate a sum of money to be donated to MLA’s Diversity Scholarship Fund. We need to get the membership to agree upon an amount.

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