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FY2023 Annual Report to the State: Section 10: Officers and Trustees

Q10.1-10.6

Report information about trustee meetings as of December 31, 2023.
**All public and association libraries are required by Education Law to hold at least four meetings a year.

Trustee Education

Complete for trustees serving as of December 31, 2023. 
New for FY2023: There is a single question for trustee education - Q10.6: I attest that all trustees participated in trustee education in the last calendar year (2023). If entering No, provide explanation in a Note.

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These trustees *may not* be exactly the same as the trustees listed in the section above because this section asks for trustee education for board members serving on 12/31/2023. (The previous section asked about board members serving on 2/1/2024).

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Examples of Trustee Education might include:

  • STLS Annual Meeting
  • STLS Workshops
  • Other conferences, seminars, trainings, etc.

Board Members & Officers (Q10.7-end of Section 10)

List Officers and Board Members as of February 1, 2024.

New for FY2023: Trustee information has been pre-filled with prior year answers but not locked.

Please make sure to:

  • delete former trustees
  • add new ones
  • update position titles, dates
  • make any other needed changes.

You may 1) enter the data for the Officers and Board Members directly into the survey as usual or 2) send Baker and Taylor the data for this section to be uploaded into CollectConnect. If you choose to send your data for uploading, you must enter the data into the spreadsheet form available here. Please Note: It is customized and contains previously entered data in need of updating. Complete this form and email it to collectconnect@baker-taylor.com.

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Complete one record for each board member.
There must be a record for each voting position, whether filled or vacant.
Do not include non-voting positions.

Vacant Seats

There must be a record for each voting POSITION. If necessary, include an entry for a VACANT seat.

Oath of Office

Unless you are an Association Library, your trustees must take an oath of office. New York State Public Officer’s Law §10 requires all public library trustees to take an oath of office within 30 days of beginning their term of office.