NJLA Business Meeting Report

Incoming NJLA Officers:
Vice President/President-Elect: Joan Bernstein
Secretary: Margery Cyr
Members-at-Large: Anne Ciliberti, Mary Malagiere, Susan O'Neal

Congratulations to the winners!

Other news:
Dues increase proposal (increasing dues slightly at upper levels of membership to allow members to join as many sections as they want at no extra charge) -- passed with an overwhelming majority. One "nay" vote was recorded.

Executive Director Pat Tumulty reported on membership of NJLA:
1700 members (including 100 more personal members than 2004)
200 student members (students can join NJLA & ALA jointly for a mere $25 -- such a bargain!)
1030 people registered for the conference, to date

The 2005 Leading Through Reading title will be Harry Beckwith's Selling The Invisible: A Field Guide to Modern Marketing.

The Scholarship Trust Funds Committee announced the nine scholarship winners: Stephanie Burke, Vicky Chang, Rafael Ferreira, Laura Frantz, Jacquelyn Kiszewski (yay, Jackie!), William C. Kurt, Jacquelyn Oshman, Jessica Vanderhoff, and Amanda Winter.

Congratulations to the scholarship recipients!