Syracuse's request to vote for new independent directors by email

This message was forwarded to me by Rebecca Lindsey on Dec. 14. I have not modified any of its contents other than replacing personal email addresses with names, to protect the privacy of the board members personal email accounts should they not wish to have them published.

----- Forwarded Message ----
From: Maleyne Syracuse
To: Carole Linkiewicz; Gayle Schuster; Gordon Olsommer; Maleyne Syracuse; Rebecca Lindsey; Rob Rohner; lehmanpk@ptd.net; Brenda Ruello
Sent: Tue, December 14, 2010 8:30:57 PM
Subject: Election of successor independent board members

Dear Board Members,

As you know, the resignations of the present independent directors take effect at midnight tomorrow, and as you also know, under our by-laws only independent directors may elect new independent directors. In order not to leave the PCPL with a "constitutional crisis", and to assure an orderly transition, I am requesting an email vote of the independent directors on the election of the following well-qualified individuals to serve as independent board members. Our outside counsel confirmed that under the PCPL by-laws, our election of our successors is appropriate:

Ryan Balton. Ryan, a native of Milford, has been a supporter and volunteer at the PCPL since he was a teenager. In 2008, he was the PCPL's Volunteer of the Year, and he also donated to the PCPL the documentary he made on the Tock's Island dam.

Susan Keller of Dingmans Ferry. Susan has been a frequent volunteer and donor at library fundraisers. She grew up in the Dingmans area and her high school librarian was Board member Elspeth Goodin. A single mother, she raised her two children with the assistance of the PCPL and looks forward to helping it prosper.

Please email your vote at your earliest convenience. Thank you.

Maleyne

"So who's on the board anyway?" - PCPL in the news roundup

• So who’s on the board anyway (Pike County Courier)
• Depleted Pike Library Board carries on (Pocono Record)
• New Pike library board moves ahead: Old majority attempts to stop it (River Reporter)
• Rohner Elected New Library Board President (Pike County Dispatch) Excerpt only, as the Dispatch does not post its full articles online yet.
  
• Pike Library seeks new board members (News Eagle)

Bylaws and Code of Conduct

• Bylaws (.PDF) - UPDATED 12/27/10 and verified by Elspeth Goodin, current board secretary
• Code of Conduct (Word .doc)

Note, the PDF of the bylaws does not include this amendment unanimously passed in April 2010.

These documents were provided by former board members Maleyne Syracuse and Rebecca Lindsey. Their accuracy was verified by the current board secretary, Elspeth Goodin, in an email on Dec. 27.