I attended the planning meeting in September and since that time I've been working with the Programs and Awards Committee on the criteria surrounding the Conversations in the Disciplines call for proposals that will come out. I will forward that call to the SUNYLA list once it's available.
As an ongoing reminder, SUNY is interested in increasing its number of Distinguished Librarians. However to do that it requires a good base of individuals at either Librarian (state ops) or Professor (community colleges). Full Professors can be nominated by their campus for the Distinguished rank. The current guidelines are listed here:
http://system.suny.edu/media/suny/content-assets/documents/academic-affairs/distinguished-faculty-ranks/2015-2017-Distinguished-Guidelines.pdf --Logan
