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Burlingame Public Library
Board of Trustees
Minutes
May 16, 2000
I. Call to Order
The meeting of May 16, 2000 was called to order by President Mary
Lou Morton at 4:30 pm.
II. Roll Call
Trustees Present: Jeff Berger, Cecile Coar, Jane
Dunbar, Mary Herman and Mary
Lou Morton,
Staff Present: Alfred Escoffier, City Librarian
Sidney Poland, Recorder
III Warrants & Special Fund
The Trustees unanimously agreed to approve the warrants as
presented. M/S/C (Dunbar/Herman)
IV. Minutes
The Trustees unanimously agreed to approve the minutes of the
April 18, 2000 meeting. M/S/C/ (Herman/Berger)
V. Correspondence
Correspondence mailed in the packets was reviewed.
A. Project Read - Jean Crispieri of Project Read will provide the
Board with information as to the number of Burlingame users and
Burlingame volunteers. The City Librarian suggested the Board
might consider having a Burlingame participant in the program
speak to them.
B. Duncan Trust Quarterly Report - At the request of the
Trustees, the City Librarian will obtain from the Peninsula
Community Foundation the percentage of investment allocation to
the four components of the Endowment Fund.
�. VI. From the Floor (Public Comments)
None
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VII. Reports
A. City Librarian's Report: The City Librarian reviewed his report
highlighting the following events.
1. Friends - .The Friends Book Sale raised over $4,000.
2. HVAC - PG&E is monitoring the three phase power
coming into the building and CommAir is reviewing the
settings of the 36 VAV boxes which control the HVAC in the
library.
3. Overdue Collections - Still in our trial period, the
library has been able to collect approximately half of our
overdue debt by means of a no cost "pre-collect" letter from
our local credit bureau.
B. Foundation Report - The next Elegant Affair will be held in
the Library on November 10th at a cost of$75.00 per person.
A fund raiser mailing is scheduled for early summer. Patti
Bergsing will chair the Fall newsletter.
C. Library Issues Breakfast Report - On Saturday, May 6th at
the Systems Advisory Board breakfast, Brian Godbe &
Associates gave the results of their Bay Area Library Study.
1000 phone calls were made to random households in the
early months of 2000. The purpose of the survey was to
compare services offered by libraries, internet and
bookstores.
VIII. Unfinished Business None
IX. New Business
A. eBranch Concept - The concept of eBranch is to provide
comparable library services on the Net. Flyers describing electronic
services available to users and how to access them were requested.
X. Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 4:45pm by President Mary Lou
Morton in order that the Trustees could tour the individual Library
divisions. The next meeting will be held June 20, 2000 at 4:30pm.
Respectfully Submitted
Alfred H. Escoffier
City Librarian
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May 16,2000