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Library Board of Trustees Minutes
May 15, 2012
I. Call to Ordbr
Trustee Towle called the meeting to order at 5:30pm.
II. °-Roll Call
Trustees Present: Betsy Corcoran, Deborah Griffith, Katie McCormack,
Lisa Rosenthal, Sandy Towle
Foundation Board: Patty Anixter, Pat Nicholson
Staff Present: Pat Harding, City Librarian
Sidney Poland,Recorder
Amy Gettle, Circulation Manager
Public Present: Jeff Griffith, David Ju, Lilly Ju
III. Library Board of Trustees April 17, 2012 Minutes
The April 17, 2012 minutes were approved as written.
M/S/C (Rosenthal/Griffith)
IV. Millennium Campaign Presentation (Anixter, Nicholson,Harding)
A motion was passed to move the Millennium Project discussion to the fourth
item on the agenda. M/S/C (Rosenthal/Griffith)
Pat Nicholson, Foundation Advisory Board member and professional campaign
project coordinator, presented a power point which set forth a format for
launching the capital campaign. Pat Nicholson is enthusiastic about this project
and emphasized that in order to ensure a successful campaign "planning is
everything." The first step is to form a core committee that would set the course
of the project. Members of this committee will discuss potential committee,
members and donors, and donor recognition. Michael Ma, Patty Anixter, Lisa
Rosenthal, Pat Nicholson and Sandy Towle have chosen to serve on the core
committee.
V. Correspondence and Information
Library Circulation Statistics - Easton Branch/Main
Circulation statistics at both the Main and Easton remain higher than last-
year during the same period.
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VI. Reports
A. City Librarian's Report Highlights
1. Personnel AFSCME and its members within the City of Burlingame
have reached agreement on their contract which now permits City
departments to begin hiring for vacant positions. Jeannine Culligan has
been appointed to the position of Library Assistant II and will work in
.,Administration and Circulation.
2. Web Site - Cathy Somerton, Maryam Refahi, and Jeff Mikulik have .
created a new, dynamic and user friendly website. Please check it out and
give us your feedback.
3. Children's Author Program —Trenton Lee Stewart, who writes.the
Mysterious Benedict Society, spoke to an audience of 210 children and
parents on May 3rd about his works. Books Inc. partnered with the Library
for this event and sold out of Mr.. Lee's latest book "The Extraordinary
Education of Nicholas Benedict."
B. Library Foundation
1. Book & Author Luncheon - This year the annual Book and Author
Luncheon exceeded all expectations from choice of venue, pre-event for
Escoffier members, food selection, raffle items and authors extraordinaire.
Comments from all guests were extremely positive and many expressed to
Foundation members that they will return next year.
2. June Book Sale -Dates for the June book sale are June 14th through
June 17th.
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VII. Unfinished Business
A. Budget Update
Final budget session will be held May 16th in the Lane Room. Pat Harding will
forward the agenda to the Trustees.
B. Meeting Dates -The July meeting will remain as scheduled. The Trustees
approved a motion to place the August meeting date.on the June agenda.
M/S/C (Rosenthal/McCormack)
VIII. New Business
A. Acknowledgement Event
Trustee Corcoran proposed that the Trustees fund an appreciation event for
Maryam Refahi in acknowledgement of her award winning art work.
M/S/C (Corcoran/McCormack)
IX. Adjournment
The meeting was adjourned at 6:30pm. The next meeting of the Library Board
of Trustees will be held June 19th at 5:30pm in the Library Conference Room.
Res ctfully Su tted,
Patricia T g
City Librarian
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