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Library Board of Trustees Minutes
May 14, 2013
I. Call to Order
Trustee Rosenthal called the meeting to order at 5:30pm.
IT. Roll Call
Trustees Present: Betsy Corcoran, Deborah Griffith, Katie McCormack
(by phone) Lisa Rosenthal, Sandy Towle
Staff Present: Pat Harding,City Librarian
Sidney Poland, Recorder
III. Library Board of Trustees Minutes April 23, 2013
The Trustees approved the minutes of the April 23rd meeting with the following
corrections: Employee Appreciation Event ....hold employee event on a Sunday
"evening" and Date Changes for Trustee Meetings...... meetings have been re-
scheduled due "to" lack of a quorum.
M/S/C Rosenthal/Griffith
IV. Correspondence and Information
The Trustees reviewed the statistics and noted that circulation at both the main and
Easton continues to climb. Easton is increasing by double digits with April
circulation increasing 17.34% from the same time last year.
V. ' From the Floor
The Trustees welcomed Juliana McCrary and Elaine Fuchs who are considering
applying for a 3 year term on the Board of Trustees beginning July 1, 2013. Trustees
McCormack and Rosenthal's 3 year terms will be completed on June 30th.
VI. Reports
A City Librarian's Report- Highlights
1. Children's Program
To the delight of over 180 children and adults Lemony Snicket read from his
book "The Dark" and John Klassen drew pictures of the happenings in the story.
Lemony and John had every one laughing and the children were very engaged with
the artist and commented on his drawings. The new sound system was a positive
addition to the program. r
2. Capital Campaign
Due to the Book and Author Luncheon on May 1 lth, the April 24th meeting was
cancelled. Pat Nicholson has planned to contact each committee member to gather
input on their perception of how to proceed with the process of raising funds and
plan for topics of future meetings.
B. Foundation Report
The Seventh Annual Book&Author Luncheon was a great success. The venue
was perfect, the food Was delicious and most of all the authors delighted the
crowd with the stories of how the happenings in their lives led them to write
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VII. New Business
A. Request Funds for Shelving Upgrade
The Trustees moved to approve the quote from Ross McDonald in the amount of
$9,339.85 to convert all of the picture book and AV shelving in the Children's room to
movable shelving. Movable shelving will make the entire children's room more flexible
for children's programs as it.will provide a larger seating area.M/S/C (Towle/Griffith)
B. Willert Fund -
The Trustees approved the motion of Trustee Rosenthal to use monies from the Willert
Trust to fund the movable shelving project. M/S/-C (Rosenthal/Towle)
C. Donor Naming Opportunities For "Our Library- Our Future" Capital Campaign
Pat Harding submitted the draft naming opportunity policy to the Trustees for their
review and comments. Pat Harding, David Chu and Al Escoffier drafted a Three Tiered
proposal of naming opportunities and the donation amount associated with each
particular item.
1. Some naming opportunities include reading rooms, conference rooms,
terrace, study rooms, main lobby, teen room, fiction area, bookstore, cafe,
picture book area, chapter book area, children's area, stacks health, etc.
2. Community Recognition Policy adopted by the City Council on October 18, 2004
has to be followed.
3. Trustees requested more detailed information on types of acknowledgements
provided for donors.
4. The cost associated with the different tiers of naming opportunities was briefly
discussed.
5. It was suggested that "naming signage" be kept at a comfort level in sync with
mood and tone of the library
VIII. Announcements
A. Behavior Policy
Pat Harding gave the Trustees the current Library'Behavior Policy and the
proposed new policy with the request to review the changes and be
prepared to discuss and vote on the final policy at the June meeting.
B. Employee Achievement Dinner
Katie briefly reviewed her research on new venues for the employee event.
President Corcoran requested that this item be placed on the June agenda.
respectfully Submi
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- -Patricia ----------------------------
Harding
City Librarian
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