Foresthill Friends of the Library FHFOL

Thursday 13 March 2010 Meeting Minutes @ Library

** Draft **


Meeting began @ 6:39 & Introductions made.
Those present: Steve Stevenson, Tyler Harkness, Helen Rogers West, Robin Guthrie, Mary George, Marcia Roussey, Sally Drone, Robert Young, kWRice, Sharon Ross, Kelly DeMuynck

Minutes of March 11 meeting approved as submitted.

Treasurer's Report c/o Sally Drone approved as submitted/ See attached.

  1. Increase of $759.83 to checking for balance of $8,063.71 w/ Money Market total balance of $18,835.45
  2. Sally is now regularly checking Petty Cash for use & needs
  3. A motion was made & passed to "Remove suggested prices in Book Sale Room & replace w/ 'All Donations Gratefully Accepted'"

Reports

  1. Mary of Library Services had no new information to pass on
  2. Branch Manager Robin happily reported a busy two months w/1 minor disappointment. That being the library almost, but not quite broke the four-thousand threshold check-out for the month with 3,997
    1. Robin mentioned it'd be nice to have another public station. Mary will look into facilities assistance & possibly a refurbished PC being available. FHFOL passed a motion to fund up to twelve-hundred dollars if needed.
    2. Robin shared some of the prizes for the Summer Reading Program, Making A Splash. She also showed Tee Shirts some staff will be wearing to coincide.. FHFOL approved the purchase of 30x more shirts @ $7.95 to be made available for volunteers & others who might want to purchase same
    3. The Summer Book Sale will be August 7, starting @ 8 AM. Sign-ups & publicity to be coming up.
Old Business
  1. Emails list seems to be working as all in attendance had received their reminder
  2. Book sale room/ All going well-See Treasurer's Report: Item C above
  3. Marcia reported on the excellent participation of 300 patrons @ the April Art Show. She & others are considering moving it to Summer & possibly work more w/ the library system. The schools Art Programs are being drastically budgeted down & this will help keep Art involved in the community & help showcase the library to possible others in the public sector
New Business
  1. The next FHFOL meeting is July 8
  2. The next beautiful Quilt generously donated by Nancy Scheer is on display in the library w/ donation tickets available. Volunteers are needed to help showcase this beauty @ upcoming local community events. The first one up is the Chamber of Commerce soiree on May 22.
  3. The On-line newsletter was not discussed, however the library's new monthly column written by Robin for the Messenger was shared & lauded
Vice-Chairperson's Comments
Steve reported of a recent meeting w/ Placer County Facilities Services. He was surprised to find a misunderstanding regarding our community's interest in the PCWA property, soon to be available, for a new library. It seems to be being disregarded. Steve was surprised, as most thought this was a work in progress, albeit at the preliminary stage. He asked the FHFOL if there was any of our concern he was unaware of. None was given. Steve had prepared a letter for Facilities Services expounding on the win-win upcoming situation. It was suggested & Steve agreed, to meet w/ Mark Parker before the letter was passed on. The FHFOL also approved of Steve making a presentation to the Forum the first week in June. Robert reported of a State matching fund for community projects w/ dual use. He will follow up as this is also helpful fodder for our new library endeavors.

Meeting Concluded & Closed @ 7:55 PM


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