Attending: N.
Brady, J. Brummond, C. Campbell, J. Guariz, M. Guariz, D. D’Haem, W. Larsen,
P. Nolan, P. Paquette, B. Parks, J. Rada, R. Rada, L.
Vautour, R. Weixler, J. Winslow, H. Yahn
Notably absent: Gigi
Action Items:
1)
Carol to
present the final 2005 budget at the February meeting.
2)
Dee to ask
the Power Squadron group to solicit donations to offset the cost of providing a
room for the Safe Boating class.
3)
Dee to
follow-up with AARP on establishing a one day per week tax assistance program in
March-April 2006.
4)
Dee to
arrange for return of the KRL chairs with the exception of one tall chair.
5)
Gigi will
contact newspapers with the publicity for the April 23rd Book and
Plant Sale.
6)
Bud Larsen
to contact Joe Kleitsh for dahlia bulbs for the Plant sale.
7)
Carol to
contact R. Guthrie to inquire if the Long Lake group wants our Plant Sale
leftovers.
8)
Julie:
Salmon Bake lessons learned….before June!
9)
Carol to
make the transition to Wash. State Entity pool insurance coverage at an
appropriate time to allow for a smooth transition.
10)
Rich to
contact Don Poulsen about reimbursement and refurbishment of the trunk.
11)
Dee to
pursue a “Chicken Coop” bookmark.
12)
Carol to
schedule an audit of the books with Ron Rada and Rich Weixler.
13)
Carol to
cancel PO Box 832 and have the mail forwarded to the Library Box 128.
14)
Bob to get
a bid on replacing the light over the main door from Ahearn Electric.
The meeting was called to order by President Brummond at
7:00PM, sharp. Minutes of the
previous meeting were accepted as written, with one infinitesimal spelling
change.
Correspondence:
There was no
significant correspondence.
Treasurer’s report:
Carol distributed the monthly summary and reported that we received
donations as a memorial to Mrs. Hunnicut. The
“Literary Latte” coupons were discussed and it was decided that we would
only reimburse Mama Java only for the coupons redeemed.
Up to 50 coupons will be awarded.
Carol
also distributed an annual summary of expenses.
The FOL showed a slight increase in net worth despite the significant
capital expenditures during the year. The
proposed 2005 budget was approved with some minor adjustments. Carol will have the
final budget available at the February meeting.
Branch Manager’s report: Dee reported the following:
Holiday Punch with the Clay Martin Puppets – (and our own Phil P. as Santa Claus) An outstanding program. Great comments from patrons. 57 people attended. 31 children & 26 adults.
Children’s Storytime resumed Tuesday, January 18th, breaking into two groups. Toddlers @ 10:30 (2 and under) Preschoolers @ 11:30 (Age 3 and older)
101st Birthday of Dr. Seuss – Repeating
again this year. Leigh Ann is in charge of this & it will be the week of
February 28 – March 4 with March 3rd being the evening program.
Inquiring Minds program: Thursday, April 28th at 7:00 p.m. A Tlingit Michelangelo [Barry Herem has documented a treasured store of haunting and controversial works, monumental in scale and long sequestered in a prominent tribal building known as the Whale House in the tiny village of Klukwan, Alaska.]
Power Squadron Boating Course – Feb 9th (7 – 9), 12th (9 – 1) & 16th 7 – 9) Nonprofit civic group promoting safe boating of all types. Dee agreed to offer the room at no charge due to the Power Squadron’s procedure of not charging more than the cost of text books. We suggested that we could as the Power Squadron to make donations to help defray the cost of room utilities and clean-up. Dee will pass along this request.
Request by Carol Schuyler for Friends to donate money again
this year to buy the paperbacks for the readers who complete the summer
reading program. This
request was approved. This year’s
theme is “Dragons, Dreams, & Daring Deeds”.
Friends Appreciation Day – Tuesday, April 12th in Poulsbo. More information coming.
Removal of extra chairs. They belong to KRL so it is
just a matter of space as to whether or not you want to keep them here.
It was agreed to return all but
one of the tall chairs to KRL, which Dee will arrange.
The exception will be used with the book sorting table.
AARP volunteers provide free tax service on one day
a week in the weeks leading up to April 15th. Is this a community
service we want to use meeting space for and/or offer to the public?
The group agreed that this would be a valuable service to the community
and we would support this for the 2005 tax season in March-April 2006.
The FOL will offer the room at no cost to AARP for this purpose.
Dee will encourage the AARP to
pursue this one day per week program.
Incoming book donations – We are trying to check the bags and boxes brought in but sometimes just can’t keep up. Good books. Bad books. Red books. Blue books.
Foot surgery on Feb 7th. Dee will be out one week and limping for a lot longer. J
One last
note, Dee mentioned that the “D’Haem & Associates fine finishers” was
refinishing the periodicals table to match the chairs with free labor.
Bookstore report: Rich Weixler reported that the next book sale will be held on Saturday
February 5th. A sign-up
sheet was routed for volunteers to staff the sale.
In
addition, it was concluded that we would hold the annual Book & Plant sale
on Saturday April 23rd from 9-3.
This date was selected to allow left-over plants to be sold at the Long
Lake Plant Sale on the 30th. The
Weixlers will be goofing off elsewhere during the week of the 23rd of
April; Carol will arrange for placement of the sign on Mile Hill Drive and
Colchester and will coordinate the book sale.
Since we are changing from the traditional date for the plant sale,
publicity will be critical. Gigi
was tasked (see what happens when you don’t attend!) with contacting the
newspapers to publicize the event. For
those involved in the basket making, the activity is scheduled for Thursday
April 7th at Norma’s. It
was requested that Bud Larsen contact Joe Kleitsh for Dahlia bulbs.
Carol was also tasked with
contacting Rebecca to inquire whether the Long Lake group wants our leftovers
for their sale.
Old Business: Julie
agreed that she still needs to hold a Salmon Bake lessons learned discussion
prior to June.
The trunk which was raffled has been re-purchased by Don Poulsen for
significant re-work due to apparent warpage.
It was agreed that Rich would approach Don with the plan that the FOL
will reimburse Don repurchase cost plus restoration costs, and then re-raffle.
Julie pointed out that we are approaching the 25th anniversary
of the Manchester main Library building. Some
sort of celebration was thought to be in order. As a first step, it was agreed that a “Chicken Coop”
bookmark might be appropriate. Dee
has offered to pursue this. A
witty potential theme was suggested: “Chicken Coop for the Soul”.
Norma reported that the display case photos have been selected and are
currently being scanned by Carol for re-sizing.
Great things are expected in the future!
New Business:
Rich and Ron
volunteered to participate in an Audit of the books with Carol. Carol will schedule
this activity at a mutually convenient time.
As a cost
reduction measure, it was agreed that Carol
would cancel the PO Box 832 that the Friends has been using, and have all mail
forwarded to the Library PO Box128, which the Friends pays for anyway.
Library staff will store Friends mail in the box in the meeting room.
February is the month for election of new officers plus
Director 2. Nominations were sought
for the positions. After an
exhaustive search and a lengthy discussion (what was it, 2 minutes?) the
following officer slate was proposed: President: Julie Brummond, Vice Pres.:
Margaret/Joe Guariz, Secretary: John Winslow, Treasurer: Carol Campbell, and
Director 2 (three year position): Bob Parks.
Joe pointed out the two different locations for circuit breakers in the
building (main building underneath the calendar, meeting room on the south wall
adjacent to the publications area) for future reference by all.
Carol mentioned that two of the Friends CD’s mature next week and they
are scheduled to automatically bump to ~4%, which was considered to be a good
rate. Bob mentioned that Allstate
is also a source of CD’s that we might consider in the future.
Bob said that we need to replace the light over the main door. He will contact Ahearn Electric to get a bid.
Next meeting: The next meeting will be Wednesday February 23rd at 7:00PM.
The meeting was adjourned at 8:36PM.
Respectfully submitted,
John Winslow, Secretary