Minutes from April 6, 2011
Attendance: Patty Furness, Lorraine MacLeod + Duncan, Rod Jones, Garry Kalajian, Connie Scheffy, Bea Howe & Meg Fearnley
The Board Meeting for the Trustees of Brown Memorial Library was called to order at 6:00 pm.
1. Newly elected trustees Garry and Connie were welcomed to their first official meeting.
The first order of business was the election of officers. Patty Furness was elected as the new chair and the meeting was turned over to her. Nola Jordan was elected secretary and Bea Howe, treasurer.
2. The minutes from the last meeting were read and accepted.
3. The treasurer reported that gifts and donations were received during the month of March in the amount of $88.50. A motion was made and passed to accept these donations. After answering in the affirmative a question about whether the expenses to date were normal, the treasurer’s report was accepted.
4. The librarian presented her report. The numbers are a bit lower than March of last year, but higher than February’s numbers. The past week has been very busy. Meg reported that the first batch of books from the CLiF grant has been received.
5. We were having a problem with the fire alarm beeping, with a flashing light that indicated a problem with the power. Meg called BK systems and advised them of the problem, and that we suspected the battery might need replacing. They sent two representatives who ascertained that this was the problem, and they replaced three batteries. The treasurer found the bill they presented to be excessive and when she called them, they agreed to lower the bill. Discussion ensued about finding someone closer, as a large part of the bill was travel time from Goffstown, plus a gas surcharge. Bea will pursue this.
6. The Friends will be “book-ending” their Summer Reading Program (One World, Many Stories) with performances by Odds Bodkin and Andrew Pinard. The Odds Bodkin performance, (which will be partially subsidized by a Kids, Books and the Arts grant from the NH State Library) will take place July 2nd at the library and Andrew’s magic show will be sometime toward the end of August. Bea asked if the trustees would be interested in having an event in conjunction with the reading program finale, possibly involving food and musical entertainment on the library lawn instead of our usual fundraising dinner. Everyone will give this some thought.
7. The annual Easter egg hunt sponsored by the Friends of the Library will be held Saturday April 23rd, with a visit from the Easter bunny (thanks to Kearsarge Area Preschool) and storytime with Meg followed by the hunt. Andrew Pinard has again agreed to MC this event.
8. Our next book sale is this Saturday (April 9th) – shifts are covered. This is our first sale of the year and there are lots of new books for sale.
9. The sign in front of the library is peeling. Our thanks to Brian Wilcox, who has volunteered to fix it.
The next meeting will be May 4, 2011 at 6:00 pm.
Meeting was adjourned at 7:00 pm.
Respectfully submitted,
Rod Jones, acting secretary