W i n d s o r L i b r a r y
Friends of Windsor Library
August 11, 2005, 7:00 p.m.
Minutes
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Attending Board Members: Dale Copps, President; Kerry Clifford, Vice President; Karen Woodward, Treasurer; Pamela Bagley, Jen Cary (ex-officio). Absent Board Members: Heather Shanks, Secretary. | |
| Call to Order: 7:03 p.m. | |
| Minutes, July 14, 2005 - Unavailable. | |
| Treasurer's Report | |
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Previous Month's Income: $2,421.84 ($1,992.32 from July Book Sale) Previous Month's Expenses: $232.30 Accounts Payable: None reported. Other: 1) Lobby book sales are down because the lobby was not stocked for much of the month of July. 2) Clarification of "Passalong" expenses. Items were sold at the July Book Sale for the Trustees, that money was passed along to the Trustees and itemized in the Treasurer's Report as Passalong, Trustee Products. Motion to Adopt: Passed unanimously. | |
| Attending Members/Staff Comments | |
| Jen: Asked how long the money collected would stay in the library. Dale responded that it should be deposited frequently--a couple times a month. | |
| Managers' Reports | |
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Book Sales: The Book Nook is still doing well, even without the Post Office donations ($150 for July). Art on a Limb: Richard's Auto Service has become a sponsor for this, donating $231.35. Sarah Copps is continuing to work on finding sponsors. Sixteen leaves have been received out of the 35 or 36 artists who agreed to paint them. The artists were given an August 15th deadline to submit the leaves. Pictures of the leaves are being put up on the Art on a Limb web site as they are received. Ten individuals have signed up and paid for a seat for the auction. Heather is producing a four-color brochure to promote the auction. Dale has put color pictures of the leaves in a notebook which will be left at the Circulation Desk at the Windsor Library to promote the auction. Dale has a display panel that could be used to display the actual leaves prior to the auction. Kerry suggested that perhaps they could be displayed at the "Arts for All" program being arranged by the Upper Valley Arts Alliance on Oct. 1. She will follow up on this. There is a "Left Bid" option for the auction-details are on the web site. The Tour: Dale sent 80 mailings to the Windsor Chamber of Commerce mailing list and received one sign up. He'll decide by the end of the month whether there is enough business interest to go ahead with the Shopping Tour or not. | |
| Unfinished Business | |
| Web Calendar: The web calendar that the Library has been using on trial has been easy to use from the librarian and patron's standpoint. Motion: To approve $40 to pay for the online calendar fee for one year. Passed unanimously. | |
| New Business | |
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Libri Foundation Grant: Follow-up on the Libri Foundation Grant which Pamela brought to the attention of the Board last month. Windsor Library received this grant in 2002. The grant can be applied for every three years, so we could re-apply this year. The deadline is Dec. 15, 2005. The grant provides new, quality, hardcover children's books matching funds with 2:1 ratio on funds from $50 to $350 (they'd donate $100 to $700, respectively) and allows the library four months to raise the funds. Jen will find out how many books are on the Grant's list and ask Katrina if they are books Windsor Library doesn't already own. Trustee Fundraising Efforts: The Friends of Windsor Library have pledged $1 for each $2 raised by the Trustees under new initiatives this year. A concern was raised about how do the Friends verify that the money claimed to be raised by new initiatives really came from new initiatives (namely the Bricks and Books Raffle). A decision was made to ask for a report from QuickBooks to determine money tagged for "Bricks and Books" and that it be confirmed by Jen to have been raised in the manner the Friends stipulated. Board Vacancy: Dale contacted Ilene Beattie about her being removed from the Board. She thought she was already off the board. Motion: To declare the seat held by Ilene Beattie vacant according to the Friend's Bylaws. Passed unanimously. This means that the Friend's Board has the minimum number of members required by the bylaws. Suggestions for anyone who might be interested in joining the Board are welcome. | |
| Next Meeting: September 8, 2005, 7 p.m. | |
| Adjournment: 7:55 p.m. | |
| Respectfully submitted, Pamela Bagley, Secretary (for Heather Shanks) | |
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