FRIENDS OF WINDSOR PUBLIC LIBRARY

 

March 13, 2008. Call to order 7:05pm.

 

Board members present: Beth Carlson, Ruth Doiron, Jennifer Cary, Karen Woodward.

Guests: McKay Larson from the Board of Trustees is welcomed.

 

Treasurer’s report: Presented and approved.

 

Old Business:

 

1) Vacuum - Nancy will wait for next sale and then purchase . We will reimburse for the cost.

 

2) Library camera - purchased and secured with locking device.

 

3) Get out the Vote campaign was successful and vote for library was passed.

 

4) Bertha Frothingham Award - the winner will be kept secret until the announcement at graduation. The winner will be chosen at the next Friends meeting. (Reminder to board members to please read the entries prior to the next meeting. They are in Friends folder in the library office.)

 

5) Book Nook: Proceeds are way down, but we figure that may be lack of awareness that it has been moved to the Knave of Hearts. Beth will have a press release posted in the Windsor Observer and Jen will have notice put in library web page. Beth will resume taking books and picking up money.

 

6) Membership Database - Mark is to be updating that. It needs to be done prior to annual meeting.

 

New Business:

 

1) We regretfully accept Robert’s resignation.

 

2) Book Sale - Heritage Days will most likely not be an event this year. There was discussion on when and if to hold annual book sale. It was suggested that Alumni Days may be a good time. Beth suggested we could combine it with a Neighborhood Garage Sale. We hope to have Grace at the next meeting to get her input.

 

3) Annual Meeting will be May 18th at 2pm. We will get volunteers to bring snacks. Ruth will write a Friendly Times to include with renewal notices. We will include a library magnet as token of appreciation. We ask input from librarians on who to consider for Volunteer of the Year Award. We ask Friends to actively recruit for board members. We have three officer openings and would like more members for the Board.

 

Meeting adjourned at 8:10pm. Next meeting: April 10th at 7pm.