Mae S. Bruce Library

Advisory Board Meeting

Minutes of January 9, 2007

 

The meeting was called to order at 12:41 pm by  Kim Holliday.  The following board members were present:

 

Kim Holliday

Linda Coyle

 

Sue Johnson

Sharon Tipton

 

 

 

 

 

Library Director Brenda B. Cheatham was also present. 

 

There were no changes or comments regarding the October 3rd  minutes.  The motion to accept these minutes was made by Linda and seconded by Sharon.  The minutes were approved by all.

 

Treasurer’s Report

The quarterly Treasury report was given to each member.  The recently received bank statement showed a correction to Kim’s report.  The quarterly transactions include:

326.98

Previous Balance

+173.00

Deposit

96.87

 

 

 

596.85

Ending Balance

 

Director’s Report

  1. The part-time clerk, Amanda, left her position to return to school full time.  We now have Austyn.  She is a senior and will be working afternoons.
  2. The next Council Meeting is this Thursday.  Brenda has one item on the agenda.  She is applying for a HALS DVD mini-grant to purchase non-fiction DVDs.
  3. The AARP is sponsoring the IRS assistance program again.  They will be using 3 of the library’s computers and one of their own to act as a server.  This will begin on February 5th.
  4. John Retano is the new security officer that is working 2 hours a day in the afternoons during the school weeks.  He started just before the Christmas holidays and is working out very well.

 

Old Business

1.                  After looking over all that is being offered for the Galveston County Reads program, the board decided not to offer anything specific for our area.  However, Sharon is going to contact the Rosenberg library regarding the films they are offering to see if we can get copies or purchase them somewhere.  The board is also going to purchase 3 copies of “Fast Food Nation” that is a great followup to the “Nickel and Dimed” book.  The board will create some kind of display for patrons to see the books and movies they can check out.

2.                  The Love Your Library campaign coincides with our library building’s 20th anniversary.  We discussed several ways to celebrate the event and draw attention to our expansion needs.

a.       Kim will purchase the stickers to make the heart shaped Love Your Library stickers.  These can be given out to patrons.

b.      In honor of the birthday, we would like some kind of fake cake to be made and displayed in the library.  The members came up with the idea of making the cake into a bank that patrons to put money into.  This money would help support the expansion efforts.  As patrons drop in money, they will receive a LYL sticker and be able to put there name on it.  This sticker will be put on an “I love my Library” banner that will be placed under the circulation desk counter.

c.       Sue is researching other possible donor recognition ideas that will be used for donations in the $100 and above range.

3.                  Kim found a Public Relations kit on the TLA (Texas Library Assoc.) website.  Linda volunteered to read through it and report back to the board.  It may have some ideas that we can use to get the public interested in the expansion project.

4.                  We still need to keep in mind our memorial bench for Jack Long.  We will table that expense while we wait for the park to be completed behind the library.

 

New Business

There was no new business at this time.

 

The meeting was adjourned at 1:55 pm. The motion was made by Sue and seconded by Linda.  The next meeting has been set for April 3rd at 12:30pm.