Friends of the Selinsgrove Community Library
Board Meeting
Wednesday,
May 10, 2006
Present:
Elizabeth Heim, Pres.
Barbara Grubb, Secy.
Walt Hagenbuch, Treasurer
Betsy Fordon
Linda Wieder
Margaret Siro
Grace Housley
Officer Reports
President
Elizabeth Heim called the meeting to order. Liz announced that this would be strictly an informational meeting since a lack of attendance did not permit a quorum.
1. We now have 104 members. Liz sent out letters to corporations and received one new corporate membership.
2. Liz Heim and Margaret Siro attended the 20th Institute For Trustees and Friends Convention on April 21-22 in Harrisburg. Liz represented Friends groups for small libraries on a panel entitled “That’s What Friends are For: A Panel of Success Stories”. Liz reported that it was an excellent conference. Governor Rendell placed a large amount of money in the general public library budget. The amount was in the range of 75.5 million dollars. This is a good increase from last year’s budget. Liz is requesting members to write to their representatives and encourage them to accept the proposed budget. Liz gave everyone a sample letter / comments with addresses of representatives to assist us in our efforts.
Vice President
Just a reminder that Thrivent requests pre-approval for fund raising monies. Friends will apply for pre-approval of the quilt raffle.
Secretary
The minutes of the April 12th meeting will be approved at the next meeting.
Treasurer
Walt Hagenbuch disbursed the financial statement. He mentioned that a large part of the expenses for April were the contributions to the library. The financial statement will be approved at the next meeting.
Library Reports
Betsy Fordon requested volunteers to help decorate the community room for the summer reading programs. Selinsgrove’s Library Summer Reading Program will be beginning in June. The children’s programming is scheduled for June12- July 27th.
Committee Reports
Crocks- Joyce said that she was considering selling crocks this weekend because of the university’s graduation program and expected attendance. There was some discussion on how to merchandise crocks next year.
Merchandise- Margaret Siro reported good sales of merchandise at the book sale - totes (approx. $121) and lapel pins (approx. 261).
Book Sale 2006- Friends Book Sale was a success. The total collected for the sale of books was $941.60.
Quilt Raffle- Linda Wieder suggested that raffle tickets be mailed out with the newsletter to save on postage that raffle tickets are mailed out with the newsletter.
Tree Fest- Liz suggested that Friends decorate a tree this year. We now have 14 groups committed to participate in Tree Fest 2006.
The next Friends of the Selinsgrove Community Library board meeting will be Wednesday, June 14, 2006 at 5:30PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Barbara Grubb