Unapproved October Minutes

Friends of the Burbank Community Library
October 10, 2006
Meeting Minutes

Meeting Called to Order at 7:00 PM

Members Present: Jill Bolliger, Kim Dotta, Virginia Gutierrez, Gloria Meloy, Laura Schmidt, Betty Shackett, Jennifer Tevlin. Maria Montalvo and Debbie Williams arrived late due the conflicting time with PTO meeting. Guests included Kandyce Dexter and Mr. Dexter.

The minutes were approved for September.

Reports:

The Annual Meeting Committee did not meet so there was nothing new to report. Members who were not at the last meeting were briefed about the idea of the annual meeting.

Betty gave a report on the author visits. Both went well and had a good number of patrons attending. The Friends made about $35 on the book sale, not all have been purchased yet and the ones for the second author are on back order.

Virginia S. and Rich were unable to report on the open house so Virginia G. reported that the handed out calendars there but only one new card was given out because they stopped at the table.

Jill reported that she had not made it to the bank yet but was going the next day to get the papers for the checking account.

Virginia G. reported that the registration forms needed to be turned in for the Volunteer Center as well as time sheets each month.

Unfinished Business:

After much discussion the group established the Grants committee that would be headed by Virginia G. The Program and Events committee would be headed by Kim, Betty and Jennie since they were already planning for the annual meeting. This committee will have a bilingual program subcommittee. The group would like Maria to head it. The Membership committee will be headed by Virginia G. and will include publicity. The final committee will be Fundraising and will be headed by Jill.

The group discussed changing the meeting time because of the PTO conflict and decided to table further discussion until January when the groups meet jointly.

The senior class turned in a letter of interest regarding washing the windows. An announcement was faxed to the high school counselor regarding the issue. The group agreed that the job should be given to the students under the guidelines of the previous agreement with the boy scouts.

New Business

The Friends agreed that they would like to sponsor a children’s book week bookmark contest. The winning bookmarks will be printed up and then distributed after Thanksgiving. It was suggested that the winners should be added to the website as well. Betty was able to get a quote for printing.

Elections will take place at the December meeting. Ballots will be sent to all members before hand in the mail. Nominations will be taken at the November meeting.

Program

Kandyce Dexter shared with the group her knowledge of the senior needs in the community. After much discussion Laura volunteered to be the spoke in a wheel that would help gather needs and then pass them onto the group. Laura is going to make up business cards with her contact information. She is also going to attend a senior lunch to speak with the seniors there. The lunches are at 11:30 am on Tuesday and Wednesday. Virginia G. is going to double check with the Volunteer Center to see if the insurance will cover the transporting of passengers. The group also discussed what activities the library could offer for the seniors. Virginia G. will talk with Suzy at the Hungry Horse to help get the word out about the Friends plans.

Announcements:

Jill will bring refreshments for the next meeting.

The group was signed up for Trunk or Treat at the school. The group decided they would like to participate. Virginia and Kim will be there at 4:30 pm on the 28th to set up. Virginia G. will work on getting others involved. Friends can donate candy by dropping it of at the elementary school.

The meeting was adjourned at 8:15 pm.