Board Meeting for the Trustees of Brown Memorial Library January 5, 2009
Attendance: Joan Perry, Bea Howe, Penny Ulrich, Rod Jones,
Brooks McCandlish, Patty Furness & Meg Fearnley
1. The minutes from the last meeting were read and accepted.
2. A motion was made to accept gifts and donations made to Brown Memorial Library in December in the amount of $427.63. The treasurer reported that there is still some money to be spent in the funds. $500 was moved from the Craigie/Bibbo fund for children’s books and $766.64 from the town-held funds. The total spent over the budgeted amount was $4439.53 (from the funds, donations, and special projects). The Revenue/Expenditure Report and the Fund Report will be turned in for the town report. The treasurer’s report was accepted.
3. The librarian’s report was read. Circulation was down slightly from last month but the library was closed some days due to inclement weather and the power outage. Overall the numbers are good. The report was accepted.
4. Bea reported that the town selectmen and the budget committee approved the library’s budget.
5. Barbara McCartney, technical librarian, will need surgery and will be out four to five months. We will need to fill in her hours (Monday 3-8pm, Wednesday 2-4pm and alternate Saturdays. Jean will take the Monday hours and Maggie will do Wednesday. Liz Barker (page) will do most of the Saturday hours. Another page may be hired to fill in.
6. The upcoming election was discussed. There are two openings for three-year terms and one for a two-year term, to finish the time left on Amy Blitzer’s term. Bea & Erica will run for the three-year terms and Patty Furness has agreed to run for the two-year term.
7. Meg signed the library up for the NH downloadable consortium. The state buys the rights to electronic audio books, which can be downloaded and used by patrons.
8. At some point, we would like to get a laptop for the front desk. Meg would like to be closer to the patrons while still having access to the computer. There is enough money in the Payson Fund for this purpose. It was suggested that it be tied down to prevent theft.
9. The next meeting will be February 2 at 7pm.
Meeting was adjourned at 7:22 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Rod Jones, acting secretary