Minutes from May 5, 2010
The Board Meeting for the Trustees of Brown Memorial Library was called to order at 6:00 p.m.
Attendance: Patty Furness Lorraine MacLeod
Erica Gross Brooks McCandlish
Bea Howe Joan Perry
Rod Jones Meg Fearnley
Nola Jordan
1. The Secretary’s Report was accepted.
2. A motion was made and passed to accept gifts and donations to Brown Memorial Library in April in the amount of $130.50. The Treasurer’s Report was accepted as presented.
3. The Librarian’s Report was presented and discussed. Numbers were off a bit, possibly because of the early good weather.
4. The Treasurer explained that a number of changes are being made in order to bring the library in compliance with New Hampshire Department of Labor regulations. Payroll will be done every other week and checks will be distributed on alternate Mondays. Employees will have to sign in and out and have been asked to sign waivers agreeing to work through their lunch breaks. A copy of the town safety manual will be easily accessible and Dept. of Labor posters will be displayed.
5. After further discussion, the trustees authorized Meg to purchase a Sony E-Reader for the library. Lorraine will research prices.
6. The next book sale will be held on May 29. We have many duplicate books that are very unlikely to sell. Bea has heard about a group collecting books to send to Ghana. She will find out more. Rod gave Bea the name of a book dealer in Newport who might be interested in buying some of our excess books.
7. The annual fund-raising dinner is tentatively set for the last Saturday in August. The trustees agreed that it was important to repeat the event this year, but are looking into the option of having at least part of the meal catered to help make the workload more manageable. Joan will get some information and prices for the next meeting.
8. Our current page (who works on Sundays) will be leaving soon and Meg has hired a replacement.
9. The trustees approved Meg’s request to extend her hours, making her schedule on Wednesday the same as Monday. She has found it hard to get all her work done in the reduced time frame. Maggi Ainslie’s hours will be reduced accordingly. As Meg’s hourly rate is higher, there will be an increased cost, but the Treasurer says we do have the funds.
The next meeting will be Wednesday, June 2, at 6:00 p.m.
The meeting was adjourned at 6:50 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Nola Jordan
Secretary