MINUTES FOR THE FRIENDS OF THE MERRICK LIBRARY MEETING THURSDAY, MARCH 18, 2010
Lori Stayer opened the meeting at 4:33 p.m.
Present: Lori Stayer (President), Karen Tusa (“Vice President), Shirley Sherwin (Treasurer), David Stayer (Secretary), Maureen Garvey (Library Liaison), Lois Calame (Publicity Chair), Carla Jaszczerski, Marion Ormsten and Barbara Perlman.
The previous minutes were accepted as read. Motion made and passed.
Report of the Treasurer: Savings account $9425.95, checking account $184.48. Motion made and seconded to accept the report of the treasurer. Motion passed.
Book sale: Last week we received $88.00.
Old Business: The Guggenheim Museum pass has not come through yet. Merrick Library paid $4,225.00 for all Museum Passes. Friends will be given an invoice. We will review all museum passes for next year.
New Business: We will order 250 new bags catalog G#14 from Janway. The color is black.
Renewal notice for Friends will be sent out August 1, 2010 and appear in the summer issue of the Merrick Library Newsletter Access.
The Merrick Library Board has approved a permanent sign to be housed in the main Merrick Library.
We agreed that pending library approval the book sale will be opened to 8:00 p.m. the first Wednesday of the month. We agreed not to have a major book sale.
At the request of Bonnie the Children’s Librarian, Carla, Lois, Barbara and Lori agreed to cover upcoming children’s programs on March 30, and March 31, 2010.
Because of a conflict in scheduling, our meeting ended at 5:25 p.m.
Respectfully submitted
David R. Stayer, LCSW
