December 2010 minutes

MINUTES FOR THE FRIENDS OF THE MERRICK LIBRARY MEETING Thursday, DECEMBER 16, 2010
Karen Tusa opened the meeting at 4:05 p.m.
Present: Lori Stayer (President), Karen Tusa (Vice President), David R. Stayer (Secretary), Debbie Jones (Library Liaison), Lois Calame (Publicity Chair), Marion Ormsten (Correspondence Chair), Ellen Firer (Merrick Library Director) and Diane Christie.
The minutes of the November meeting were read. Lois Calame motioned and Karen Tusa seconded the minutes were accepted as read. Motion passed.
Treasury Report: Shirley Sherwin called in the following numbers for the treasury report: prior savings $ 7,155.23; collections (book sale, raffle, membership) as of 12/16: $257.25; total savings: 7412.48; Checking $691.78.
COMMITTEE REPORTS:
Membership: Karen Tusa reported there are 19 outstanding members who have not renewed. Members not responding by December 31, 2010 will be deleted from the roster.
Publicity: Lois is mailing out announcements regarding friends activities. She will add patch.com to her list at the suggestion of Ellen Firer.
Correspondence: Marion reported that the Friends sent a card to Lori who was hospitalized.
OLD BUSINESS: The book sale has been rather slow. Karen Tusa has a total of $73.50 for our treasurer. The friends have decided to have a book sale on Wednesday, December 22, 2010 to allow people to purchase books as last minute presents.
The library wing was left opened prior to 1:30 p.m. This problem will be corrected.
The raffle has netted $29.00 thus far. It will be drawn either Monday, December 20, or Tuesday, December 21, 2010. We have a new book to add to the next raffle.
Apparently bulbs are still not functioning in the wing. This may be an electrical problem.
The next book weeding is scheduled for Tuesday, January 18, 2011 at 11:00 a.m.
NEW BUSINESS: Friends will have a table at the Sunday programs at the Library. The covered dates are: December 19, 2010, January 9, 2011 and February 6, 2011.
For helping with wrapping of books for National Friends of the Library Week, the library submitted a charge of $3.87 which will be paid.
Our tax report for our fiscal year ending August 31, 2010 is due.
The next scheduled meetings are on Thursday, at 4:30 on January 20, 2011, February 17, 2011 March 24, 2011 and April 28, 2011
Motion to adjourn was made and approved. The meeting was adjourned at 5:03 p.m.


Respectfully submitted,


David R. Stayer, LCSW-R