March 2011 Minutes

MINUTES FOR THE FRIENDS OF THE MERRICK LIBRARY MEETING THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 2011
Lori Stayer opened the meeting at 4:33 P.M.
Present: Lori Stayer (President), Karen Tusa (Vice President), David R. Stayer (Secretary), Debbie Jones (Library Laiason),Lois Calame (Publicity Chair), Marion Ormsten (Correspondence Chair), Anita Gordon and Katherine Luger.
Minutes of the February meeting were read. Lois moved and Karen seconded THAT THE minutes of THE February meeting be approved. Motion passed.
Report of the Treasurer: Because our Treasurer Shirley Sherwin is hospitalized, Karen gave the report. Savings account $8,480.00, checking $492.00. It was recommended that our checking account amount be raised to over $500.00. The bank charges have bben returned and apparently removed from the account a ctivity. David moved and Catherine sedconded acceptance of the report of the treasurer. Motion passed.
Committee Reports: marion Ormsten correspondence chair has sent a card to Shirley Sherwin.
Lois Calame will make sure the publicity for our Sunday, June 5, 2011 Coffee Shop begins around Monday, May 2, 2011.
Raffle of the baseball book raised $53.00. The winner was drawn and notified. He is Albert Cereda. Next drawing will be Thursday, April 28, 2011 at our next meeting. The book is about sailing and seamanship. Books for future raffles are being held in the store room at the wing.
Katherine has called 72 members. We will devide up the calling of members to remind them of future activities and upcoming meetings.
The book sale has brought in $279.00. Question about closing on the first Wednesday of the month at 7:00 P.M. was rejected. Weeding done on Wednesday, March 23, 2011. Next weeding will be done on Wednesday, April 27, 2011 from 10:00 A.M. to 12:00 P.M. The large art books have been reduced to $5.00 each. Some books are being brought down from upper shelves to be better viewed by customers.
According to library policy we cannot raise money at our book sale for the American Legion. They have been informed.
We have been contacted through the mail by Independent Galleries to consider a fundraiser for the library. Karen will gather more de tails and we will decide at our April meeting.
National Library Week is from Sunday, April 10, through Saturday, April 16, 2011 The friends will have a table on Monday, April 11, Tuesday, April 12 and Thursday, April 14, 2011. We will need volunteers from 9:00 A.M. to 1:00 p.m. and 1:00 P.M. to 5:00 p.m.
The Friends will have a luncheon to celebrate National Volunteer Week on Friday, April 15, 2011.
Debbie Jones raised several issues. First voting for the library budget will occur on Wednesday, April 6, 2011. Second we are being asked to consider funding passes to two additional museums. They are the Folk Art and the Intrepid. Debbie has been asked to furnish statistical data regarding the useage of the passes for the museums we purchased.We will decide at our April meeting.
Lori and David will assist at the Friends table at the Sunday, April 3, 2011 program at the library.
The next meeting of the Friends of the Merick Library will occur on Thursday, April 28, 2011 at 4:30 P.M. at the Merrick Library.
Karen moved and Lois seconded the motion to adjourn. Meeting adjourned at 5:15 P.M.

Respectfully submitted,
David R. Stayer, LCSW-R