Thursday, August 4, 2011

Minutes from July 2011 meeting

MINUTES FOR THE MEETING OF THE FRIENDS OF THE MERRICK LIBRARY THURSDAY, JULY 21, 2011
Lori Stayer opened the meeting at 4:38 p. m.

Present: Lori Stayer (President), Karen A. Tusa (Vice President), David R. Stayer (Secretary), Lois Calame (Publicity Chair) and Marion Ormsten (Correspondence Chair).
The minutes of the June meeting were read. Karen moved and Lois seconded their approval. The motion passed.

Report of the Treasurer: Savings Account $4,066.21, Checking $351.39.
David moved and Karen seconded that the report of the treasurer be approved. Motion passed.
Book sale: The Book sale thus far has brought in $144.0. OA has given a donation of $150.

MEMBERSHIP: There were 13 new or renewed members. Karen wil remove OA from our membership list.

OLD BUSINESS: The Janway bill has been paid. Marion Ormsten has requested Friends stationery. She has also requested money for stamps. She has issued thank you letters to the vendors supporting the Friends coffee house in June.
The raffle brought in $19.00 and the winner was called. Baseball books will be raffled off and the winner drawn at our August meeting.

The next book weeding will occur on Thursday, August 18, 2011, from 10:00 a.m. to 12 p. m.

Our next meeting will be Thursday, August 18, 2011 at 4:30 p.m.
The scheduled meetings are Thursday, September 22, Thursday, October 27, Thursday, November 17 and Thursday, December 15, 2011 beginning at 4:30 p.m.
The motion to adjourn was made and approved. The meeting was adjourned at 5:15 p.m.


Respectfully submitted,


David R. Stayer, LCSW-R