MINUTES FOR THE MEETING OF THE FRIENDS OF THE MERRICK LIBRARY THURSDAY, AUGUST 18, 2011
Lori Stayer opened the meeting at 4:35 P.M.
Present: Lori Stayer (President), Karen A. Tusa (Vice President), David R. Stayer (Secretary), Debbie Jones (Library Liaison), Marion Ormsten (Correspondence Chair), Felizia Bushkin and Joan Sculli.
The minutes of the July meeting were read. Joan moved and Debbie seconded the motion that they be approved. The motion passed.
Report of the Treasurer: Savings Account $4658.50. Checking Account $342.59. Karen moved and Joan seconded the motion to approve the report. Motion passed.
An invoice of $10 was paid to the Merrick Library.
Book Sale: The book sale brings in about $70.00 per week.
Committee reports:
Membership: Karen reported that 32 out of 70 members have renewed. She will follow up with a 2nd letter in September. Karen showed us an example of a membership form and book marker given to her by Diane Christi used for the Friends of the Southampton Library. We decided that putting the membership form on the back of the book markers and adding “new or renewal” to the current membership form were two good ideas.
The raffle of the 2 baseball books brought in $40.00. The winner was called. The September raffle will be a cookbook and a gift certificate to a local establishment.
No report from the Correspondence Committee, but Marion was given Friends’ Stationery.
Old Business:
Because of a change in their policy, the American Museum of Natural History is no longer issuing passes. Debbie will check to see if we are due any refund.
New Business:
Karen will take the recipe cookbook fundraiser to various printers. She will ascertain the cost of 100 copies.
Diane Christi has agreed to sell the raffles the second and fourth Tuesdays of the month at the library.
Lori requested a lamp in the parlor at the wing.
Debbie asked for a Friends volunteer for Tuesday, August 23, 2011, to help with a library program at the wing from 5:00 to 6:00 P.M. Lori and David will attend.
The next weeding will take place on Wednesday, September 14, 2011 from 10:00 A.M. to 12:00 A.M. at the wing.
Our next meeting will be Thursday, September 22, 2011 at 4:30 P.M. at the Merrick Library. All Friends are invited to attend.
Karen moved for adjournment and the motion was seconded. The meeting was adjourned at 5:25 P.M.
Respectfully submitted,
David R. Stayer, LCSW-R
