April Minutes

MINUTES FOR THE MEETING OF THE FRIENDS OF THE MERRICK LIBRARY THURSDAY, APRIL 26, 2012 Lori Stayer opened the meeting at 4:31 PM. Present: Lori Stayer (President), Karen A. Tusa (Vice President), David R. Stayer (Secretary), Shirley Sherwin (Treasurer), Marion Ormsten (Correspondence Chair), Felizia Bushkin, Diane Christie, Jonathan Haas and Joan Sculli. The minutes for the March meeting were distributed and read. Karen moved and Shirley seconded the motion for their approval. The motion passed. Report of the Treasurer: Checking account $512.26 and savings account $2,111.22. The friends transferred $100.00 to the Walter Mintz fund established by the Merrick Library. The bank has a new manager and our account has been changed to a Business One which should eliminate a monthly service charge. David moved and Karen seconded approval of the report of the treasurer. Motion passed. Old Business: book sale this month netted $368.00. Karen reported that the raffle netted $192.00. The winner was drawn and notified. The raffle for next month will be a baseball book and a Trader Joe basket. Our Friends membership is level at 70. Because we recently paid for museum passes, we will request a tabulation of their usage. Jonathan has offered to chart their usage. The Coffee House is on for Wednesday, June 6, 2012 from 4:00 to 8:00 PM. Friends have volunteered to either acquire or bring donations of food and beverage. A schedule was arranged so Friends can be present the entire time since our book sale commences at 1:30 PM. Karen has updated the sign advertising the Coffee House. We are seeking entertainment at the Coffee House specifically poetry. New Business: Lori and Karen held their monthly meeting with the Merrick Library Director. She suggested we consider a Friends Commercial Membership for local businesses. Jonathan and Shirley moved that we charge businesses $75.00. The motion passed. Jonathan Haas has agreed to compose a letter to local businesses. He has been appointed Business Membership Chair. The library will set up a bin to acquire donated books which can possibly be accepted by Better World Books. The friends would receive a percentage of the funds accrued. A motion to raise the cost of a fill a bag to $10.00 was rejected. We received a letter possibly offering the Friends a grant. This will be pursued with the Merrick Library Director. The Friends have decided not to send minutes through the regular mail. The next weeding will occur on Thursday, May 24, 2012 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM. The next meeting of the Friends will occur on Thursday, May 24, 2012 at the Merrick Library beginning at 4:30 PM. All Friends are invited to attend. The meeting adjourned at 5:50 PM. Respectfully submitted, David R. Stayer, LCSW-R