June Minutes

MINUTES FOR THE MEETING OF THE FRIENDS OF THE MERRICK LIBRARY THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 2012 Lori Stayer opened the meeting at 4:36 PM. Present: Lori Stayer (President), Karen A. Tusa (Vice President), David R. Stayer (Secretary) and Diane Christie. Minutes from the May meeting were read. Diane moved and Karen seconded their approval. The motion passed. Report of the treasurer: Lori gave the report. Savings account $3,287.06 and the checking account has $603.01.David moved and Diane seconded the approval of the report. The motion passed. Committee reports: Karen reported that our membership total number is the same as last month. The raffle drawn at the coffee house brought in $157.00. The winner was notified. The next raffle drawing will take place on Thursday, July 19, 2012. Lori reported the book sale for the last four weeks brought in $171.00. The book sale will close early on Wednesday, June 27, 2012. There will be no book sale on Wednesday, July 4, 2012. Marion will be asked to send two get well cards to Lois Calame and Anita Gordon. Elections: As prescribed by the Friend’s Bylaws elections were conducted. The elected officers are: President Lori Stayer, Vice President Karen A. Tusa, Secretary David R. Stayer and Treasurer Diane Christie. The officers will serve for two years. New Business: We discussed the brochure and letter for our new Business Membership. Jonathan as Business Chair will be contacted. There will be an additional weeding on Monday, June 25, 2012 from 2:00 to 4:00 PM. The July weeding will be on Thursday, July 19, 2012 from 10:00 “AM to 12:00 PM. The August weeding will be on Thursday, August 23, 2012 and the September weeding will be on Thursday, September 20, 2012. The time is the same as the July weeding. The next three meetings of the Friends of the Merrick Library are Thursday, July 19, 2012, Thursday, August 23, 2012 and Thursday, September 20 2012. Because of September holidays volunteers will be found to cover the book sale on Wednesday, September 26, 2012. Karen moved and Diane seconded that the meeting adjourn. The motion passed and the meeting adjourned at 5:30 PM. Respectfully submitted, David R. Stayer, LCSW-R

May Minutes

MINUTES FOR THE MEETING OF THE FRIENDS OF THE MERRICK LIBRARY THURSDAY, MAY 24, 2012 Lori Stayer opened the meeting at 4:36 PM. Present: Lori Stayer (President), Karen A. Tusa (Vice President), David R. Stayer (Secretary), Marion Ormsten (Correspondence Chair) and Felizia Bushkin. The minutes were corrected. The checking account had $612.26. The motion to approve the minutes from April was made by Karen and seconded by Felizia. The motion passed. Report of the treasurer: Currently the savings account has $2,459.45 and the checking has $603.01. David moved and Marion seconded the motion for approval of the report of the treasurer. The motion passed. Old Business: The book sale netted 156.00. The next weeding will be Thursday, June 21, 2012 from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM. Karen reported that the raffle has brought in $137.00. The raffle will be drawn at the Friends Coffee House. The next raffle will have a book on golf and a gift certificate from Stop and Shop. Karen indicated that we have one new member raising our total to 71. The Coffee House will occur on Wednesday, June 6, 2012 at the Merrick Library Wing from 4:00 to 8:00 PM. Apparently the possible grant to the Friends has been withdrawn. We were informed by the Director of the Merrick Library that we cannot use their computers to advertise our business membership drive. Jonathan was contacted by phone regarding the letter to request our new category of business membership. We will request the statistics regarding museum pass usage by Merrick residents. Marion Ormsten was appointed chair of theb Nominating Committee. The Friends will hold elections on Thursday, June 21, 2012. Our next meeting will be on Thursday, June 21, 2012 beginning at 4:30 PM at the Merrick Library. All Friends are invited to attend. Respectfully submitted, David R. Stayer, LCSW-R