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 Apparently the possible grant to the Friends has been withdrawn.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