July 2015 Minutes

MINUTES FOR THE MEETING OF THE FRIENDS OF THE MERRICK LIBRARY TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2015 Karen Tusa opened the meeting at 4:35 pm. Present: Karen Tusa (President), Howard Schwartz (Vice President), Diane Christie (Treasurer), David Stayer (Secretary), Marion Ormsten (Correspondence Chair), Sandra Mintz and Ellen Firer (Merrick Library Director). David moved that the minutes be accepted as distributed prior to the meeting. Howard seconded the motion. Motion passed. Diane gave the report of the treasurer. Savings account $2,843.11 and the checking account has $196.79. Income from book sale $117.00, raffle $76.00 tote bags $9.00, lemonade $27.50, donation $50.00 Total income $279.50. Expenditures total $190.04. Diane moved acceptance of the report of the treasurer. David seconded the motion. Motion passed. Karen reported that our membership is remaining at 57. Joan and Karen will work on an updated Friends brochure for 2016. The holiday Craft and Vendor Fair is Saturday, November 14, 2015 from 10:00 am to 4:00 pm at the errick Library. Panera Bread fundraiser check is pending. Howard reminded us to acquire the names of vendors when visiting craft events. Ellen mentioned the Friends should have a presence on Sunday, December 6, 2015 when the 10th anniversary of the Merrrick Library in the present building is celebrated. A volulnteer schedule for selling raffles was organized. The Friends will have a presence at the Sunday programs in the fall. We will consider sponsoring programs in the future. We will not meet in August. Our next two meetings will be Tuesday, September 8, 2015 and Tuesday, October 13, 2015. Meetings begin at 4:30 pm and all Friends are invited to attend. Since no further business came before the Friends the meeting was adjourned at 5:20 pm. Respectfully submitted, David R. Stayer, LCSW-R