Friend of the Merrick
Library
Minutes of Meeting December 8, 2015
The meeting was called to order at 4:33 PM by Chairperson,
Karen Tusa.
Present: Karen Tusa, (President),
Howard Schwartz (Vice-President), Diane Christie (Treasurer), Joan Sculli
(Publicity Chairperson), Marion Ormsten (Correspondence Chairperson), Jesse Just (Volunteer), Sandra Mintz and Ellen Firer, (Library
Director).
Minutes:
The November minutes were corrected to read “Stop and Shop” instead of
“Shop Rite” in the Holiday Craft Fair report.
The minutes were approved as corrected.
Treasurer’s Report:
Savings $5,538.80. Checking $35.15.
Total income was $807.24 of which $45.70 was book sale, $71.00 raffle, $450
membership, $3 tote bags, $35.00 craft fair, $53.00 spare change, and $149.54
Chipotle fundraiser. Total expenditures
were $58.48 of which $5.98 was for envelopes for the business membership drive
and $52.50 for brochures printed by the library. The Treasurer’s report was accepted as read.
Membership
Report: Twenty-three renewal memberships have been
received. Two additional new memberships
were received. A request was made to
have the new brochure posted to the link on the library web-site. An ad for
outreach will be edited by Howard.
Holiday Craft and Vendor Fair Report:
$169.00 was raised on the day of the fair in addition to the earlier
income from the vendor tables sold. Response to a survey responded to by
vendors was reviewed and discussed. Thank you letters were sent to Bagel Boss,
Bagel Plaza and Stop and Shop. Fair volunteers Howard Schwartz, Diane Christie,
Sandra Mintz, Marion Ormsten, Marion Hart, Marty Epstein, and Karen Tusa were
thanked for their participation.
Old Business: The
Chipotle fundraiser successfully brought in revenue. Sandra Mintz, Marion Ormsten, and Karen Tusa
were thanked for volunteering
Progress was made on the business
membership drive. Marilyn Ziser folded
160 brochures and Howard Schwartz addressed envelopes using the Merrick Chamber
of Commerce list. Karen Tusa will
finalize the draft of a letter which
will accompany the brochure. It was
decided that recognition given to businesses for their contributions through
membership or donations would be listed
on the Friend’s bookmarks.
New Business:
The “spare change jar” maintained on the circulation desk counter
of the library is missing. A replacement
will be made.
A holiday gift of cookies will be
provided to the library staff by the Friends.
Marian Ormsten will send a get
well card from Friends to David Stayer.
At the request of the library,
Karen Tusa will purchase 20 earbuds as a service to library patrons. They will sell for $3.00.
A discussion was held about a
Mother’s Day craft & vendor fair. No
suitable dates could be identified for a spring fair. It was decided that only
1 fair would be held in 2016 in
the Fall.
The meeting was adjourned at 5:14 PM.
Next Meeting Dates: Tuesdays at 4:30 PM on January 12,
February 9, March 8, April 12, May 10, June 14 and July 12.
Respectfully submitted by Joan Sculli
