Friends of the Merrick Library
Minutes of Meeting January 12, 2016
Meeting called to order at 4:30 PM by Chairperson, Karen Tusa.
Present: Karen Tusa (President), Howard Schwartz (Vice-President), Diane Christie (Treasurer), Sandra Mintz and Ellen Firer (Library Director).
Minutes: December minutes were reviewed and accepted as emailed.
Treasurer’s Report: Savings $5,540.01 and Checking $210.30. Total Income to savings: $1.21 interest. Total Income to checking was $328.25 of which $169.25 was from book sale, raffle $28, membership $115, tote bags $9, USB (flash drives) $7. Total expenditures were $153.10 of which $13 was for balloons for craft fair, $40 for business brochures, $21.70 gifts, and $78.40 for postage.
Holiday Craft and Vendor Fair Info Report: Total Income was $1,289 of which $1,155 was from table fees, $20 membership, $58 raffles, $53 spare change, and $3 totes. Total Expenditures were $117.27 of which $13.00 was for balloons, $86.77 for display board, $17.50 for posters. Total profit for the fair: $1171.73.
Membership Report: 27 renewals received of the 58 memberships, 2 new memberships have been received to date. Need 2-3 volunteers to contact remaining 31 members on their renewal status. Diane Christie, Howard Schwartz and Sandra Mintz volunteered for this activity. Karen will pursue publishing an ad for membership outreach to the local community.
Business Membership: Mailed 158 requests to businesses on 1/2/16; 4 memberships have been received. They are: Printing Emporium, Dime Savings Bank, Expedia Cruise Ship Centers, and Keats Tax & Financial Service. Friends’ Bookmarks will be updated in February to include all Names of Business Sponsors received to date. Ellen commented that contributing businesses cannot be printed in the Library Newsletter but Friends blog can maintain a listing. Karen will contact Maureen Garvey to assist on this.
Old Business: Earbuds were purchased by the Library and will be sold for $2 (rather than $3). Proceeds will be given to Friends. New jar for spare change has been provided; Diane is working on design of jar. Recommendation to use velcro to attach the jar to prevent loss was approved by Ellen.
New Business: The By-Laws state that an audit of the treasurer’s books should be done within 60 days at close of fiscal year. Discussion ensued on the history of this Article. Karen will contact Friends member Maureen Garvey on this matter.
Next meeting dates: Tuesdays at 4:30 PM-- February 9, March 8, April 12, May 10, June 14, and July 12.
Meeting was adjourned at 5:00 P.M.
Respectfully submitted by Sandra Mintz
