Friends of the Merrick Library
Minutes of Meeting February 9,
2016
Meeting was called to order at
4:35 PM by Chairperson, Karen Tusa.
Present: Karen Tusa (President), Howard Schwartz
(Vice-President), Diane Christie (Treasurer) Marion Ormsten (Correspondence
Secretary), Sandra Mintz.
Minutes: January minutes
were reviewed and accepted as emailed.
Treasurer’s Report: Savings
$6,455.01. Checking $210.30. Total Income to savings was $915 of which
Residential Membership was $90.00 and Business Membership was $825.00. There were no expenditures this month.
Membership Report: Thirty one renewals
have been received to-date of 58 members. Three new memberships have been
received for the year. Most of the
phone calls for the status of membership renewal were completed. Karen
will publish ad for membership/volunteer with Friends in local paper.
Business Membership: Mailed
158 requests and received 14 for a total of $825. Two business members had indicated a desire
to volunteer on the brochure. Karen contacted
them; one responded with no availability at this time. Karen will contact the second business
sponsor again. Maureen Garvey will update Friends Blog with business sponsors
on a monthly basis. Bookmarks will be updated
and printed with business sponsors. ”What
Friends Do” and application will be maintained on front of bookmark. In March, Karen will provide Marion with a
list of the remaining businesses to contact for consideration of a Friends
membership. Karen will provide Howard
with an additional list of approximately 50 local businesses to address
envelopes.
Old Business: Spare change
jar was replaced with velcro at the circulation desk. Thank you to Diane for selling raffles at the
Library Sunday program on 1/10 and for participating in the Library’s author
visit on 1/13.
New Business: Howard or
Diane will volunteer for Sunday 2/28 at the Library to sell raffles from 1-2
PM. Karen, Diane, Howard and Marion will
review the Books of the Treasurer on March 15th at 4:30 PM. An Acting Secretary is needed for Friends. Any Friend member interested may contact
Karen at karentusa2@gmail.com.
Next meeting dates: Tuesdays at 4:30 PM- March 8, April 12, May
10, June 14, and July 12.
Meeting was adjourned at 5:00
P.M.
Respectfully submitted by Sandra
Mintz
