February Minutes

MINUTES OF THE FRIENDS OF THE MERRICK LIBRARY THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 21, 2013 Lori Stayer opened the meeting at 4:35 PM. Present: Lori Stayer (President), Carol Fontana (Vice President), Diane Christie (Treasurer), David R. Stayer (Secretary), Jonathan Haas (Business Chair), Shirley Sherwin and Joan Sculli. The minutes for the January meeting were read. Joan moved and Diane seconded acceptance of the minutes. The motion passed. Report of the Treasurer: Diane gave the report. Savings account $6,970.16 checking account $450.00. The book sale brought in $333.00 since our last meeting. The raffle for the month brought in $84.00. Carol moved and Jonathan seconded acceptance of the report of the treasurer. The motion passed. Old Business: After some discussion we have decided to issue a certificate rather than a decal for the Businesses becoming members of the Friends. Carol will request that Art design the certificate. We will also work on a Friend’s membership flyer. Jonathan proposed that we ask the Merrick Library when issuing each museum pass to include a pamphlet recognizing the Friends for our purchasing the museum passes. He will draft the text for the pamphlet. New Business: We are considering having a membership drive Coffee Shop in June 2013. We would prefer a Sunday afternoon, but this will need to be discussed with the Director of the Merrick Library. Our attempt on a Wednesday evening in June of 2012 was a failure. Our next meeting is Thursday, March 21, 2013 at the Merrick Library beginning at 4:30 PM. All Friends are invited to attend.Since no other business came before the Friends the meeting was adjourned at 6:05 PM. Respectfully submitted, David R. Stayer, LCSW-R

Minutes of January 2013 Meeting

MINUTES FOR THE MEETING OF THE FRIENDS OF THE MERRICK LIBRARY THURSDAY, JANUARY 24, 2013 Lori Stayer opened the meeting at 4:35 PM. Present: Lori Stayer (President), Carol Fontana (Vice President), Diane Christie (Treasurer), David R. Stayer (Secretary), Jonathan Haas (Business Chair) and Marion Ormsten (Correspondence Chair). The minutes from the December Friends meeting were read. Marion moved and Diane seconded their approval as read. The motion passed. Treasurer’s Report: Diane gave the report. Savings account $6,784.04 and checking account $450.25. Since our last meeting the book sale netted $276.00. David moved and Jonathan seconded approval of the report. The motion passed. New Business: Our new Vice President is Carol Fontana who is assuming volunteer coordination for the book sale. Merrick Life mistakenly billed the Merrick Friends for a full page ad. This has been corrected and the Friends of the North Merrick Library have been properly billed. Jonathan will continue as Business Chair but he will be employed as of February 1, 2013. Old Business: We need a Publicity Chair. The Friends fiscal year is from September 1 through August 31. We need to copy membership forms, update the officer status with the bank and development the business brochures. The Business Membership will commence once the brochures are sent. Our next meeting is Thursday, February 21, 2013 at the Merrick Library beginning at 4:30 PM. All Friends are invited to attend. Since no further business needed discussion a motion to adjourn was made. The meeting adjourned at 5:25 PM. Respectfully submitted, David R. Stayer, LCSW-R

December minutes

MINUTES OF THE FRIENDS OF THE MERRICK LIBRARY MEETING THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 2012 Lori Stayer opened the meeting at 4:45 PM. Present: Lori Stayer (President), David R. Stayer (Secretary) and Diane Christie (Treasurer). The minutes for our September meeting were read and approved. Report of the Treasurer: Diane reported our savings account has $6,369.02 and our checking account has $450.25. The report was approved. Old business: The book sale since September has netted $467.50. The raffle has netted $108.00. Five Business Memberships since September totaling $375.00. Because of the disaster of super storm Sandy, Karen Tusa has resigned as Vice President. She has done exemplary work for the Friends. We know that Karen and her husband will recover from Sandy’s devastation. Carol Fontana has been appointed Vice President according to the Bylaws of the Friends. Diane reported that our latest raffle netted $26.00. The winner has been notified. The next three meetings of the Friends are Thursday, January 24, 2013, Thursday, February 21, 2013 and Thursday, March 21, 2013 at 4:30 PM. All meetings are at the Merrick Library beginning at 4:30 PM. The meeting adjourned at 5:15 Pm. Respectfully submitted, David R. Stayer, LCSW-R

Today's Meeting Cancelled

The regularly scheduled meeting of the Friends for October 25th has been cancelled.

Minutes from September 2012 meeting

MINUTES FOR THE MEETING OF THE FRIENDS OF THE MERRICK LIBRARY THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 2012 Lori Stayer opened the meeting at 4:35 PM. Present: Lori Stayer (President), Karen A. Tusa (Vice President), Diane Christie (Treasurer), David R. Stayer (Secretary), Jonathan Haas (via phone--Business Chair), and Joann Petrowski. Minutes of the August meeting were read. Karen moved and Diane seconded their approval. The motion passed. Old Business: The Better World Books bin is now available at the Wing. It fills up quickly. The book sale netted $41 yesterday, and $212 since our August meeting. Karen reported that the raffle netted $43. From now on Diane will report on the raffle. The winner was drawn and notified. Karen also reported that out of the 73 members contacted, 51 have renewed. Jonathan called in regarding the Business Memberships. He will require one hundred additional brochures. About half of the Chamber of Commerce Business list has been contacted. Publicity for the businesses that become members at $75 will commence in January of 2013. The next weeding will occur Thursday, October 25, 2012 at the Merrick Library Wing from Ten AM to Twelve PM. Joann has agreed to help with the raffle at the library on Tuesday and Friday. She has agreed to assist by calling Friends members prior to our upcoming meetings. Our meetings on Thursday, October 25, 2012 and Thursday, November 29, 2012 will be held in the multipurpose room. The meeting on Thursday, December 20, 2012 will be held in the conference room at the Merrick Library. These meetings will begin at 4:00 PM. All Friends are invited to attend. Lori and Diane will work on the Friends Tax Return. We will contact our Publicity Chair. The meeting adjourned at 6 PM. Respectfully submitted, David R. Stayer, LCSW-R

Minutes of the August 2012 Meeting

MINUTES FOR THE MEETING OF THE FRIENDS OF THE MERRICK LIBRARY THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 2012 Lori Stayer opened the meeting at 4:35 PM." Present: Lori Stayer (President), Karen A. Tusa (Vice President), Diane Christie (Treasurer), David R. Stayer (Secretary) and Felizia Bushkin. The minutes of the July meeting were read. Karen moved and Felizia seconded their approval. The motion passed. Report of the treasurer: Diane gave the report. Savings account $4,426.02 checking account $355.08. We will transfer from the savings account to assure the checking account has a minimum balance of $500.00. David moved and Karen seconded approval of the report of the treasurer. The motion passed. Book Sale for yesterday netted $50.00. Committee Reports: Karen reported that 73 membership renewal letters were sent and 32 responses have been received. The raffle for this month netted $67.00. The winner was drawn and has been notified. The raffle for September will include cookbooks and a gift certificate from Nicholas James. Jonathan has sent out 40 business membership letters. We will request the list so follow up contacts can be pursued. Lori Karen and Art did weeding today. Mysteries and fiction were the categories done. The Better World Books bin should be arriving next week. Our meetings for Thursday, October 25, Thursday, November 29 and Thursday, December 20, 2012 will begin at 4:00 Pm at the Merrick Library. Our new Publicity Chair is Jay Cincotta. We will send Debbie Jones of the Merrick Library a get well card. The next meeting of the Friends of the Merrick Library is Thursday, September 20, 2012 at 4:30 PM at the Merrick Library. All Friends are invited to attend. Since no other business was needed, Diane moved and David seconded for adjournment. The meeting adjourned at 5:30 PM. Respectfully submitted, David R. Stayer, LCSW-R

July Minutes

MINUTES FOR THE MEETING OF THE FRIENDS OF THE MERRICK LIBRARY THURSDAY, JULY 19, 2012 Lori Stayer opened the meeting at 4:35 PM. Present: Lori Stayer (President), Karen A. Tusa (Vice President), David R. Stayer (Secretary), Marion Ormsten (Correspondence Chair), Jonathan Haas (Business Chair) and Art Sacharoff. The minutes for the June meeting were read. Karen moved and Art seconded their approval. The motion passed. Ellen Firer came to indicate that Debbie Jones will not be available as Library Liaison and we should contact Ellen directly. Report of the Treasurer: Lori Stayer gave the report of the treasurer since Diane was not available. Savings account $3,538.46 and checking account $601.03. The latest book sale netted $49.00. David moved and Karen seconded the report of the treasurer be approved. The motion passed. Old Business: The Proposed letter to acquire Business membership was approved. The Business Brochure is ready to accompany each letter. Karen reported that the annual membership letter is ready. The letter was read and a membership form will accompany each letter. We are requesting that the members of the Merrick Library Board join the Friends. Karen also reported that this month’s raffle raised $43.00. The raffle winner was drawn and notified. Next month Children’s Books will be raffled. Weeding was done today. Books more then two years old and categories that were unpopular were removed. The library had the wing air conditioner repaired. Marion will send a thinking of you card to Lois. We have been asked to fund the Children’s Museum in New York City for $225.00, and the Cold Spring Harbor Museum for $200.00. This will be considered. Overeaters Anonymous has donated $150.00 to the Friends. A Thank you note will be sent to them. The new officers for the Friends are listed on the Merrick Library web site. Our next meeting is Thursday, August 23, 2012 beginning at 4:30 PM at the Merrick Library. All Friends are invited to attend. Since there was no further business Art moved and Karen seconded the motion to adjourn. The meeting adjourned at 5:21 PM. Respectfully submitted David R. Stayer, LCSW-R