Minutes August 10, 2010

Amy called the meeting to order at 7 P.M. with Donna, Carol, Janet, Joan, Doris, Gay, and Jeanne present. Elaine and John arrived later.

The secretary's report for the March 16th meeting was filed for audit

Donna gave the treasurer's report. Income included money from Florence for a share of the Book Page subscription. Joan commented that we might want to keep all of them as there aren't enough to go around for OF patrons, or it was suggested to possible give them fewer.

The 3 brat fries brought in a profit of $640.73. The first two days were very rainy, but they did well anyhow, and Carl and Shirley had purchased supplies when they were on sale.

The balance on hand as of July 31 is $3786.93. The treasurer's report was filed for audit.

Amy asked if the Piggly Wiggly stand had been booked for Fun Fest weekend.

Thank you notes/photos from the scholarship recipients, Kristen Schlorf and Bryce Iverson, were passed around.

Amy reported on the float for the Memorial Day parade and thanked those who tidied up the landscaping before the Nicolet System meeting hosted by the OF Library. Amy will look into getting wood chips for the plantings in the area around the flagpole and do fall maintenance to dig out excess perennials before the book sale.

Thanks were given to Donna for her years of services; she has moved from library staff to volunteer.

The book sale will begin on Thursday, September 16th. Help is needed for setup and take down as well as cashiering during the sale. Jeanne will contact Jerry and Carol Fritsch and Joan will contact Colleen Jessel to ask if the boys could help move books. The motion was made by Jeanne and seconded by Donna to pay for pizza if the Jessel family comes for the day. M/S/C

Volunteers are also needed to do a head count of library users during the week of October 18th-23rd. Janet and Carol volunteered to spend some time at this; Jeanne will send an email asking for volunteers.

Joan told about the series of programs planned for fall and requested $500 for payment of speakers. The motion was by Gay and seconded by Jeanne M/S/C
The programs are as follows:
9-30 Mike Reisch: Know Your Land
10-7 Monette Bebow Reinhard: Native American Culture
10-14 Diane Nichols: History of Oconto Falls/Oconto County
10-28 Jerry Apps-charges $250, plus hotel room, mileage, expenses

Joan requested funding for a new copy machine with scanning ability to utilize the Times Herald archives. Elaine made the motion and Donna seconded it for $1700 for purchase, with the funds from the sale of the current copier coming back to the Friends. M/S/C

Joan wishes to have the meeting room repainted after the book sale, but before September 30. The motion was made by John and seconded by Carol to provided $80 to purchase paint. Amy will help and volunteered John; Elaine will also help and Donna will tape. M/S/C

The motion was made by Jeanne and seconded by Janet to provide $500 to take advantage of the large-print book sale in the fall. M/S/C

$506 was approved for the purchase of audio books from Linda Kruegar at the rate of $1 per disk. Motion was made by Jeanne and seconded by Carol M/S/C

The Oconto County Library Board and libraries will have a booth at the Oconto County Fair and at the fly-in in Oconto on September 18th.

Donna told about the quilt which is currently on display at the library, which is a fundraiser for the Oconto County Fair, and thanked Joan for making tickets available at the library.

The motion to adjourn was made by Gay and seconded by Janet. M/S/C

Following the meeting, refreshments were served and Donna was presented with a gift from Friends of The Library