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Members Present:
Ron Remington, Julie Olson, Joelle Artl, Karen Spiegeler, Julie Sedey,
Mark Casey
(City) Members absent: Cindy Ahrens,
Denise Safranek, Dawn Schaefer Stumpf (Programming), Sandy Otto (Librarian),
Joan Allen (GRRL
Review of the Agenda:
Remove Technology from the agenda. MSP
(Julie O., Karen) to approve amended agenda.
Secretarys Report:
MSP (Joelle, Julie O.) to approve the minutes.
Financial Report
no activity. Balance at
$1553.91. Storage space was
requested from the city for
historical material for the Improvement Club and Friends of the Library.
Mark will check on the cost for additional shelving.
Librarians Report:
In August 40 children/adults attended 2 story times, 7 people volunteered 40
hours, Sandy proctored one exam, 124 people used the Internet on the non-GRRL
computer donated by the Improvement Club, 101 students started the summer
reading program with 31 finishing, 11 teenagers signed up for the reading
program and 5 have returned coupons and 150 people with laptops have used WiFi
since it was installed.
GRRL Report:
No report
Programming Report:
The summer Tuesday morning programs were well attended.
It was decided to not have Saturday morning programs in the summer due to
low attendance. During the school
year, there will be programs on the third Saturday on the month.
GRRL provides 2 programs. Early
Childhood and Family Ed. provides pre-school programs throughout the year.
Mary Iverson will be Mrs. Santa Claus.
FOL Report: Ron
reported that $926.81 was taken in at the book sale.
FOL balance is $5502.91 Stan
Tekiela will speak at a free event on Oct. 10 in the seniors room.
He will speak on uncommon facts about common birds.
Faith Sullivan, author of the
Art Committee
Dawn, Ron, and Julie
O.
The hanger
needs to be adjusted before Julia Barkleys painting can be hung in the
childrens area. Art displays from
our schools have been arranged for display in the library.
Publicity Committee
- Cindy, Karen, Ron, and Bonnie Gutzwiller
The
committee will meet next week. An ad
will be put in local newspapers with information on Stan Tekielas
presentation.
Old Business:
MSP (Karen,
Julie O.) to spend up to $50 for any board member to attend the MLA Conference
in Mankato on Oct. 25, 2007.
New Business:
It was
suggested to ask Kristy Smith to clarify our purpose as a Library Board and
where is GRRL on developing new policies
for new libraries.
The next
meeting will be Oct. 4, 2007 at 4:00 p.m.
MSP (Julie
O., Joelle) to adjourn.
Respectfully
Submitted
Julie Sedey, Secretary