2011-09-19 Board of Library Trustees Minutes

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RECEIVED MINUTES TOWN CLERK Board of Library Trustees Meeting ��' DING, �� SS. Monday, September 19, 20112011 OCT 20 P 1: 3u Present: David Hutchinson, Chair; Richard Curtis, Vice Chair; Karyn Storti; Vicki Yablonsky; Ruth Urell, Director; Kathryn Melesciuc, Recording Secretary. Absent: Jeffrey Doucette. Meeting called to order: 7:05 p.m. July 25, 2011 Minutes approved unanimously. (K. StortiN. Yablonsky) Financial Report (R. Urell) ■ LSTA Green Grant will be 100% expended by September 30, 2011. Trustee Liaison's Reports Foundation (R. Curtis) Donor appreciation event scheduled for Friday evening, October 14, 2011. Friends (C. Dubois) Working on ideas for upcoming House Tour. Building Program Discussion R. Urell and architects' meeting with M.B.L.C. consultants regarding wait list has been pushed back to January; Discussion of establishing a committee to advocate to the community for the proposed renovation and expansion of the Reading Public Library; ■ The committee will be called "Community Library Improvement Committee" (CLIC) • D. Hutchinson's motion to charge committee — hereby charged and approved by trustees; • Discussion was made for trustees to enlist 20 to 25 members and a chair to head CLIC and to offer suggestions for a kickoff meeting. Director's Report ■ Citizen's Library Walkthrough — Five public sessions have been scheduled to tour the building and to get input and answer questions. R. Urell, a librarian and a trustee will present the sessions. ■ 250 invitations were mailed to 63 communities north of Boston for the Library Legislative Breakfast to be held in Reading on Friday, October 21 from 8 — 9 am. Senator Katharine Clark is the featured speaker;