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RECEIVED <br />Minutes of the Board of Library Trustees Meetin TOWN CLERK <br />gE ��DING. M� SS. <br />Monday, February 13, 2012 R <br />Present: 1011 MAR 20 P 12: 43 <br />David Hutchinson, Chair; Dick Curtis, Asst. Chair; Karyn Storti, Secretary; Vicki Yablonsky; <br />Cherrie Dubois; Ruth Urell, Director <br />Observers: <br />Alice Collins; Andrew Grimes; Karen Herrick <br />Meeting called to order 7:05 pm <br />Minutes of the January 9, 2012 meeting approved unanimously (C. Dubois /V. Yablonsky) <br />Financial Report/ Budget (R. Urell) <br />The memorial bench collection in honor of Ted McIntire is almost completely funded; any <br />excess funds will be put toward a memorial tree fund. <br />The Library's budget will fully comply with the MBLC Municipal Appropriation Requirement <br />(M.A.R.) for FY2013. <br />C. Dubois, V. Yablonsky and R. Urell will attend the March 7'h FINCOM FY13 Budget Meeting <br />at the RMLD. <br />R. Urell corresponded with P. Hechenbleikner regarding plans for spending the library's State <br />Aid budget as he had asked about it. The Library would like to use the funds to pay for a self - <br />check circulation system, but because of space constraints and new software, would like to hold <br />off the install. <br />Trustee Liaison Reports <br />Foundation (R. Curtis) <br />Returns on the annual gift solicitation were in line with prior years. <br />Friends (C. Dubois) <br />House Tour is Sunday in May 6, 2012. C. Dubois and V. Yablonsky have visited the <br />homes and they can't get over how beautiful the Cape style houses are. <br />Director's Report <br />A letter from the MBLC granting the library its M.A.R. waiver application arrived today. There <br />are three communities that did not receive certification from the MBLC. The circulation <br />department has been notified not to allow patrons from these communities to borrow materials. <br />Reading, and other towns, has a no -loan rule against non - certified libraries. <br />The migration to the new Evergreen system will go live on May 29`' and replace our current <br />Millennium system. Noble is training three librarians per library in cataloging and customizing <br />our system and these three RPL librarians will train our staff who will learn everything new all <br />over again from statistics, checking materials, website and patron profiles. This changeover is <br />Minutes of the Board of Library Trustees — February 13, 2012 <br />