FONCPL March 12, 2014 – West Campus Office Building Present: Tommy T. McNeil, Marcia Cameron, Tori Williams Reid, Linda DiGangi, Mark Smith, Laura Simmons Non-Officio: Lucinda Munger Absent: Bill Barrows, Chris Holaday The Board wished to express its appreciation to Andrea Tullos for serving as Secretary for the February 19th meeting. The minutes of the February meeting were moved to be accepted by Marcia Cameron and second by Linda Di Gangi. Treasurer’s Report - Mark Smith gave the latest report in its new format that allows for comparison of month to month and YTD to YTD activity. Marcia also asked how the funds from the On-going Book sale are being tracked since the beginning of 2014. The former Treasurer would come by the library on a regular basis and collect the funds for deposit. Since Mark is unable to follow the same procedure, Marcia and Laura volunteered to collect and deposit the funds in the credit union on a monthly basis and report the total to Mark. Mark will provide an update financial report that will include these new totals. Lucinda also asked about the funds from the latest sale of the pavers that ended in 2013. Mark will give an update on this as well. The budget was accepted as written. FONCPL meeting on 3/22. Marcia and Laura will be in-charge of the food and beverage for the meeting. Library staff will set up the room on Friday. Volunteers are need for the check-in. Linda will arrive at 9am on Saturday and there will be membership brochures at the check-in desk. Jess will do a tour of the library at the end of the meeting. Also discussed was the possibility of asking Jess for assistance is setting up a Friends Facebook page. Update from OCPL. – Lucinda gave an update concerning the CIP, the proposed budget and the Southern Branch process. Spring Book Sale was not discussed since neither Bill nor Chris was in attendance. Book Consignment – Marcia had not yet met with Ava from Book Consignment.com, but did express a concern that the company will take the “best of the best” and what will that do to the Friends book sale total – ongoing and special event sale. The company is mostly interested in non-fiction books; unfortunately that has also been the most popular genre at the Friends on- going book sale. Laura expressed concern about the Friends getting a reputation for selling low quality materials and how these sales are a benefit to the community. Tori reminded the Friends that the book sales are also a fundraiser for the Friends in order to donate the funds back to the Library. There was a general discussion among the Board on the pros and cons of using a book consignment company, but it was agreed that there would be a trial run for at least one (1) month. Marcia will give an update at the April board meeting. Secretary Vacancy – Lucinda reported on the efforts to recruit a new Secretary for the Board. These efforts included flyers around the library, mentions in the library News of Orange column and being posted on residential listservs. FOCPL Listserv – Tori Williams Reid will lead the efforts to monitor the Friends listserv. Other items – Lucinda will check with the Manager of the Hot Tin Roof for a Friends fundraiser in the spring. The meeting was adjourned at 7:25. The next meeting will be Wednesday, April 9th.
