Minutes – Friends of the Orange County Public Library

9 February 7:00

In library meeting room/Zoom

Call to order

Establish quorum (5/9) – highlight = present

Treasurer’s report

Old Business:

Bank Account – Diane Kelly and Melissa Bourbon have been added
Book Sale
1. Signs - Vote on add’l amount for new signs (previously approved up to $200) - $30.03 unfunded
  1. unanimous approval of extra expense ($30.03)
  2. put signs up: weaver street, churton south (Samantha), near Hillsborough BBQ & Gold Park (Marc), 70 Churton Grove (Wendy), north Churton (Mark), schools (Samantha “Sam” Dickerson). Put signs out Monday of the week before. Pick signs back up Sunday evening or Monday.
2. Soliciting book donations – help spread word
  1. proposed book drive during set up
3. volunteer roles
  1. put up signs, pass out signs
  2. propose giving volunteers a bag/shirt, approved
  3. book sorting
4. pick up of unsold books:
  1. our pickup will be Monday, so Sunday cleanup will involved boxing and stacking for pickup of unsold books
Audit – set date?
1. committee was set in January: Diane Kelly, Marc M., Diane Decker (coordinate with Shannon, Treasurer)

New Business:

1) Nancy/Jody – National Library Week in April

Culture Club events
April 24-29, each day themed
request:
- 29th Saturday: take action for libraries day. They’d like us to have a recruitment table that day.
- 25th library workers day: staff appreciation day. They request we resume this practice of a catered event onsite, perhaps lunch. We’ll need to include vegetarian options. Plan for 35ish people.
  - unanimous approval of doing this

2) Join Friends of North Carolina Public Libraries - $35, gives us access to compliance checklist among other benefits

3) membership software setup (expense previously approved)

Adjourn