1) CALL TO ORDER/ESTABLISH QUORUM – Meeting called to order at 7:05 pm, quorum established. Present: Lisa Cawley, Diane Decker, Diane Kelly (virtually), Meloria Leiser, William McLean, Meg Stouffer (virtually), Laura Sumrell, Tess Tessier. 2) Minutes for June, 2026, are approved. 3) TREASURER'S REPORT The total bank balance is $49,492.98, down $244.46 since our last meeting. Cash in is $949.99 in donations and memberships, $308.50 from the ongoing book sale, and $55.82 in interest. Cash out is $958.00 for annual insurance renewal, $300.00 for annual renewal of Hillsborough Chamber membership, $134.38 for the library water cooler, $87.21 for quarterly sales taxes, $44.50 in processing fees, and $34.68 for staff appreciation (reimbursement for drinks for the staff lunch). Donations and memberships include $100 for Purple Crow. Please let Grace know if you know what that was for. 4) MEMBERSHIP REPORT We have 224 active members. Since last meeting, we have received four gifts totaling $125. This includes 29 lifetime members added to our list from the Carrboro Friends.
5) LIBRARY REPORT
Main Library Teen After Hours Lock-In, July 17 5:30-10:00 pm Teens get to hang out at the library after closing. Teens play games, tackle challenges, and enjoy pizza. Unearthing Local History: Archaeology at Ayr Mount, July 18 12:00-1:30 pm UNC graduates and undergraduate students are working to reveal more of the property's pre-colonial history through archival research and archaeological fieldwork. In this talk, they will present preliminary findings from their work, including ground-penetrating radar and archaeological excavation. Song Keepers: American Hidden Musical Treasures July 23 6:30-8:30 pm
Music Maker Foundation released “Song Keepers” to celebrate its downtown Hillsborough 30th anniversary. Join the Director Tim Duffy and song author Georgann Eubanks on the essential cultural history the Foundation seeks to protect and promote. Summer Reading Finale! Frozen Treats July 25 12:00-2:00 pm All Summer Reading participants are invited to drop to enjoy a cool treat as a thank you for participating this year. Southern Creative Journaling Meet-ups with Carolina Cozy Journaling Club July 31 4:00-6:00 pm Whether you’re into daily journaling, collage spreads, or love talking pens and planners, you’ve found your people. Bring your notebooks, stickers, or just yourself.
BUSINESS
Carrboro friends has residual funds that could be transferred. We need to find out what the procedure is. We could create a welcome letter to all the lifetime members and a separate letter to others encouraging them to join us. We could also include information in the Newsletter to let people know that the two library Friends groups are together. We have renewed our existing insurance but need to negotiate an insurance alternative. We need to clarify what insurance coverage we have and what we need. Diane, Grace, Melissa and William met and reviewed various Memos of Understanding. The next step would be to share with the Board and then pass it along to library staff. They will send us the link to review. We should have a vote from the Board to approve before presenting to library administration. Extraordinary Ventures will take the unsold books after the sale, but they no longer have any trucks. Diane offered to rent a truck again; We have banners and signs but need to get them approved. We have Signup Genius for volunteers, but we can do a test run to see if signup can be done on the website.
William will send out an example of the website with signup included. We may want to look for corporate support for the summer reading program. We could also investigate multiple levels of support or asking businesses around the library to help. September is national library card signup month. William will talk with Nancy to see what we can do to support it, perhaps with a link to joining the Friends. Meeting adjourned 8:12 pm
