AGENDA
- Call to Order: 6:30 p.m.
Present: Stephanie Knop (new outreach person for library), Nancy Crews (new branch manager for the library), Michael Corrado, Gail Corrado, Stacie Gamble, Andrea Tullos, James Maxey, Anne Anthony, Shannon Turlington, Samantha Bryant, Grace Johnston
- Annex kids book sale in Fairview - Library guest will attend this discussion
Michael and Gail suggested that we hold a kids book sale at the substation at Fairview. They will spearhead planning with Stephanie Knop. Also discussed filling the Little Free Library that United Way already set up in the space.
- Role of Friends in Library support and funding
The county contributes and we support what the county does not.
(Paper handout: Working Together: Roles and Responsibilities Guidelines).
Friends covers special programs, but not collections or regular programs. We are careful to keep these separate so as not to open a door for the county to stop paying for some things.
- Library update (to include funding questions raised by Board)
- Waiting on the Town of Carrboro about designing and opening new library.
- Working on filling two positions and getting back to full staffing.
- Budget has been submitted. Asked for increases in all collections.
- Summer Learning teeshirts: order sheet
- Funding request: new projector
- Jason is investigating options
- Gail and Michael would like us to look at sound options as well
- James moved to support, Anne seconded. Unanimous vote.
- Hoopla: $24K a year, $2K a month and set a daily threshold of checkouts. Different items cost more than others. Overdrive use is also really up.
- Book sale update and planning
$2252 from Pop-up booksale.
April booksale, we’ll need more books, so need to promote and maybe have a book drive on Saturday 20 April.
Looking at opening Tuesday night and doing afternoon and evening Wednesday and Thursday, then full day Friday, Saturday, Sunday.
Rejoined FONCPL for $50. Unanimous vote.
- Upcoming events update and planning
- March 30: 12:30-3:00 FONCPL meeting at this library (Gail and Michael will attend)
- Comic-Con May 25th: 7 or 8 guests. One artist wants to do a coloring workshop on how she digitally colors workshop.
- June 28 and July 26 film events. Last Fridays. Michael and Gail.
- September 27 and 28: Local Author Book Fair. Jill McCorkle will be our headline guest. At organizing meeting, wants to divide up guest recruitment. Suggest money for ads in newspaper and on Facebook and on WHUP. Samantha, Stacey, James, and Shannon are interested.
- Ghost Stories: October 25.
- Book Tour by Candlelight December: Seeking Friends volunteers to work the event and someone to be part of planning. First meeting March 18, Monday 11:00-12:00. Andrea will go to the meeting.
- Board memberships
Checking on board members.
James and Grace will talk about setting up a way to pay online through Square (sending invoices).
- Open discussion - topics not covered in agenda
- Adjournment
