FOCPL meeting
6:30
March 15, 2018
Present: Harry, James, Andrea, Samantha, Stacey, Alexis, and Susan
6:42
Booksale debrief
- Approximately $2900 profit
- Troubleshooting the square sales
- Auction books: Thursday night bids are settled after friends reception, the rest are settled at the end of the Saturday sale (Stacey will add this to the procedures)
- Sales trajectory may seem downward, but we are selling more in the ongoing sale.
- We need to up our advertising
- Other volunteers could put up signs
- Check out the Pittsboro sale for a successful model
- Strategy: highlighting our offerings ahead of time
- More social media presence
- Scheduling 2019 sales
- Consider last weekend April 20-28 (do book drive on Saturday); October 20-27 (coincide with Last Friday)
- Auction items, signed items
- Idea: connect to estate sale groups
NC Friends Meeting debrief: James attended.
- Annual cash awards available from state organization (Andrea recommends we tout our programmatic stuff: music and authors)
- Asheboro partnered with tourism board, which gave them 20K for a lecture series: accompanied with a private dinner for higher donors, etc. (Burwell school did well with Lee Smith, etc. at LeLand’s auction house-public event, and private more intimate event)
- Some discussion of lobbying the legistlature
- Burlington makes 30K; they sell nice tote bags for the bag day. 100 or so for $4ish each. ($10 bag that they are allowed to fill)
- Some friends groups are playing with Patreon.
- Pittsboro: money is to partner with a country club.
Upcoming Events
- May 19: Garden Party @ Harry’s House, 3:00-6:00
- Auction items
- Kona Ice: Susan will call
- Chairs: American Party Rentals deliver chairs cheaply, Harry will call (25 chairs, maybe 3-4 tables)
- Bubbles
- Face paint
- Balloon animals
- Shannon: send details to Libby for library newsletter
- Summer learning kickoff June 2
- June 29: concert
- July 27: concert
- September? Moorfields Bluegrass Vegetable; Coon Rock Farms cookbook. ?
- October ghost stories
- November Book sale
Financial Review needed: CTE program at Orange High?
- book club bags are live
- April 11: Francis Mays will be at the library (book launch)
- Summary of what librarians have been up to (Andrea will email)
- Proposal will be coming for summer learning
- Carrboro approved design team for Southern Branch to open
April 26 FOCPL Garden Planning meeting
