Board of Library Trustees Meeting
September 2, 2008

7:00 p.m.

Medway Public Library

Attendees:

Trustees:

MaryAnn Cabibbo
Meena Jain, Vice Chair
Margaret Perkins, Assistant to the Director
William Roberts, Secretary
Wendy Rowe, Chair

Citizens:

Minutes:

1. Approval of agenda

Motion to approve agenda: WLR1, MAC2, passed unanimously

2. Secretary's report (July/August)

Motion to approve minutes as amended (MaryAnn warn't there). Yep 3, Nope 0, Didnt Vote 1 (MaryAnn)

3. Citizens Speak

None

4. Budget Report
5. Acting Director's Report
• Re-certification path update

Emailed legislators and copied town poobahs

• Area fee survey

Compiling the responses. A couple outlying libraries haven't returned their answers. We seem to be generally in the middle

• Art Grant

Going to apply for a grant that would provide 20 posters of art works on the condition that we display them.

6. Assistant to the Director's Report
• ARIS report

In process of filling it out and the state aid forms.

• updating Policy and Procedure Manual

Generally documenting who things are done

• weeding status

Weeded to the body-building books (in the 600s). Above that it is still a jungle

7. Old business
8. New Business
• Fall Special Town Meeting warrant articles due 1pm Friday (9/5)

Library needs none

• Lorie's preschool storyhour Fridays Sept 26-Nov 7

Sign-up starts today

• Friends donation & projects (Meena)
• Website changes
• Free workshops, need pre-registration
• Sat Sept 13 "Friends Sharing with Friends" (Trustees, Staff, Friends)
• Sat Sept 20 "How to Advocate Effectively for the Library Budget"

Margaret's going

9. Sat Oct 4 "Library Security Summit" (Trustees, Staff, Friends)
10. Fundraising

Need activities for the Barnes & Noble event. Perhaps the Charles River Chorale (a local chorus)

11. Next Meeting Oct 7

Motion to adjourn (7:50), MJ1, MAC2, passed unanimously