February 11 Minutes
Hopkins District Library Board Meeting Minutes
February 11, 2014
Present: Suzanne Antvelink , Natalie Bazan, Karon Dunifin, Lynn Francis, Mimi Gabriel, Anita Kerber, David Klink, Barbara Wrobleski
Absent: Chris Navis
1. Meeting was called to order at 7:00 PM.
2. Roll Call.
3. Approval of Agenda
Approved.
4. Approval of Minutes
Approved.
5. Treasurer’s Report
Report is postponed due to tax season.
6. Correspondence
· None.
7. Public Comment
· None.
8. Director’s Report
* Programs
o Sticks & Strings – 3rd Monday of the month.
o Book club meeting regularly.
o Friends group.
o Barb Bennett – starting Healthy U - pillowcases March 17.
o Appetizer party.
o Flowers in February, 26th.
* Publicity
o Up to 168 likes on Facebook.
o Globe articles.
o Wayland Townbroadcast.
o Allegan News.
o Article submitted for January ACCF news insert.
* Meetings, workshops, etc.
o Advisory and board meeting for LLC.
o Director’s summit meeting.
o Rural libraries conference.
o Big Talk from Small Libraries speaker.
o Booked for the PLA conference March 11.
* Building Issues
o Water outages, may continue until ground thaws and repairs can be made.
* Budget Issues
o None.
* Library Closings
o Weather closures.
* Volunteers
o 22 people in Friends of the Library group.
o Donations of books still arriving.
o Program ideas.
* Lakeland, State, other library news
o none.
* Patron comments and suggestions
o Book suggestions.
o DVD suggestions.
* Other
o Summer secret project.
o 3 joint grant applications.
o Chosen to be a speaker for the national Big Talk from Small Libraries conference.
o Prepping presentation for Lakeland’s continuing education.
o ACCF – Youth Leadership conference March 22.
o Applying for ALA conference grant.
9. Old Business
· Township update.
10. New Business
* Lynn made motion to reschedule next month’s meeting from March 11 to March 18 due to conflict with PLA conference. Suzanne seconded, motion passed.
11. Public comment
· None.
12. Meeting was adjourned at 7:55 PM.
Next meeting scheduled for Tuesday, March 18th at 7:00 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Dave Klink