July 10th Agenda
Hopkins Public Library Board Meeting
July 10th, 2012 7:00 PM
Call to Order
Roll Call
Approval of Agenda
Approval of Minutes
Treasurer’s Report *see attached, amended budget
Correspondence
Public Comment
Director’s Report
Programs Fiber group is meeting the 3rd Monday of the month, book club, coups for troops (coupon clippers), game night -1st Monday of every month – putting this in the summer reading program, Computer Basics Class last month – July has Computer Basics and GoodReads, Arts Alive – voting started June 1st and continues through Sept. 14th (we have 102 votes), Maker's Camp, upcoming paper mache, glass fusing, bracelet making, story time, and book bash – need a volunteer for the Ducks Unlimited event Aug. 4th
Publicity Up to 56 likes on Facebook, and 21 members of the Friends group, new logo as our brand is on the website and will be everywhere, 4th of July exposure
Meetings, workshops, etc Advisory Council Meeting (LLC), Emerging Leaders Program Orientation Meeting, ACLA upcoming meeting
Building Issues broken door
Budget Issues none
Library Closings 4th of July (library functions)
Volunteers 20+ people have signed up for the Friends of the Library group so far and their next meeting will be August 6th, donated books still coming in, have NHS students helping with the Summer Reading Club events (Paper Mache Decorating and Bracelet Making), 4th of July overview
Lakeland, State other library news none
Patron comments and suggestions continued book suggestions, one book that had a complaint
Other Donated backpacks with puppies, blankets and supplies and donated stained glass – now prizes for SRC, still looking for more recipes for next year’s cookbooks, circulation stats continuing to rise about 113% to last year, millage vote coming up in August, planned time off (July 25th, September)
Old Business
New Business: Disaster plan
Public Comment
Adjournment
Next Meeting Tuesday August 14th, 2012 at 7:00 PM