Hopkins Public Library Board Meeting and Budget Hearing
October 9th, 2012 7:00 PM
Call to Order
Roll Call
Approval of Agenda
Approval of Minutes
Treasurer’s Report *see attached
Correspondence
Public Comment
Director’s Report
Programs Sticks & Strings group is meeting the 3rd Monday of the month, book club, Coups for Troops (coupon clippers), game night -1st Monday of every month, Financal Literacy
(Loans, Credit, Budgeting, and Excel), Gardening fun with concrete (free
to district, $10 to everyone else), National Organ Donor Registry
Location, Upcoming this month: Jewelry Making class (free to district, $5 to everyone else),
Halloween (candy check at the library, story, cookies and cider),
Next month: Christmas ornament extravaganza (inviting school classes and then open
to community later in the evening - painted plaster ornaments and
cookies cutter felted ornaments), Glass fused suncatchers part 2 (free
to ages 10-18 in our district, $15 to everyone else).
Publicity Up to 68 likes on Facebook, articles in the Globe
Meetings, workshops, etc Michigan Library Association Annual Conference (Nov. 7-9), Advisory Meeting
Building Issues broken door
Budget Issues none
Library Closings none
Volunteers 21 people have signed up for the Friends
of the Library group so far and their next meeting will be Oct. 8th,
donated books still coming in (slowly), Lakeland, State other library news none
Patron comments and suggestions continued book
suggestions, may make a form for teachers to suggest books that would be
useful to their classes/interesting to thier students-have a box to put
them in at school or give them to Suzanne? - propose making sure that
even non-resident teachers can get a card here (free non-resident card)
to encourage use of the library
Other Received grant for $1,000, applying for
grants, circulation up, Friends group planning, still looking for vendors for the Winter Bazaar
Old Business
New Business: Director's Evaluation
Public Comment
Adjournment
Next Meeting Tuesday November 13th, 2012 at 7:00 PM