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Tuesday, October 16, 2012 at 4:00 P.M., Library Learning Center
Members Present: Fran Post, Eileen Price, Ken Dane, Jennifer Cohn, Mirandy Cook
Members Absent: Kiera Miller - Hodlik, Nathan Allen
Staff Present: Theresa Percy
Scribe: Mirandy Cook
Public Comment: None
Communications:
The program "Eating Dirt" was well attended.
Chris Wilson has attended a few children's programs to offer information and answer
questions about the Library Expansion Project to families.
Staff Report:
An updated handout of the Library Expansion Project has been made available. It
includes the plan of action should the expansion project not be completed. There will
eventually be an article in both the Leader and the Peninsula Daily News with this
updated information.
Theresa proposed a stronger role to initiate, organize, and follow up efforts to
gather people to voice their positive opinions of the Library to the City Council. Theresa
also requested board members attend the City Council meetings, which are on the first
and third Monday of every month at 6:30 P.M. On a rotational basis, members should
voice their own positive opinions to the council to rebut the repetition of negative
complaints the council has seen recently.
The staff of the Library went on a retreat to Whidbey Island this past week. Part
of this trip was to see the Coupeville Library which has recently been remodeled and
has many of the modern features that our projected plan of the Library will have.
Theresa asked the Board if it would be worthwhile to create a slideshow presentation
with photos of the Coupeville Library's features to offer a visual aid to potential donors in
conjunction with an information session. It was unanimous among present Board
members, that it would be very worthwhile. Ken stated that even he has a difficult time
visualizing what the future library could look like. It was agreed that January and
February would be a good time of year to have these informative gatherings, and that
people would be more likely to attend since it is a less hectic time of year. Eileen made
the suggestion to include a special guest speaker to attract higher attendance to these
information programs.
The November Port Townsend Shorts will include a program about the library
followed by a "flash mob" dance.
Friends Report: None
0 Library Foundation Report:
It was discussed that the complexity of the Library Expansion Project is very
unclear and confusing to potential donors. It needs to be understood that it is a process
of phases and not a one -time affair. It is crucial to make this statement clear and
concise and to get that information out to the people.
Three new members were approved and joined the Library foundation.
A donor recognition was published in the newspaper.
Old Business:
Do we continue the clarification of the Board's role as defined on the City and
Library's website?
New Business:
Fran Post, our chair person, will be out of town in November, so our usual
monthly meeting will be postponed until December 4th.
We will be having our annual holiday party on January 5th. Details will follow.
Meeting adjourned at 5:30 P.M.; Next meeting is December 4th at the Library Learning
Center.
CJ