Trustee and Volunteer meeting minutes 3.6.08

Roger Clark Memorial Library
Pittsfield Vermont
Meeting Minutes
March 6, 2008

New trustees April Hayden and Karen Waterworth were welcomed.
Marion Abrams was named Chairperson: Susie Martin, Treasurer; April Hayden and Karen Waterworth, Secretaries.
Volunteers Sharon Mayer and Angelique Lee were present.
Treasurer’s report was presented; accounts reviewed and found to be in good order.

Old Business
Most library shifts had been covered with just a few still in need of coverage,
Angelique Lee hoped to attend Materials Review on April 4th at  the Sherburne Library  prior to compiling a possible order list for Child and Juvenile Fiction and Nonfiction.

New Business
Angelique presented a long list of periodicals that might be of interest to children.  The list was approved with few exceptions.
The continuing after  school programs were discussed.
It was noted that Linda McFarlane would be covering the second music session as Susie Smollen was ill.
The Travel the World program slated for March 11th was discussed sounded well organized.
The freewill fundraising April 1st Spaghetti Dinner prepared by the after school program participants under the direction of Joyce and Roger Stevens was a topic of conversation and concern was voiced regarding the encouragement of broader community attendance.

Having adopted the display for March, Susie Martin made a fine show of a number of cookbooks from the library’s collection.  Other members are encouraged to adopt a monthly display.
The email list of persons interested in library news was discussed.   Out of respect for those on the list Marion expressed a reluctance to open the list to other users no matter how worthy their cause.  Some discussion was devoted to the possibility of developing an online community bulletin board or blog at some point, though not necessarily under the auspices of the library.
It was decided not to place a Scholastic order.
The summer reading program,  “Catch the Reading Bug” was a topic of discussion.  A decision was made to purchase a modest amount of supplies to encourage participation.

Respectfully recorded,
Karen Waterworth