5/31/2005 LIBRARY BUILDING COMMITTEE Minutes

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r AT TOWN OF ASH E E LIBRARY BCOMMITTEE Minutes of the Meeting of Tuesday, May 31, 2006 committee Attendees: Also Attending; Absent: Sheldon Gilbert Helene DeFoe, Library Director Diana Lannon Ed DeFoe Nancy Soderfeld, Friends of the Library Jane Dolan Melinda Gallant, Fundralsing consultant Maureen Rounds Torte O'Neill David Burton Steven Cook Bonnie Barrett Chairman Sheldon Gilbert called the meeting to order at :''10 P1. REVIEW of MINUTES Minutes from the meeting held on Thursday,4128105 were unanimously approved by the Committee. STATUS of FOUNDATION GRANT APPLICATION—Torn O'Neill Torn O'Neill reported that preparation work on the grant applications is corning along nicely. Martha Moore plans to meet with Torn next weekend. She is expecting responses on the grant rewards in July. Torn stated that Martha advised applying for the total of$1,700,000 from the construction grants, rather than requesting something less than the full amount available. Her theory is that if you ask for the full amount, you may receive it. Martha also stated that grant foundations often follow up with additional donations at a later date, as the library program expands and requires more funding. REVIEW of GENERAL.FUNDRAISING PROGRAMA—.Melinda Gallant Melinda Gallant reported that she and Torn O'Neill are working on setting up two cocktail parties for July and August 2005. They pian to have two New Bearbury residers most the events in their homes, and will be invftlng their New seabury friends as well as individuals known in Mashpee. Melinda is working with lathy spears who is doing pro bono graphicbon work, putting materials together for distribution in the community, making people aware of the new library project and the total money needs necessary to ,Hake it a reality. Jerry Blut engarten sent two website addresses to Sheldon Gilbert, who passed the information along to Melinda. An article on one of the websites was all about the economics of the library and how much it affects the economy of the community,pity, and the whole world. Melinda has shared information about the websites with Kathy spears for incorporafion into her materials. A private shopping event at M. Braun in Il ashpe Common is being planned for September 28thfront to 8 PIM. There will be tickets sold for the event, for women only. The event is at no cast to the library: the owner of M. Braun sends out the invitations and buys the champagne.ne. Fifteen percent of all purchases,made during the event will go back to the Friends of the Library. Melinda met today with the general manager and the buyer for the Markt street Books store. They plan to do a lot of events together over the next year. The bookstore also will be an excellent resource for authors for the library. Melinda stated that she met today with a media person wh.o asked why the Friends of the Library organization does not advertise their fundraising successes in the media. Melinda stated that "success breeds success", and plans to begin providing articles and information about the Friends'