9/14/1999 BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES Minutes

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41 BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES T 0 W, OF` M A S H P REGULAR MONTHLY MEETING "4 Cli�-�'VCL RTUESDAY, SEPT MBER 14 , 1999 � 7 : 00 P . Mo 99 SEP 2 3 PF1 2* 2 6 I MEMBERS PRESENT : H LENE DEFOE , LIBRARY DIRECTOR DAVID BURTON, CHAIRMAN RLO D ' ESTE GARY EITIN T-ERI HYDE DIANNA SMITH II MINUTES OF p REV I U S MEETING: The minutes of August- 10, 1999 meeting were accepted as presented III REPORTS : Library Director : Helene reported that August 1999 was another busy month; . A copy of the library director ' s 'report is attached hereto , and. becomes part of the minutes . Helene reported that the board of selectmen appointed a building committee. A sub-committee was also established to review the proposals . Gary Eynatian, Ed DeFoe and Helene wi1 ll check references of the group ,. Friends of the Library ; Rose Shanker was absent this evening , however', she had forwarded her report to Helene. Rose ' s report indi aced that the Friend ' s membership had increased from 165 to 213 . The Friends of the Library plan - to publish their- second quarterly newsletter in late October. The Friends will welcome any writin-gs .from the trustees ; any news from the building committee progress as well Boo sale . on October 4th brought in $147 . 00 . There will be monthly book.sal.es through this fall The Chamber of Commerce has arranged to have a Ma hpee calen- dar alen-dar of Events supplement printed - in the MASHP'EE ENTERPRISE . �• Following a successful silent auction. of donated paintings , the Friends -h-ave undertaken a new activity that should bring in more revenue. An artist of the month program will be coordinated by Sunny Merritt . A--'.program of events was passed out to the meeting . Library Building Committee : Ed DeFoe : Ed Defoe reported that the-, committee was up and running . David Burton was acting chair. man until they formally elected a chairman,, There have been two meetings to date, and the first order of business has been to review th-e five architectural proposals which were submitted to the Town a pre i.ng Interest in conducting the preliminary study , etc ,, , and th-en more on to -th-e formal design of the wilding .