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BOARD of LIBRARY TRUSTEES MEETING <br /> TUESDAY,JANUARY 10,2017 <br /> MASBPEE LIBRARY CONFERENCE ROOM <br /> Present: Joan Lyons,Carlo D'Este,Kate Milde,and Mary LeClair. <br /> Absent: Mark Wright, and.Allen waters. <br /> Also Present: Kathy Mahoney Library Director <br /> Joan Lyons, Chair, Bailed the meeting to order at 4:04 p.m. <br /> Public Discussion...None. <br /> , p12roya.l of Minutes <br /> nrrrr.rrrrrrr.rrrrwrr.mvvara.mrrrrwrwrrwrrr <br /> Carlo D'. ste motioned to accept the regular Meeting minutes of December 13,2016 as presented. <br /> Motion was seconded by Joan Lyons, <br /> VOTE: Yes-4. <br /> Roll Call'dote: Ma Carlo D'Lste,yes Date Milde,yes <br /> Mary LeClair,yes Jean Lyons,yes <br /> Friends of the. a h.pee L bra r- <br /> Kathy Mahoney reported: <br /> * Last meeting Friends ended up net having a quorum. <br /> 0 Friends trying to get plans together;they are interested in doing a house tour event at Now Scabury. <br /> 0 Having an Open House at the Library in December. <br /> 0 Library blr~thday party in April hoping to do min i-golf. <br /> 0 Year-2016 marled 125 years of library service by the 1 lashpee Library, This year(2017) Friends plan <br /> to spend the year reflecting back on the past 125 years. <br /> 0 Friends not planning to do book sales anymore--too high maintenance- vett'low return, <br /> 0 Friends want to try a variation of"Falcon bucks". Everybody buys a$10 ticket and there is a drawing <br /> every day for a month. Mary LeClair noted,however,that they must sell enough tickets to recoup their <br /> money. <br /> 0 An annual appeal asking for donations to the library is to be done as opposed to an annual Friends <br /> membership fee <br /> Library Director's RejRort <br /> The Library Director's report for the month of December was reviewed. <br /> Personnel <br /> Kathy said being short-staffed continues to be a challenge. She advised that near the end of the calendar year <br /> the library benefited by being able to schedule some of the part-time staff for additional hours each weep. <br /> However,now with start of the new calendar year,they are limited in the hours available. <br /> The Trustees were very frustrated that the 2 fall-time funded staff positions for the library have not even been <br /> posted or advertised to date. Consensus of the Trustees was that an email should be sent by the Trustee Chair to <br /> the Town Manager requesting be clarify when the hiring process for the 2 full-time funded positions will move <br /> forward. <br />