11/4/2009 BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES Minutes

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.e orts continued Bu d ...Helene provided the Trustees with copies of the Library level funded budget prepared, along with 2%decreased funding budget requested. These drafted budgets were reviewed. Helene informed the'Trustees. that she has a meeting scheduled in early December with Joyce Mason et al. to review the budget. The . Trustees asked when in December the meeting will take place. Helene will send the Trustees the date of this budget review meeting so that if one of the Trustees wants to attend they will be able to do so. Friends of the Libraa Jack Kowalski provided an update and said Friends are looking for ways to rare money to help with Library programs. Some of the things being looked at: • Disk-cleaning machine donated was a good purchase. Friends hope to also use it to ase money for programs for the library. • Rental books..,Friends would purchase books and have shelves with these rental books. Money from these rental books would go back to the Friends. + Website for on-line purchases. Friends would have link so if someone goes through the link to purchase something on-line,-then Friends'would get a small percentage of the purchase. There is a small annual fee for the Friends to do this, but they feel it would be a worthwhile venture. • Rotary did an on-line auction; Friends looking to see what potential for Friends could be. Book bags to be sold at the library. Friends have ordered Soo adult size bags; and 250 children size. Jack said that Peter White will conduct Friends' meetings in Barbara Ntarius' absence. They are looking for help ... Helene commented that she and Janet Burke each dict one coli for the Mashpee Enterprise so Barbara has 5 or.6 columns ready to give her some leeway. More help is needed here. Communications At the suggestion of Jack Kowalski, Helene mentioned to the Trustees that at the meeting she, Barbara, several Trustee members, et al. attended with Joyce Mason, Joyce commented that while the Friends are well- meaning, they sometimes can get into issues that are really not the Friends area of responsibility. David Burton suggested that at the beginning of next year perhaps the Trustees should revisit the mission statement of the Library Trustees. The Trustees agreed. Friends Request to Divert Gift Funds The Friends unanimously passed a resolution authorizing the Town of Mashpee to divert the $'75,000 the Friends donated to the Town for voltaicp anels to a donations fund a r the subsequent hg of independent contractors to provide staff support for the operation of the new library building. It was pointed out that the Friends wanted to make the new building as green as possible and that's why they donated these funds for the photo voltaic panels but with State grants offered to help achieve LEEDS Certification and the critical economic conditions, the Friends are now asking to divert these funds.