Gustavus Public Library Board Meeting

Members present:  Chris Spute, Davita Marchbanks, Julie Vathke, George Jensen and Janet Lassiter.

Others present: Carolyn Elder, Sylvia Martinez and Lynne Jensen.

March 2006 meeting minutes were read.  George made a motion to pass the minutes. Julie seconded.  All were in favor-motion passed

Old Business:

New Library Schedule: student numbers are starting to decline, probably due to spring activities and nicer weather

Volunteers- we are losing 2 volunteers, 1 in April and 1 in May due to seasonal employment.

Discussion regarding cutting back Saturday hours if we can’t find a volunteer to cover it during the summer. Sylvia will look into this more thoroughly and get back to us at the next meeting.

Tabled until next meeting

Burgers and Bingo:  We made $278 dollars, brought in $518 and expenses were $240.  It was a good success.

Gardening Workshops: Janet said that they have been going good.  Fawn Bauer would like to continue it next month and start a gardening club.

Birding: George is still working on putting a birding program together this spring

Annual work plan: Carolyn had to rework the annual work-plan because ours wasn’t exactly what the planning committee wanted. George presented the updated work-plan to the planning committee and they thought it was good. 

Budget: Carolyn would like to add to the budget funds to contract out a technology specialist to do computer/technology workshops and classes, and another person as a library assistant. Carolyn would also like to up the audiovisual budget to $700.00 , she has had requests from patrons to get more educational DVDs and Masterpiece programs, which cost more. Increase the travel to Akla conference to $2000.00 to get board members and volunteers there.

Carolyn would also like to put together a youth outreach program and try for a grant from the Rasmuson Foundation

Capital projects- Carolyn would like to submit a proposal for capital projects to the city for $10,000.  She will put together a list, like shelves, furniture, office chair, etc. Davita made a motion to approve the budget with changes that were discussed. Chris seconded, all were in favor – motion passed.

History of Gustavus: George will start working on this.

Quilt show: Lynn Jensen will put this together for May.

Seasonal patron policy: Lynn and Sylvia worked on the draft for the seasonal patron policy that we came up with at our last work session. George made a motion to approve the draft with corrections, Janet seconded. All were in favor-motion passed.

Overdue Policy: tabled until May meeting

New Business:

No new business this month

Next meeting is set for Saturday, May 6th at 8:00 a.m. in the library

Meeting was adjourned at 9:15 am