CHELSEA BOARD OF LIBRARY TRUSTEES
Regular Meeting
MONDAY, March 10, 2008
7:00 P.M.
Chelsea Public Library
Minutes
1.0 Call to Order – 7:07 – Present: Board Members Joe Spinella, Lisa Milchman, Lynn Amber, Russ
Martin, Kc Peterson Librarian: Dawn Hancy
2.0 Public Presentation - None
3.0 Adjustments to the Agenda
3.1 Reorganization of Officers
3.1.1 Chair – Joe Spinella
3.1.2 Co-Chair – Russ Martin
3.1.3 Secretary – KC Peterson
3.1.4 Treasurer – Lisa Milchman
3.1.5 Empty Board Position – Discussion regarding numerous individuals that might be
willing to fill the empty position. Each Board member chose an individual in town
to ask.
4.0 Correspondence
4.1 Other - none
5.0 Public Comments
5.1 Other - none
6.0 Reports
6.1 Secretary
6.1.1 Action: Approved Minutes
6.1.2 February 11, 2008
6.2 Treasurer
6.2.1 Vermont Community Fund was more than expected.
6.2.2 Lynn will ask for Town Appropriation Funds
6.2.3 Approved Treasurer’s report.
6.2.4 The Board expresses their sincere thanks to Lyn for all her hard work on the Board and her work as Treasurer. She will be missed.
6.3 Librarian
6.3.1 Donation: Eileen Murphy and Arlen Shrock would like to make a donation but
wanted us to tell them what we needed.
6.3.2 63rd Annual Town Officer’s Education Conference – Joe will be speaking at this conference.
6.3.3 Sustainable Living Fair Booth – The Fair is at the school. Display would be books, videos, etc.
6.3.4 Russ asked about keeping the door prizes for the Sustainable Living Fair be kept at the Library. There were concerns over space, prizes being misplaced, or never picked up. The Board decided not to accept the responsibility.
6.4 Flea Market Rep.
6.4.1 Report:
6.4.2 Other:
6.5 Facilities Rep.
6.5.1 Report: none
7.0 Old Business
7.1 Program updates
7.1.1 Dr. Seuss March 1 – was a huge success with 60-70 people attending. There was
a lot of enthusiasm over having another next year.
7.2 Book Discussion – Food For Thought -
7.3 Fundraising
7.3.1 Annual Appeal – Lynn hasn’t had any more donations
7.3.2 Plant Sale – There was discussion over other options. We need to add to the hanging baskets fundraiser.
7.3.3 Flea Mkt. Book - none
7.4 Automation – We are still putting Barcodes on books. Purge will take place before all
7.5 books are bar-coded.
8.0 New Business
8.1 Town meeting notes – Joe explained to the Town that fuel costs, etc have gone up. He
also explained that the library Board has been looking to find better ways to raise funds
independent of the town appropriation. Next year we will be more prepared to field
questions.
8.2 Chair – Joe bought a chair for the library but it is not working out. Joe will be taking the
chair home.
9.0 Future Agenda Items
9.1 Other – Pellet Stoves
10.0 Future Meetings
10.1 Regular Meetings
April 14, 2008
May12, 2008
June 9, 2008
10.2 Special Meetings – None at this time
11.0 Other Business –
11.1 KC Peterson has a small couch that needs a new home. After some discussion it has been
agreed that the couch can be put in the lobby for folks to use instead of the floor when
using the wireless connection, taking off boots, etc.
12.0 Adjourn - 8:54