October 8 Minutes
Hopkins District Library Board Meeting Minutes
October 8, 2013
Present: Suzanne Antvelink , Natalie Bazan, Karon Dunifin, Lynn Francis, Mimi Gabriel, Anita Kerber, David Klink, Barbara Wrobleski
Absent: Chris Navis
1. Meeting was called to order at 7:00 PM.
2. Roll Call.
3. Approval of Agenda
Approved.
4. Approval of Minutes
Approved.
5. Treasurer’s Report
Postponed until next meeting.
6. Correspondence
· Letter from Ybema family.
· Letter/donation from Knudsen family.
7. Director’s Report
* Programs
o Sticks & Strings – 3rd Monday of the month (starting in Oct).
o Book club meeting regularly.
September:
o Wine making.
o Friday nights at the library.
o Self-defense
o Cheese making
o Glass fusing
o Book making
o Hunter’s safety
o Fairy house building
October:
o Friday nights at the library.
o Book club
o Friends meeting
o Affordable Care Act talk – Oct. 21
o Computer basics Q&A
o Beer making – Oct 26
o Sticks & Strings
o Spider felted balls
o Holiday stories
o Halloween
* Publicity
o Up to 148 likes on Facebook.
o Globe articles.
o Wayland Townbroadcast
o Allegan News
o Arts Alive finished
o New newsletter out.
* Meetings, workshops, etc.
o Advisory meeting.
o Township meetings.
o ALA 2013 Annual meeting.
o Director’s summit meeting.
o Christmas committee.
o MLA annual conference.
o Rural libraries conference.
* Building Issues
o Updating quotes for bike rack.
* Budget Issues
o None.
* Library Closings
o None.
o Will be open Halloween from 6-8pm for candy check/rest stop.
* Volunteers
o 22 people in Friends of the Library group – met Oct. 7.
o Donations of books still arriving.
* Lakeland, State, other library news
o none.
* Patron comments and suggestions
o Book suggestions.
o DVD suggestions.
* Other
o Starting work on winter secret project – Dec 2.
o Grant applications.
8. Old Business
· Meeting policy.
9. New Business
· None.
10. Public comment
· None.
11. Meeting was adjourned at 7:45 PM.
Next meeting scheduled for Tuesday, November 12th at 7:00 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Dave Klink