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LibraryBoard | 2006-05-10 | 4 | Page 4 of 6 Minutes of the Library Board Meeting May 10, 2006 President Krongold called for interest from the Board Members; however, there was no response. Acting Director Chisaki suggested that the board, Friends and Foundation memberships look around for someone and report back in July. C. Alameda Free Library Foundation (A. Mitchell) Board Member Mitchell was absent, so Acting Director Chisaki spoke briefly in his place. The gala group has not met again. The Foundation is receiving $100 checks but not the big money. They are currently working with the marketing/publicity firm who designed their letterhead and envelopes to put together a tri-fold brochure to send out to the community. D. Friends of the Alameda Free Library (M. Skeen) Friends President Molly Skeen talked about the May book sale and indicated it had been quite successful - over $14,000. The next book sale will be the first weekend in October on the 6th, 7th and 8th The next Friends meeting will be on Monday, May 15th, and Karin Lundstrom has requested funding for the teen program; Molly was sure that the request will pass. The Friends are in the process of shifting gears, now that the new Library is being built, what will their focus be going forward. They have several committees meeting to think about things such as: the Grand Opening committee which has met twice so far; the Café planning committee figuring out what they're going to serve, how they're going to staff it; the New Membership committee - the Friends feel they should have more members so they're looking at ways to build up the membership; there is also a By-Laws committee; and an Audit committee that is looking at how they handle their money. E. Library Building Watch (M. Merrick) Recording Secretary Merrick had nothing new to report since she took over the Library Building Watch from Board President Krongold. Merrick said that she had been hopeful of getting a new issue out prior to the Board meeting, but it did not happen due to vacation and workload issues. Merrick stated that the following week was looking pretty good, so was again hopeful of getting the ball rolling. F. Patron suggestions/comments (Speak-Outs) and Library Director's response. There was only one comment, and that was a request to increase the size of the type on the outdoor signage. The patron indicated that the days and hours of business are way too hard to read. The Library responded that there is not sufficient space on the sign to increase the size of the type. We will only be in this location for a short time, and hopefully the signage at the new Main Library will be easier to read. A suggestion was made to ask a staff member for one of our bookmarks that have the days and hours listed for all branches. | LibraryBoard/2006-05-10.pdf |