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LibraryBoard | 2008-12-10 | 2 | Page 2 of 3 Minutes of the Alameda Free Library Board Meeting December 10, 2008 ORAL COMMUNICATIONS, NON-AGENDA (Public Comment) There were no communications from the public members in attendance. UNFINISHED BUSINESS A. Neighborhood Library Improvement Project (G. Wetzork) In Member Wetzork's absence, Director Chisaki reported that the NLIP team met and came up with 4 firms to interview on 12/16/08. Contractor selection will be made that day; all firms received our boilerplate contract with the proposal package, so the City Attorney's office has promised to push this through quickly. The contract award is expected to go through at the January 6 City Council meeting. B. Consideration of Art Donation (R. Belikove) Space was found to hang the Gary Bukovnik painting on the first floor Lincoln Street side of the building; it can be broken up and mounted separately. President Belikove and Supervising Librarian Hall went to San Francisco to view the piece which looked to be in good condition. Member Butter asked what the circumstances of the donation were, i.e., will we be able to dispose of the piece later, or are we to keep it for perpetuity. Butter was quite concerned about acceptance without a policy in place. Member Hartigan also pointed out this piece would take display space away from the rotating exhibits the Library hosts. Director Chisaki asked Belikove to tell the artist that we need to have our policy in place before taking the art. Chisaki has given Hall some art policies from other libraries to get started on putting ours together. NEW BUSINESS A. Art Exhibit Committee (R. Belikove) President Belikove said Peggie Williams moved so is no longer on the art exhibit committee. They need to recruit a new member, as they have only 4 now. A newspaper advertisement needs to be placed, asking people to submit letters of interest as they did upon the committee's initial formation. Belikove had a few possible leads, so she will make some calls first; if these people are interested, she will ask that they submit a letter. The next exhibit coming to the Library in January will be Chinese Brush Painting by artist Dolly Fong. B. Alameda Free Library Foundation (A. Mitchell) The Foundation approved their investment policy, and the Executive Board will meet later in the month. Instead of giving money to the Library piecemeal for individual requests, the Foundation has decided on an annual distribution instead. This will vary on what interest has been earned, and half of the amount that was raised throughout the year on special programs. This year's distribution amount will be around $7,500, plus $5,000 from the Michael Pollan event. | LibraryBoard/2008-12-10.pdf |