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LibraryBoard | 2012-01-11 | 2 | Page 2 of 3 Minutes of the Alameda Free Library Board Meeting January 11, 2012 Library Strategic Plan/Update (J. Chisaki). The Board accepted the report; passed on appreciation to Sue Mark for such detailed reporting. President Atkins requested Director Chisaki present the result of Ms. Mark's report to the Library Foundation for their information. NEW BUSINESS Bi-monthly meeting schedules for City Boards & Commissions (J. Chisaki). The Board expressed appreciation of the Library Director's explanation of the City's direction to change the monthly meeting of board, commissions and committees to meet every other month instead of monthly. Sunshine Ordinance Declaration (J. Chisaki). Library Director Chisaki mentioned that if the members had read the ordinance they could sign the declaration. Additionally, she shared the scheduled training times in the following week and encouraged members of the board to attend. Alameda Free Library Foundation (J. Chisaki). Director Chisaki mentioned there were no meetings in December, and to date 233 tickets to the concert have been sold, tickets are available tonight if you are interested. The Bruzzone Trust, of which Don Bruzzone was a Library Board Member, made a $20.000 donation, and the Jane Felker Estate made a $23,000 donation to the Foundation. Additionally the Foundation contacted the Alameda Community Foundation and they are going to contribute a $1500 Grant for Alameda Reads for books and materials. Jan Green introduces herself as co-President of the Foundation and discussed the publicity for the upcoming concert. She briefly discussed upcoming events and mentioned how excited the Foundation is about future events and is looking forward to them. Director Chisaki reported the Friends is looking at additional ways to make money in the Cafe, currently they are not open enough hours. So, they are looking into that, and they are still looking for recipes for their cookbook project. Patron Suggestions/Comments (Speak-Outs) and Library Director's Response: "Dwell is an excellent home design magazine that I know many people would enjoy, including myself EL Decor is also very good. Thanks!" And the Reference Supervisor responded with: "Thank you for recommending a magazine title for purchase at the Alameda Fee Library. Unfortunately, our budget has been severely cut this fiscal year, at this time we cannot add new titles and in fact, have recently cut titles. If the budget improves over the few years I will reexamine this purchase." ORAL COMMUNICATIONS. NON-AGENDA (Public Comment): | LibraryBoard/2012-01-11.pdf |