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275 | Page 5 of 7 Minutes of the Library Board Meeting October 11, 2006 come out on October 20th The invitations for the Grand Opening still aren't quite done, however. The graphic designer has put together some really nice drafts, but the invitations aren't at the printer yet. Foundation members will go into the Library right after the docent training on October 24th and put the shelf tags in place. There have been donations of water, some wines and hors d' oeuvres from local restaurants for the Gala. There will be music in four different areas in the building. The architect, Tom Hacker, will be attending and he may be asked to speak. Yuki Nagase, artist of the Oracle of the Tree behind the circulation desk, and the Cadence of the Water limestone medallions on the outside of the building, will be in attendance as well. All the posters advertising the Gala have been distributed around town. There are plenty of bookmarks and pamphlets still available, which won't be any good after the Gala event. C. Friends of the Alameda Free Library (M. Skeen) Friends President Molly Skeen was not in attendance for the meeting, so Director Chisaki spoke in her place. The book sale the previous weekend at the O'Club grossed $13,000. $8,000 came in on Friday night alone. It was a very nice turnout. There were 100 boxes of children's books because two elementary schools weeded their collections. The Friends beautiful new book bags were on sale as well. D. Library Building Watch (M. Merrick) Recording Secretary reported that because of having no office equipment to speak of due to the move, it wasn't possible to release an issue of the Library Building Watch. Merrick is hopeful, however, of getting one more issue out prior to the Gala and Grand Opening events, to make them fresh in people's minds. Board Member Krongold suggested having something visible at the Gala so people could sign up to receive the newsletter. Perhaps people could just drop a business card if they were interested. Having some copies of previous issues displayed was also suggested. E. Patron suggestions/comments (Speak-Outs) and Library Director's response. Director Chisaki indicated that there were no speak-outs this month from either the branches or the Main Library prior to it closing. |