FLOYD MEMORIAL LIBRARY
Minutes (approved) of regular meeting May 3, 2010.

Members present: Keith McCamy, Rosemary Gabriel, Nancy Fischer, Maggi Travis, Buffy Hartmann, Diane Mulvaney, Michael Collins and Director Lisa Richland.

Absent: none.

The Board meeting was called to order at 7:00 pm.

The minutes of April 5, 2010 were approved on motion of 1) Travis, 2). Mulvaney, unanimous.

The bills were ordered paid on motion of 1) Mulvaney, 2) Collins, unanimous.  The treasurer’s reports were accepted and filed for audit.

Communications The Friends of the Heart Institute of Doylestown, PA have donated a book to us on behalf of Herman Silverman and his wife Liz Serkin (former Greenporters and Library patrons).  A Greenport resident, and active Library patron, Seth Kaufman writes to declare his interest in joining the Board of Trustees.   Nancy Fischer will reply, asking him to attend the June meeting.

Adding to the Director’s Report, Lisa Richland has been thinking of a significant re-ordering of the shelving.  The Fiction section and the Non-Fiction section have practically the same shelving requirements.  Switching them, putting Fiction upstairs and Non-Fiction (and public computers) downstairs with Periodicals and Biography could have good consequences, increasing Non-Fiction circulation and improving librarian presence in the front room.  There are many considerations, but they are deemed worthy of pursuit on a motion of 1) Mulvaney, 2) McCamy, unanimous.

Committees:

Budget & Finance: The proposed 2011 budget is about $8000 under the 2010 budget.  This has been achieved without cutting salaries, by carefully redistributing budget items that have been, as a rule, over-estimated in the past.  The budget will be offered for approval at the June meeting.

Public Relations.  The prominent display of President Obama’s newly released Biography in the circulation area provoked a query from a patron, satisfied by Lisa’s expression of respect for the Office of the President, and by her pointing out that Sarah Palin’s book has been similarly displayed since it came out last August.

Building & Grounds:  the sign is getting repaired.  The battered plant near the entrance should probably be moved to safer location.

Garden: The raised bed planting has begun.  Thinking is that the kiddies can plant their stuff in the inner, western, boxes.  The front boxes – more visible from the sidewalk – can be planted by the committee.

Personnel:  Library patron and mother and grandmother of librarians, Poppy and Lily, is undergoing heart repair this week.  Our thoughts and best wishes are with them all.

Meeting adjourned at 7:55 on a motion of McCamy.  The next meeting will be Monday, June 7, 2010, at 7:00 pm.

Respectfully submitted,            
Keith McCamy, secretary
Attachments:  Agenda, Minutes, Bills, Director’s report, Communications