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							                           Bayard Taylor Memorial Library
                    Minutes of the Meeting of the Board of Trustees
                                   October 18, 2011




Present: Susie MacDonnell, Nancy Cohen, Bill Landmesser, Donna Murray, Barbara
Cairns, Jon Olson, Alta Hoffmann, Linda Jacoby, Stefi Jackson and Bob Scott.

Absent: Heather Ramsey, Doug Singo, Carol Starzmann and Patty Miller.

The board’s guest, Amy Cornelius, a member of the Building Committee, gave a second
informative presentation to the board. This time the topic was Integrated Project
Delivery Management. Amy has put both this presentation and the previous one,
Sustainable Building Design, on memory sticks and will leave them with Donna at the
library.


Adult Literacy Program

Linda reports that all classes have started and are running smoothly. There is a waiting
list for Level 1 classes. These students will start next term.

As a result of an article about the Adult Literacy Program in local newspapers, 2 new
people registered for tutor training classes. There are about 70 active tutor/student pairs
and 11 tutors in training.

Kennett Run Charities have awarded the Program a grant. The awards reception is on
November 3 and the amount of the grant will be announced at that time.

As of October 18, the direct mail appeal for this program has generated 59 donations for
a total of $4,685.

Minutes

The September minutes were accepted as written.

Treasurer’s Report

The treasurer’s report for September was accepted.

Director’s Report

Recently, Donna and the library staff had a brainstorming session. A committee of 3
was appointed and they will make a list of the ideas generated at the meeting and
publish it for the staff.

Paul, Milly and Donna attended a workshop, “Future-Proofing Our Libraries” with Paul
Needham. They came away with many useful ideas for improving services at the library.
Strategic Planning Committee

The committee will meet soon with Jason Alexander to discuss plans submitted by other
board committees.


New Library Committee

Due to a lack of available funds, the Borough can’t expand the present garage. This
means the Weinstien lot can’t be made available for at least 3 years.

It was moved, seconded and accepted that the building committee will prepare a
statement that will be given to architects and construction managers describing our
present situation related to the building project.

New Business

Stefi, on behalf of the Special Events Committee, asked if they could meet with the
library’s grant writer Kristine Parkes to get her advice. The board assented and
requested that special care be taken that the library and the Events Committee aren’t
going after grants from the same organizations.

Bob has been researching the cost of a providing an elevator for handicapped people. It
was agreed that Kristine should be asked to find ways to get funding for making the
library more handicapped-accessible.

Liz Allman and Colleen Boyle have recently resigned from the board. The board thanks
them for their time and effort.


The meeting was adjourned at 9:10 p.m. and the board went into executive session.

The next board meeting is scheduled for November 15, 2011 at 7:00 p.m.



Nancy Cohen, acting Board Secretary

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