May 15, 2012 Minutes

JOSIAH CARPENTER LIBRARY TRUSTEE MEETING
Minutes
May 15, 2012, 7:04 pm

Present: Dana Sansom, Chairman, Sylvia Wallace, Treasurer, Roza Benoit, Director, Mary Schelble, Secretary.

Acceptance of Minutes: Moved and seconded (Sylvia, Dana) to accept minutes as corrected of April 17, 2012.

Old Business:

• Atriuum Update: The Director reported that the Atriuum program should be ready June 8th.
• Future Planning for Library Goals: This will be reviewed at the non-public portion of the evening.
• Meeting with Town officials: Sylvia Wallace and the Director met with Town Administrator Paul Skowran and Cara Marston on April 20, 2012 for clarification of budget awarded by the Town in March and a line item that was added. Mr. Skowran added that they want to keep salary monies and issue a check for other operational appropriations. This was clarified with NH State Dept. that this is not the wish of the library trustees with support of Supreme Court decisions. An e-mail was sent to the town administrator noting all of this.
• Alternate to Trustees: Nancy Fogg has been accepted by the Selectboard as an alternate to the trustees.
• Fund Raising: to be addressed next month.

Director’s and Treasurer’s Reports: Reviewed and accepted after discussion.

New Business:

The Walk Around to inspect the building will be addressed at next month’s meeting

Task List:

• Signatures of trustees on non-public final minutes of April 23, 2012 meeting.
• Prepare for fund raising brainstorm session.

Adjournment: Moved and seconded (Sylvia/Dana) to adjourn the meeting at 7:50 pm at which time trustees and director went into a non-public meeting.

Next Meeting: June 19, 2012, 7 pm

Submited by: Mary Schelble, Secretary