Rumney Library Trustees - 8/27/2014

MEETING MINUTES – Approved 10/15/2014 BOARD OF TRUSTEES BYRON G. MERRILL LIBRARY Rumney, NH August 27, 2014 – 12:30 p.m. The meeting was opened at 12:32 pm with Trustees Roger Daniels, Leina Smoker, and Tom Wallace and Library Director, Susan Turbyne present. REPORTS 1. Review Draft Minutes: July 18, 2014 Meeting – It was moved (Roger Daniels) and seconded (Leina Smoker) to accept the minutes as corrected. The motion was passed. 2. Treasurer’s Report a. Account Balances – Tom reported that as of August 25, 2014, account balances are: i. Checking Account $ 9,104.41 ii. Disbursement Account $ 132.29 iii. Endowment Accounts $89,000.85 b. 2014 Income/Spending to date - $22,185.03 (58.8% of appropriation) 3. Library Director’s Report July totals... 584 patrons checking out 1067 items Our Summer Reading Program, with its science theme, ran for five weeks and involved twenty-five children who signed contracts setting their summer reading goals. I would like to share a few examples of the response we received. Jen, five years old and starting kindergarten this fall, read sixty-four books and would select a book to read to me each week. Sam (10), Julia (8), and Josiah (6) came each week to enjoy stories and crafts and each exceeded their reading goals. Gretchen, who is going into 8th grade this fall, set her goal to read 5,000 pages and exceeded her goal. In addition, our elementary age readers learned about the many kinds of scientists and made posters with their favorite and these posters received a great deal of attention. Our summer program concluded on Tuesday, August 5th, when Joe Morris, the middle school science teacher at Russell School, visited the library for an evening program. He tested many household products for hydrogen and the children watched as the items changed color. The children were enthralled and the evening certainly proved that science can be fun. Old Home Day was a busy day for us... with a hundred plus folks coming through the library to look at the old scrap books, watch the beautiful pictures of Rumney on Nancy MacDonald’s DVD that played throughout the day, and, of course, shop at our annual book sale. We are grateful to the many residents who contributed books for the sale and we have already started stocking for next year. The Knitting Group met on August 14th and will meet again on September 11th. We have had several donations come to the library in memory of Muriel Kenneson, Ralph and Evelyn Berg, and Charlotte Robbins. We have also received checks from people for bricks. The money was turned over to Tom and thank yous have been sent to all. September is just around the corner and we will be celebrating “Sign Up for a Library Card” month. Our goal will be to reach out to the community and encourage our residents to come to the library and sign up for a card. OLD BUSINESS 1. Accessibility Project a. Fundraising “Committee” Report – The fundraising committee met under the leadership of Kathy Wallace on Tuesday, August 19th and will meet again on Tuesday, September 2nd to work on ideas for fundraising. B. LCHIP Grant Application – The application has been submitted and is now being reviewed. We should hear back by late September. C. Architectural Plans – Elizabeth Hengen, NH State Architectural Historian, made some final suggestions which have been implemented and approved by her. NEW BUSINESS 1. New Donations – It was moved (Roger Daniels) and seconded (Leina Smoker) to accept the proceeds from our Annual Book Sale, proceeds from the sale of bricks, memorial donations received, and donations made to our Library access project with $225.00 of this sum being used to engrave the second granite bench in Muriel Kenneson’s name as the completion of our Centennial Project. (In 2004, at the time of our Centennial, money was given to the library by the Kenneson family to help with the project and to add the two granite benches at the library entry,) o Book Sale Proceeds $1875.00 o Memorial Gift/Muriel Kenneson $ 715.00 o Memorial Gift/Ralph and Evelyn Berg $1000.00 o Brick Sale Proceeds $ 310.00 o Access contributions $ 27.10 Total Accepted $3877.10 2. 2015 Library Budget – The proposed budget for 2015 was reviewed and approved for submittal to the Selectmen before their September 15 deadline. 3. Other New Business - none The meeting was adjourned at 1:40 pm.