Stowe Free Library

STOWE FREE LIBRARY

Minutes of Trustees Meeting June 6, 2008

Present: Dick Johannesen, Stephanie Chase, Phyllis Thibault, Frits Momsen, Meg Kaufmann, Jo Sabel Courtney, Louise Thompson (FSFL) and Nancy Stead.

The meeting opened at 8:30 a.m. in executive session for Stephanie’s performance evaluation. Following that:

The minutes of May 2,’08 were unanimously approved as submitted.

Director’s Report: (See attached) Re: incident involving police: S. felt the end result was a good meeting between staff and police that pointed out the appropriateness of calling in trained assistance to deal with unusual problems. The trustees asked S. for early notification of any unusual events in the future.

S. was congratulated on her Green Mt. Award for the audio book program, and she gave out info on upcoming events over the summer.

Treasurer’s Report: Dick gave a breakdown of current finances.

Friends: Louise said the plant sale was good even in the rain and made about $1400. The special events committee is looking at a winter author fund-raising event and perhaps one other. With regards to the Arts and Letters summer event, Nancy wants trustees, staff and FSFL to focus on  the specific materials and programs we are raising money for at this point.

Volunteer Breakfast: will be Thurs. June 26 at 9 at the Library. 30-40 volunteers are expected. Attending trustees should bring baked items. FSFL will give S. a list of their volunteers to be included. The volunteer of the year was selected.

Policy Reviews: Both the ILL policy and the Circ and Overdue materials policies were approved unanimously as amended.

Stowe Historical Society: Barbara Baraw came in response to Frits letter in the SR and said SHS is very close to making their goal of $150,000. This, combined with the town’s contribution of $100,000, is their estimated cost of moving and restoring the building. Because of Stowe’s new town management government, the entire project will be handed over to the town for moving and renovation once the SHS has raised and donated their funds. SHS will provide the town with mechanical drawings and first specs for bids. The town has a scheduled start date of late August.

As the meeting ran over allotted time, there was no opportunity to discuss the Long Range Plan or the Director’s job description. We should all read the old LRP and think about what direction the new one should take, considering the town’s demographics, new technology, etc. We will plan a retreat in early October for same.

The next meeting will be July 11, 2008.