Meeting called to order by Chairman Kim Hoagland at 4:07 PM in room 309 of the Library.  Action items in bold.

Present: George Love, Wil Slough, Kim Hoagland, Faith Morrison, Lynn Bjorkman, Phyllis Johnson, Terry Reynolds, June Hawthorn, Erin Minne
Absent: Rebecca Fitzgerald, Dee Vincent, Karen Hubbard, Dana Richter, Peck Cho,

A motion was made by George Love to accept the minutes of the last meeting with a second from June Hawthorn.  Motion passed unanimously.

Wil Slough made a brief secretary’s report.  The dominant thrust of the secretary’s efforts for the next few months will be the coordination of the Access database with the Treasurer’s records and our account under the Tech Fund.

Treasurer Terry Reynolds delivered the treasurer’s report, which is summarized below:

 Status of accounts as of 12/01/1999

 Michigan Tech Fund Account    $12,037.94

 Michigan Tech Friends Account   $4,829.96
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Total       $16,867.90

   Status of accounts as of 01/06/2000

 Michigan Tech Fund Account    $12,258.95

 Michigan Tech Friends Account    $5,228.26
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Total       $17,487.21
 

Blanket sales over the holidays wiped out the remaining stock.  Reynolds ordered 26 more blankets.  They have arrived and are stored.

Phyllis Johnson gave an update on the CILIT project, and on the reference area and OPAC area renovations.  Unfortunately, the CILIT project has been line item vetoed by the governor.  Apparently the CILIT project will be reintroduced into next year’s funding cycle as an $80 million budget item.  The current mindset is to proceed as if the new library will happen.

The new furniture has made its appearance in the reference area.  Phyllis is still waiting to order a new computer and printer.  Matching funds up to $2700 are being made available out of the FVPL treasury

The renovation of the OPAC area is still in the planning phase.  In addition to cosmetic changes, electrical work and installation of new data lines may be carried out.  The idea of picking up some of the cost for this work was briefly discussed.

With the donation of a double security-gate by the MTU Bookstore, the exhibit case will probably be removed, shelving all action on an exhibit-case proposal.

Planning for this year’s book sale was undertaken, beginning with the selection of possible dates.  Either a Tuesday and Wednesday, or Thursday and Friday schedule was proposed, with the week of April the 10th, or April the 17th as likely candidates.  Good Friday falls on April the 21st, which precludes that Friday from consideration.

 Some thought was given to increasing prices for some of the books during the sale this time.  It was generally agreed that the repricing of certain books during setup should be undertaken.

Considerable brainstorming by the board led to several suggestions for possible avenues of future fund raising: progressing from the current blanket project into tapestries; book bags; leasing photocopiers and charging students for their use in the library; and, putting together a book for sale, perhaps of historic photographs of the tech campus.  Some of the suggestions were more enthusiastically received than others with possibly the idea of selling book bags still enjoying some favor.

The discussion of new business was limited to the consideration of sponsoring a book reading by the poet, Teresa Spence.  Ms. Spence had contacted Kim Hoagland about coming to the Tech campus January 28th-31st.  During the discussion a general consensus formed that such a reading would probably not be well attended and that the FVPL board would not undertake the sponsorship of Ms. Spence.

The next meeting will be Thursday, February 3rd, 2000 at 4pm in room 309 of the Library.

Meeting adjourned at 5:25 PM.

Submitted by William J. Slough, January 31, 2000.