Present:  Lynn Bjorkman, Peck Cho, Kim Hoagland, Karen Hubbard, Phyllis
Johnson, George Love, Erin Minne, Faith Morrison, Terry Reynolds, Dana
Richter, Dee Vincent

Visiting: Defne Koca

1. The minutes from the meeting of October 1, 1998, were reviewed and
approved.

2. The Secretary was absent from the meeting and could not deliver a report.
Terry Reynolds agreed to fill in as Secretary for this meeting.  The Chair
noted that the Secretary had completed and distributed the Newsletter.

3. The Treasurer provided a brief report of the status of the Friends'
funds.  The following items emerged as a result of the discussion which
followed:

(a) Faith Morrison suggested that the next Newsletter contain a list of all
those who had provided gifts to the Library, with a note inviting those who
thought that they had given, but whose names did not appear, to contact us,
so we could check with the Michigan Tech Fund.
(b) The Chair appointed an audit committee consisting of Erin Minne, Dana
Richter, and George Love to review the Treasurer's records

4. The following were nominated and elected to serve as the Friends'
officers for the coming year:

Chair:  Kim Hoagland   Secretary: Faith Morrison
Vice Chair:  Dee Vincent    Treasurer: Terry Reynolds

There were no nominations for vacant seats on the Board, but all Board
Members were asked to think of possible nominees.  Faith Morrison, as
Secretary-elect, agreed to contact USG to see if they could suggest an
undergraduate student who might be interested in sitting on the Board.

5. It was moved and seconded that the Friends raise the amount of funds
allocated to the Archives Travel Grant from the current $500 to $1000, and
that the Travel Grant Committee by given discretion to allocate the funds
between one or more awardees as it sees fit.  The motion passed unanimously.

The Board discussed the possibility of extending its grant program to the
local community but tabled the idea.  The Chair was instructed to
communicate to the Travel Grant Committee the Board's willingness to
consider such a program and invite the Committee to submit a proposal for
expanding the program with draft guidelines, if it wished further
consideration.

6. The Board briefly discussed the Friends' website, which has not been
updated for a long time.  The Secretary and Phyllis Johnson agreed to work
out this issue.

7. The Board briefly discussed the possibility of "Friends Recognition
Awards." Several members expressed concern about the size of the potential
pool.  The issue was tabled.

8. The Chair reviewed the Friends' present committee structure outlining
committee duties.  Dee Vincent agreed to chair the Book Sale Committee for
the coming year.  Lyn Bjorkman, Peck Cho, Dana Richter, George Love, and
Terry Reynolds agreed to work on the Committee.

The Chair asked that each of the Committees try to meet before next month's
meeting and deliver a report.

9. Phyllis Johnson provided the Board with a brief review of the status of
planning for Library expansion, focusing on the Request For Information that
had been sent to four national-level consultants.

10. The next meeting is scheduled for 4:00 p.m., THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3.

11. The meeting adjourned at 4:00 p.m. in order for members to attend the
Archives Speaker Series.
Submitted by:

Terry S. Reynolds                              Phone: (906) 487-2113
Chair, Department of Social Sciences  Fax: (906) 487-2468
Program in Industrial History & Archaeology     Email: TREYNOLD@MTU.EDU
Michigan Tech
Houghton, MI  49931