The minutes of the May meeting were reviewed. Faith Morrison moved and Terry Reynolds seconded that the minutes be approved. Motion passed.

Vincent noted that there is no secretary since Erin Minne moved from Houghton. Vincent has a copy of the membership database. Reynolds and Johnson were asked to regularly send Vincent photocopies of Tech Fund lists of Friends and Library donors, respectively, and Vincent will update the database.

Terry Reynolds gave the treasurer's report. Book cart sales for FY 00-01 were $797.60. The book cart is a phenomenal success. So far for FY 01-02 the sales are $207.35. Other income was an order for 50 blankets from the Tech Fund orchestrated by Erin Minne. Reynolds also presented an inventory of blanket/note card stock. Blanket accounting worked out. Note card accounting resulted in an unaccountable increase in note cards due to a previous error or spontaneous generation. The board commented that this was certainly a good direction for the inventory.

The board discussed the wholesale situation for selling note cards. Morrison agreed to write letters to Northwind books and Traditions. Vincent agreed to drop by Copperworld and see if they would like to reorder. The wholesale price for cards is $6 with a $12 retail price; the wholesale price for blankets is $52 for a $65 retail price. Reynolds will send some loose cards to Vincent for her to use in her sales call. Dana Richter moved that we accept the treasurer's report; Karen Hubbard seconded. Motion passed.

The board next discussed the annual meeting. It was decided that it would be 5-6pm on October 18, 2001 in the new Friends Lounge in the Library. Bill Bloomhart was suggested as speaker, to talk about the new library building, CILIT. Johnson will ask him. Pizza was suggested for refreshments. The board discussed nominations for board membership. Peck Cho's term is up; he agreed to run again for a seat on the board. There is a new open spot that can be filled by appointment - the spot formerly occupied by Minne which expires 2002. Morrison suggested someone from Advancement. Johnson suggested that we talk to Pauline to see which faculty members use the library extensively. It was suggested perhaps other student representatives would be good additions, perhaps from SIS or from the Alpha society in addition to the Tau Beta Pi representative. This will be discussed at the next board meeting.

Phyllis Johnson reported on the Lounge and CILIT. The lounge is great and heavily used. The coffee machine money goes to Auxiliary Services. There is no mess problem. The CILIT was originally a $60 million project, which will now be a two-phase project, with $35 million in the first phase. The first phase will address additions to the Library and Fisher separately which will support the Library and Computer Science, contributing to the so-called Michigan Virtual University. There will initially be no connection between the two buildings. The Library will be renovated adding 60,000 gross sq. ft. The current library is 80,000 sq ft so this is a considerable addition. There will be four high-tech classrooms added on to Fisher. A schematic design will be submitted to Lansing by early April to approve. Professional service folks to be approved by the Board of Control.

Morrison suggested that the Friends do something to thank the $5 million donors to the Library, the Opies. It was suggested to make him a lifetime member and perhaps have a plaque in the lounge that lists our lifetime members. The board will discuss further.

The board then discussed again how to get student groups involved in our activities. Cho suggested some kind of competition for student groups to become involved.

Reynolds noted that we will need a work bee soon as books are already stacking up downstairs. We also need to get Tau Beta Pi on board to take over the book cart. Cho will talk to Tau Beta Pi.

Cho asked can we set the date for the book sale now? Board members answered that the problem was with getting the MUB to commit to the date. Udaya Kalluri suggested that the sale might be moved to the ROTC gym. It is farther for hauling the books, however. The board will ask Johnson if she can help to get the MUB to commit the ballroom to us ahead of time.

Cho asked can we expand the book cart? perhaps move it to the lounge? Reynolds noted that there had been some staff concerns about the cart being messy. The board reiterated that if Tau Beta Pi could be put in charge we could do a better job of policing the cart.

Kalluri reported that we collected Econo receipts totaling $43,176 and are set to receive a donation of $431.76. Morrison asked when does it start again? Kalluri will check.

The board discussed a proposal from Teresa Spence that the Friends join with the Mine Hoist Association in publishing postcards. Morrison asked perhaps they would like to sell note card singles instead of postcards? There was concern of spreading ourselves thin in taking on another publishing project. Reynolds will meet with Spence to discuss.

The board discussed officers to be nominated for 2001-02 offices. Vincent agreed to run as president. Reynolds agreed to run as Treasurer. Vincent said Hughes agreed to become secretary. We still need to identify a vice president. Morrison agreed to handle the newsletter. Officers will be elected at the first board meeting following the annual meeting.

The meeting adjourned at 5pm-ish. The next meeting will be Thursday, October 4, 2001, 4-5:00pm in room 309 of the J. Robert Van Pelt Library.