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"COMMUNITY OF OPPORTUNITY”
GEORGETOWN PUBLIC LIBRARY
Library Board Meeting -- Tuesday, June 6, 1989, 12:00 noon
Members present: Nancy Benold, Robert Horick, Mary Beth Huba,
Jean-Marie Mendez, Marjorie Youngman, Judy Duer
Old Business: The minutes cif January 3, 1989 and March 7, 1989 were
approved as submitted. (moved by R. Horick, second by M.B. Huba)
New Business:
1. New officers were approved by acclamation as follows:
President (Chairman), Nancy Sneed; Vice -President, Nancy Benold;
Treasurer, Marcus Pritchett; Secretary, �;ean-Marie Mendez. (moved
by N. Benold, second by M. Youngman)
2. The TEC has requested the use of the meeting room on a periodic
basis to summons County companies in violation of TEC rules. The
negative connotation of this use of the room was discussed, and it
was decided not to approve the use of the meeting room for this
purpose. Instead, it was suggested that ve recommend the TEC
obtain use of a room in either the new or old courthouse, which
would be better suited for this type of u:.e.
3. $1,500 has been received from the United 1,. y in the Special Pro-
jects Fund. Of this, $1,000 is to be used on reference books. J.
Duer supplied a list of reference books to by purchased, at a total
cost of $996.85. These reference books area as follows: Texas
Gazetteer and Texas Bicgraphical Dictionary; Public'Library Cata-
log, Texas Facts, New Edition; Politics .in America 1990; Almanac
of the 50 States, The Foundation Directory-11th Ed.; Milestones
in Science and Technology; Charts on File.; Map Library, and
Cities of the U.S. Purchase of these reference books was approved.
(moved by N. Benold, second by J. Mendez)
The other $500, plus the $640.52 received from Jump for Georgetown,
has been designated for the purchase of children's books, to be
determined by J. Duer. This purchase was also approved. (moved by
R. Horick, second by M.B. Huba)
In addition, N. Benold suggested the acqu:_sition of these books be
publicized locally and in the schools.
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4. The San Gabriel Writer's League, a new group, has asked that we
sponsor them by letting them use the meeting room for their monthly
meetings. Because the nature of the group suits the over-all pur-
pose of the library, we approved their request. (moved by M.
Youngman, second N. Benold)
5. A library patron has suggested we have gift certificates for the
purchase of library cards. The idea was accepted by the Board, and
it was suggested that the idea be publicized locally. M. Youngman
suggested that J. Duer try to develop some new talent in the pub-
licity area, as there is so much to do. R. Horick volunteered to
print the gift certificates on his computer with a graphics pro-
gram.
6. A non-resident here on a vacation has suggested that we have a
temporary library card policy, with no ee but deposits required on
each book. This idea was not accepted by the Board, especially
since "local" non-residents are required to pay a non-refundable
non-resident fee.
7. The May monthly report was briefly disc-ctssed, especially the auto-
mation project status.
8. The status of the Budget was briefly discussed. Although the Bud-
get is not yet due, J. Duer has begun organizing the information,
especially the goals & objectives as outlined by the Century Plan.
It was noted that last year approximately $14,000 was budgeted for
the acquisition of books. The potentia3, need for an additional
staff member was also discussed.
NEXT MEETING WILL BE FRIDAY, JULY 7, 1989 AT 12:00 NOON IN THE LIBRARY.
This meeting was changed from the regular_ day because the first
Tuesday in July is Independence Day.
Meeting adjourned at 1:05 PM.
Respectfully submitted,
Jean-Marie S. Mendez