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Meeting Minutes
March 14, 200/5"
In Attendance: Judy Griffith, Judy Johnston, Danielle Plumer, Jackie Cuozzo, Ruth Anne Mallory, Linda
Nix, Eric Lashley, Library Director and Judy Parks, CTLS Lay Representative
Chairperson Judy Griffith called the meeting to order at 6:30 P.M.
Approval of Minutes: Danielle Plumer moved and Jackie Cuozzo seconded a motion that the minutes of
the last meeting be approved as distributed. The motion passed and the minutes were approved.
Director's Report: Eric Lashley introduced the two newest Board members, Ruth Anne Mallory and
Linda Nix.
Eric presented a mantel clock to our former Board Chair, Judy Parks, in recognition of her excellent
service. He also handed out Service Certificates for Judy Parks and Judy Johnston.
Final corrections were made to the Board contact information list and Eric will have updated copies next
month.
Eric reported there was an excellent turnout, with 57 attending the Peace Corps program on February 28`h.
Georgetown Symphony Society has pledged to purchase a baby grand piano for the new library. Local
artist Don Snell donated a painting and it is hanging in the library.
Eric reported that patron visit statistics continue to increase. Also, due to the new Cataloguer's work the
numbers of titles added are also increasing.
Eric had copies of the latest Library drawings and went over some of the changes from the last set of
drawings.
Election of Vice Chairperson. Jackie Cuozzo nominated Judy Johnston and Ruth Ann. Mallory seconded a
motion that Judy Johnston be elected Vice Chair to replace Jack Dixon. The motion passed unanimously.
The presentation of the City Budget survey and guidelines were cancelled since Micki Rundell and
Laune Brewer were unavailable this evening.
Report on City Council workshop: Chair Judy Griffith reported that herself, and Board members Jackie
Cuozzo, Judy Johnston, P.J. Moore, Library Director Eric Lashley and members of the Friends and Library
Foundation, attended the workshop. The Council was thanked for budgeting for additional weekend hours;
invited to participate in the Georgetown Reads! Program and informed about legislative action to possibly
eliminate the TexShare program. T.R. Reid of the Library Foundation presented the Board approved draft
framework for the Capital Campaign.
Sponsorship Guidelines (Draft): Damelle Plumer and Eric Lashley drafted and Eric Lashley presented the
document, which incorporated the levels of giving.
At the Council workshop, Council member Patty Eason recommended Southwestern University might be a
good resource in the area of capital campaigns. Eric Lashley contacted Larkin Tom, Director of
Foundation Relations and discussed monetary gifts and time frames for payments. The City Attorney will
be approached about drafting a plan and also about handling matching funds.
Eric would also like the Friends and Foundationmembers to meet with a capital campaign consultant, such
as the one used by the Temple Library. Temple Library has an endowment plan for their yearly book
budget and this is something we might be interested in having in the future too.
Update on Georgetown Reads Judy Griffith has attended 4 discussion sessions and reports they are all
different. Judy Parks infouned the Board that Dr. Christina Alcalde, an Anthropology professor at
Southwestern and expert on immigration will speak on the subject of immigrant labor on Tuesday, April
12, at 7 30 p.m., in the main room of the library. She will respond to questions about her presentation as
well as to how her topic relates to the book and the video.
On May 10, in the library classroom, there will be a public showing of Los Trabajadores/The Workers and
the filmmaker, Heather Courtney, will be there to answer questions about the film. The video is available
to be checked out.
Legislative Day at the Capitol: Eric Lashley, Judy Fabry, Gretchen Pruett and Judy Parks attended the
Texas Library Association's Legislative Day at the Capitol on February 15t. They met with staff in the
offices of Mike Krusee, Dan Gattis, Steve Ogden, Fred Brown and Lois Kolkhorst.
Arts and Culture Board: Eric Lashley informed that the Library Director would be the staff liaison
person to the Arts and Culture Board. There will be a meeting at 7:00 p.m. Thursday, April 28`h at the
GMC Building on Industrial.
Change in April Board meeting start time. Due to the presentation of Dr. Alcalde on April 11 th at the
library, a motion was made by Ruth Anne Mallory that the April 11th Board meeting begin at 6:00 p.m.
instead of the usual. 6:30 p.m. start time. The motion was seconded by Linda Nix and passed unanimously.
The motion to adjourn was made by Jackie Cuozzo and seconded by Linda Nix. Motion approvedand the
meeting was adjourned at 7:20 p.m.
Respectfully submitted,
Jackie Cuozzo
Board member
Judy Griffith
Chair