November 2015 Board Meeting Minutes

Prince Rupert Library Board Meeting Minutes

November 19, 2015

Present:

Peter Maksymyszyn (PM), Devlin Fernandes (DF), Helen Moore (HM), Glenn Groulx (GG), Dale White (DW), Tim MacDonald (TM), Joe Zelwietro (JZ) Chief Librarian

Regrets: Lauren Williams (LW)

Meeting commenced at 7:10 pm.

• Motion to pass Agenda, PM; GG seconded; Passed
• Motion to accept Agenda, TM, DF seconded; Passed
• Review of October statistics
• Discussion of upcoming Library budget defense
• Trustee Peter Maksymyszyn announced that he would be resigning due to health reasons
• Library trustees, management and library staff to form labour-management committee to work toward Letter of Understanding (LoU) #3. A representative(s) from the union will speak to board in January
• Board development matters. Two ideas tabled for further discussion
  • we will look for other community members to join the library board; perhaps find a youth who is interested in learning/joining the board Joe and trustees will talk to others who are interested in joining the library board.
  • we will investigate the best way to do radio spots promoting the library
• in-camera discussion

Meeting Adjourned at 8:45 pm. Next Meeting 7:30 pm (Jan 21, 2016).