September 2013 Board Meeting Minutes

Prince Rupert Library Board Meeting Minutes

September 16, 2013

Present:

Paul Kennedy (PK), Tim MacDonald (TM), Peter Maksymyszyn (PM), Helen Moore (HM), Brent Patriquin (BP), Jan Palmer (JP), Joe Zelwietro (JZ)

Regrets: Adrienne Johnston (AJ), Lauren Williams (LW), John Martinson (JM)

Meeting commenced at 7:15pm.

• Agenda accepted, (JP motion, BP seconded. Passed)
• Acceptance of previous Board Meeting minutes (PK motion, PM seconded, Passed)
• Board members find the meeting reminders useful, keep doing this. As well, Trustees should reply back to Chief Librarian whether they can attend the mtg.
• Joe will compile a list of grant opportunities timelines and give it to the Library Board to improve our grant request success rate.
• Discussion about Prince Rupert Rotary to be given the opportunity to donate some money to the Library for collection development, Joe will follow up.
• Discussion about contacting BG group's local representative to see if BG wants to donate to the Library
• Board members listened to JZ's report about ongoing Rattenbury Project and the associated promotional product development. Library will be developing a proposal for local businesses to bid upon.
• Discussion about present Library's financial difficulties, including 1 week closure in August, Sunday closures in fall. Trustees are concerned that the public might be hurt especially as the school year progresses. JZ will prepare a costs savings for fall Sunday closures for Board members.
• Collection Development questions re: videos vs DVDs as well as playaways arose and will be addressed by JZ
• Acceptance of Librarian's Report (PM motion, BP seconded, Passed)

Meeting Adjourned at 8:20 pm. Next Meeting at 7pm October 21.