Board discusses withdrawal hearing and memorial sale allocations

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HERMOSA BEACH FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY
MINUTES: Meeting of 21 November 2002
Board Members Present: Charlotte Malone, Bill Malone, Toni Empringham, Elaine
Doerfling, Betty Evans, Gabor Kossuth, Cathy McCurdy, Naoma Valdes, Al Valdes.
Also present: Steve Klein, Los Angeles County Library Regional Administrator, FOL
member Gillian Miller, and Acting Community Library Manager Nina Peters.
The meeting was called to order at 7 P.M., at the Hermosa Beach Library, by President
Charlotte Malone.
MINUTES of June 6, 2002 were approved as presented upon a motion by Toni
Empringham, seconded by Al Valdes. So ordered.
TREASURER'S REPORT (Bill Malone): Balance on hand as of November 21, 2002
was $4,527.66. Report was approved as presented upon a motion by Naoma Valdes,
seconded by Al Valdes. So ordered.
NOVEMBER BOOK SALE - Charlotte reported that the proceeds of $2,047 had been
transferred to the Belasco Memorial fund, per the June 6, 2002 minutes.
JUNIOR HIGH READING PROGRAM - Al Valdes had nothing to report at this time.
DONATED FOL BOOKS - Charlotte said she made a list of the number of books and
other materials donated by the FOL to the Hermosa Beach Library since 1993.
LIBRARY SUBCOMMITTEE - Charlotte said the Subcommittee's recommendation to
separate the Hermosa Beach Library from the County system was presented to the City
Council and a public hearing will take place November 26. In response to questions, Bill
Malone confirmed that the land and improvements were both part of the lease agreement
with the County and that both would be transferred back to the City for $5, 750.
SCHEDULE OF 2003 BOOK SALES - Charlotte presented the 2003 book sale schedule
- the members-only sales on February 26, June 4, September 3 and December 3 and the
regular sales on March 1, June 7, September 6 and December 6 - noting that the dates
had been approved by the elected officers via telephone and FAX prior to the meeting.
FEBRUARY/MARCH BOOK SALE PROCEEDS - A proposal to dedicate the proceeds
from the sale to biographies for the Gazin Memorial Fund was approved by a unanimous
vote upon the motion by Naoma Valdes, seconded by Al Valdes. Charlotte noted that
Myron Gazin had requested all of the books in the Gazin collection to remain the
property of the Friends of the Library.
JUNE BOOK SALE PROCEEDS - Charlotte suggested using the proceeds from the June
book sale for reference books.

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CHARLOTTE'S COMMENTS - Charlotte thanked everyone who worked the book sales
and said volunteers were needed to help sort books, noting that they have not yet found a replacement for Toni Empringham.
INTERNET BOOK SALES - Charlotte said she had received an offer from a person who
sells books on the Internet who offered to sell FOL books for a fee of 30 percent of the
profits. There was unanimous consensus for Charlotte to investigate the concept and
report back at the next meeting on the feasibility of the proposal.
NINA'S REQUEST - Acting Community Library Manager Nina Peters requested a total of $1,600 for the following uses:
- $ 200 for children's books
$1,000 for adult books
$ 200 for CDs
$ 200 for books on tape
Charlotte Malone noted the minute action directing that the FOL retain ownership of all
purchases since 1993. The requested funds were approved upon a motion of Betty Evans,
seconded by Al Valdes, and approved, with Naoma Valdes dissenting.
Steve Klein, Los Angeles County Library Regional Administrator, spoke of his
experience with the County system, noting the commitment of some people to the book
culture and others to the computer culture. He announced that Carol Ross was organizing
an FOL exchange event to take place the morning of March 29, noting that invitations would go out to all FOL groups.
NOMINATING COMMITTEE - Charlotte Malone appointed her representative on the
Nominating Committee, Naoma Valdes, to serve as chairman of that committee.
ADJOURNMENT - The meeting was adjourned at 7:40 P.M. upon a motion by Al Valdes, seconded by Bill Malone.
Elaine Doerfling, Recording Secretary