Board earmarks California Collection money and recognizes school donations

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HERMOSA BEACH FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY
MINUTES: Board Meeting of 12 June 2003
Board Members Present: Charlotte & Bill Malone, Toni Empringham, Gabor Kossuth, Cathy McCurdy, Gillian
Miller, Al & Naoma Valdes. Also Present: CLM Linda Dickerson.
The meeting was called to order at 7:01 P.M. at the Hermosa Beach Library by President Charlotte Malone.
Minutes of the meeting of March 6, 2003, were approved on a motion by Charlotte, seconded by Al Valdes. So ordered.
Treasurer's Report (Bill Malone): Balance on hand as of June 12, 2003 is $4,593.03. Receipts of the June 3 & 7
book sales totaled $1,626.45. Bill noted that memberships have increased from 180 to 225 as a result of the pre-
sales. Motion to approve the report by Toni Empringham, seconded by Naoma Valdes. So ordered.
California Collection: Although all proceeds of the June sale had been designated for this Collection, its shelves
are crowded and some items are not circulating. Linda will report at the next meeting on the number and nature of
non-circulating volumes. Storage of items in the FOL space on Bard Street in order to preserve the integrity of the
collection was mentioned as a possibility. In the meantime, upon a motion by Charlotte, seconded by Naoma,
$800 of June sales proceeds will be earmarked for the California Collection and the rest of the proceeds will be set
aside pending further study. So ordered.
FOL Bookstore Proposal: This is still under consideration; Charlotte will report on days and hours at a future meeting.
Sweatshirts & T-Shirts: Al will order black shirts with white lettering. Wholesale cost will be $8 per T-shirt and $12
per sweatshirt, to retail at $15 and $25 respectively. Al will explore the group's suggestions, including selling the
shirts at the upcoming Labor Day Fiesta. Bill moved to allocate $2,500 to this project. Motion seconded by Gabor; so ordered.
Future of County Libraries: Charlotte read a letter dated June 5, 2003, from City Manager Steve Burrell to Fourth
District County Supervisor Don Knabe. This letter expressed the City Council's displeasure and opposition to
cutting the Hermosa Beach Library's hours of operation based on current and future contributions by the city's
property taxes to the County Library's General Fund
Other Correspondence: Cathy McCurdy read letters of thanks from the library staff for the FOL's volunteer efforts,
and from Roosevelt Elementary and Davis Middle School in Compton for book donations.
New Business:
Linda requested the following:
$500 for adult books; motion to approve by Al, seconded by Cathy
$600 for reference books; motion to approve by Cathy, seconded by Al
$400 from the Belasco Fund for children's books; motion to approve by Charlotte, seconded by Al So ordered.
Nina Peters is requested to make sure that the press release for the library's Wednesday afternoon summer
reading program will include the source of funding; namely, the Evelyn Harris Belasco Fund
The meeting was adjourned at 7:50 p.m.
Toni Cupanchan
Toni Empringham
(For Elaine Doerfling, Recording Secretary)