Friends redistribute books to four County libraries

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HERMOSA BEACH FRIENDS OF THE LIBRARY
Minutes: General Meeting of the Board of Directors and Members
Date: August 26, 2008
Board Members Present: Naoma Valdes, Carol Lawson, Gillian Miller,
Gabor Kossuth, Diane Craig and Barbara Ross. Others present:
Marilyn Shaw, Bob Luthardt, and Elmita Brown.
In absence of President Betty Ryan, Treasurer Carol Lawson brought
the meeting to order at 4 p.m. at the Bard Street Warehouse.
MINUTES: The minutes of the May 21, 2008 meeting were approved.
TREASURER'S REPORT: Carol presented the Treasurer's Report for the period ending August 25, 2008. The balance on hand was $32,386.98.
BOOK/ INTERNET SALES: The August 16th book sale brought in $762.05, and $195.00 was collected in new memberships.Internet sales are
still good. Bob will continue talking with Josh about finding a more efficient way of tracking the books that Josh sells.
HBFOL FINANCIAL INVESTMENTS: The members of the committee to explore
future financial investment, Carol, Naoma, Betty and Bob, will 100k into buying a new computer, and also a bar-code scanner that will be separate from the computer. The scanner would make it easier for us and for Josh to keep track of our inventory.
LIBRARY REQUESTS: Elmita asked for $611 for new books, easels and
supplies.She submitted a letter of thanks to us for all our help, and also thanked us in person. She showed us two of the items our
donations have purchased: a plastic, protective cover for a magazine that can never leave the library, and a commentary card to be kept inside a library book containing an informal critique of it as written by a former reader.
DONATIONS: HBFOL is donating its duplicate books to four other area
libraries: Hawthorne, Carson, Lawndale, and A.C. Bilbrew. These four
libraries will in turn pass on some of the books to their Friends of
the Library branches. Namoa proposed that this information be put
into the newsletter, and Gillian seconded it. It passed.
GIFT TO NAOMA VALDES: The five original oil paintings recently donated
to us were sold at auction all except for one, a portrait of the
American flag. This was given to Naoma as a present.
FIRE DEPARTMENT DONATION: It was moved, seconded and approved that we
purchase three $40 gift certificates from the Ocean Diner and present
them to the Fire Department as a token of our appreciation.
FREE MEMBERSHIP: Carol proposed that we award a free HBFOL membership
to any volunteer that puts in twenty hours per year in volunteer work.
This was passed.
The meeting was adjourned to the next regular meeting of the Board of
Directors at 4 p.s. on November 19, 2008.
Respectfully submitted by Barbara Ross, Recording Secretary.