1983

Year-Round Book Sales Begin in the Library

Members elected Steve Izant president on January 26. Joan Greenwald donated two bookcases, and in March the Friends introduced year-round honor-system book sales from them in the library. On March 31 the Easy Reader ran an April Fool's satire about fictional Enemies of the Library and a mock capture of Izant. Rain postponed the June 11 sale to June 18. A $400 gift went to new books, and Dorothy Howard hosted Libations at her home on August 13. In a December 10 letter to county librarian Linda Crismond, Gazin conveyed the executive committee's concerns and argued against expanding services for recent Asian immigrants. On December 14 the board proposed a Leonard Wibberley memorial in cooperation with the city. The year closed with $526.24 in operating funds and $7,614.56 in the Belasco memorial fund, after $1,000 in distributions.

Drawn from: Annual meeting minutes electing Steve Izant; March newsletter introducing year-round library book sales; April Fool's satire about book burning; Rain postpones book sale — photograph and notice; June newsletter on library purchases and summer sale; Gazin letter opposing expansion of multilingual services; December minutes proposing Wibberley memorial; Year-end treasurer's report and memorial-fund balance.

Summary written by Claude from this year's records, for review by the board. Read every year.