1985

Curtney Harris and a Library Expansion Study

Members elected Curtney Harris president on January 30, along with Edie Weber. The meeting passed a nonpartisan motion, gave the library $800, set aside $200 for the California Collection and adopted a record-filing policy. In March the board asked that the minutes record spending approvals and votes, endorsed AB168 and explored a building addition. Betty and Bill Ryan hosted Libations for a second year on August 10. On October 23 the board formed a committee to study the feasibility of expanding the library; a motion to buy a globe failed. In December, after a recorded vote, the board approved the librarian's $1,500 request for a globe, recordings and books, with no tape money from the Belasco fund. The memorial fund closed the year at $9,646.39, including $580.05 from the December sale and Jack Belasco's $450 match on the 1984 sale.

Drawn from: Annual meeting minutes — January 30, 1985; Newsletter — spring 1985; Board minutes — March 27, 1985; Newsletter — June 1985; Newsletter — fall 1985; Board minutes — October 23, 1985; Board minutes — December 18, 1985; Treasurer's report — December 18, 1985.

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