2001

The Gazin Memorial Fund and Library Hours

On January 18 the Friends elected Charlotte Malone president. At the same meeting Jack Belasco stated the perpetual memorial fund and its gifts remained Friends property. Patricia A. Gazin died on February 27; her memorial program honored her civic service and her 1990 poem "Hermosa Beach." On March 29 the Board established a memorial book fund in her name for biographies and poetry, using March sale proceeds and General Fund money. By August the Gazin fund had spent $385.81, with about $4,560 remaining. Early in the year the Friends surveyed patrons on the Library's 35-hour weekly schedule, and on April 24 Charlotte Malone submitted the results from 39 responses. On November 26 County administrator Jean Alexander declined to change the hours, citing patron counts and funding limits. Facing fewer donations and uncertain Bard Street storage, the Board planned two sales for 2002.

Drawn from: Annual meeting records Belasco ownership statement and elects officers; Celebration of life for Patricia A. Gazin; Board establishes a Patricia Gazin memorial book fund; Board reviews Gazin purchases and continues members presales; Blank library-hours survey distributed to patrons; Charlotte Malone submits library-hours survey results; County administrator declines to change library hours; Board reduces 2002 sale schedule and approves library purchases.

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