04-28-2008 LIBMMinutes
Hutchinson Public Library Board
Monday, April 28, 2008
Members present: Kay Peterson, Guy Stone, Janet Vacek, Ann Vance, John Paulsen,
Jack Sandberg, Pioneerland Library System representative, and Mary
Henke, Ex- Officio
Members absent: Abby Dahlquist and Yvonne Johnson
The meeting was called to order by Ann Vance, Vice - President. Motion was made by Kay to
approve minutes and seconded by Guy. Motion passed.
Reports: Mary attended the annual Pioneerland Library System jPLSj Awards Banquet on April
16 which celebrated the 25th anniversary of the formation of PLS. There was a short business
meeting followed by the former Western Plains Director Bob Boese speaking about the history of
PLS. Jack Sandberg updated us on issues the PLS board is dealing with. His summary notes
accompany these minutes.
Old Business:
National Library Week Author Visit Mary has heard good comments about
Annette Atkins' presentation. There was a respectable attendance of 40.
Mary will contact William Kent Krueger this fall for the 2009 National Library Week
because he is popular.
Replacement for Ann Vance on Library Board Mary reviewed former applicants from
2006, Emily Welles and Roger Vacek, who were not chosen at that time as well as several
other suggestions. There is only one year left of Ann's term. Janet will contact Roger and
Mary will contact Emily. The position opens in July 2008.
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y Services to Seniors Guy offered to help with this project of outreach to seniors at
assisted living sites. Joyce Aakre, the Oaks & Pines manager, Guy, and Mary will meet as
a subcommittee to brainstorm and develop suggestions. Transportation may be an issue.
One proposal was to get the Trailblazer to make rounds and get people at several sites
to and from the library for a 2 hour visit. We could serve refreshments in the meeting
room.
New Business:
Books at Waiting Rooms at Hospital John suggested that providing books would
be a good service. We could use books that are donated for the Friends of the
Library book sales so we wouldn't have to be concerned about getting them
back. The hospital may make a donation to start this. Mary will make inquiries.
Election of Officers John volunteered to continue as President. John made a
motion to nominate John as President, Guy as Vice - President, and Yvonne and
Janet as Co- Secretaries. The motion was seconded by Ann. Motion passed.
Stolen DVDs Mary is working with the Police on the theft of about 68 DVDs.
A list of the DVDs owned by the library was provided by PLS and Mary
inventoried the collection to determine what was missing. In the future, only
empty cases will be on the display rack and the DVDs kept behind the desk.
Mary will keep us updated on progress of the investigation.
The decision was mode to skip our May meeting which would fall on Memorial Day. Our next
meeting will be on Monday, June 23 at 4:30. John moved the meeting be adjourned with Guy
seconding the motion. Meeting adjourned.
Respectfully submitted,
Janet Vacek, Co- Secretary
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