01-28-2013 LIBMHutchinson Public Ubrary Board Minutes
Monday January 28, 2013
Present: Guy Stone, Roger Vacek, Jon Ross, Stacey Nass, Dianne Wanzek, Abby Dahlquist, Mary Christensen and Mary
Henke, Ex- Officio.
Guy Stone called the meeting to order. The minutes from the last meeting were read. Mary Christensen made a motion
that the minutes be approved and Roger Vacek seconded the motion. Motion passed.
Roger gave a brief report on the January 17, 2013 PLS Board meeting. The budget for 2013 was passed. McLeod County
will be giving our library the same funds as last year and the city of Hutchinson will be giving the library a 3% increase in
funding. The Confidentiality Policy & the Patron Code Policy were reworded for further clarification. Roger also reported
that there is a big demand for more eBooks. Patrons are now able to access about 100 magazine choices through the
Pioneerland Website and using a Zinio Reader online. Roger has been named the new Treasurer for the Pioneerland
Board.
Old Business:
1. Roof Replacement. The roof repair project was completed but ran behind schedule because of weather.
2. Legacy program. Mary reported on the November program by the Photography Club. About 25 people, including
board members, attended the program. We took a look at the evaluations and the attendees gave the program rave
reviews.
3. Ubrary Website. Mary told us that PLS will provide templates for each library to have its own website so patrons can
get updates on events, etc. that could be updated by library personnel. We could also look into using social media
platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, etc. to get the word out to patrons on library activities.
4. Bev Wangerin's gift. Mary attended the open house at the golf course in honor of Bev Wangerin's retirement from the
McLeod County Board. She presented her with our library board's gift of a copy Doug Ohman's Libraries of Minnesota
book.
New Business:
1-Meet the Author program. Mary presented to us a list of suggestions for an author visit during National Library Week,
April 15- 20.Some suggestions were: Julie Kramer, Joe Soucheray, Larry Millet, Tim O'Brien, Heidi Haagerson, Greg Aamot.
After some discussion we decided to pursue Julie Kramer, a mystery writer from MN who has a Hutchinson connection.
Mary will try to book her for April 15"' with the 16'' as a backup date.
2. Legacy Funds. We were told that Legacy funds and requests are currently on hold pending legislative action.
3. Term Expirations. Board members, Guy Stone & Abby Dahlquist, terms on the board will expire in April. Members are
asked to start looking for possible replacement suggestions.
4. EBooks Workshop. Mary told us about an ebook workshop done at the Senior Center on January 24, 2013. She was
assisted by library volunteer Kurt Dahlquist and board member Roger Vacek teaching seniors how to check out books
from the Overdrive website and loading the books onto their numerous reading devices.
Roger Vacek made a motion that the meeting be adjourned. Jon Ross seconded the motion. Meeting adjourned.
Our next meeting will be February 25, 2012.
Submitted by Abby Dahlquist, Secretary
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